Dear Friends
November 2021

What Healthy Neighborhoods Means for Oakland and the East Bay

At EBALDC, we talk a lot about Healthy Neighborhoods. It serves as our North Star in our vision of an Oakland and East Bay where everyone can live in a safe and affordable home, and that every neighborhood provides opportunities that enable people to live long, healthy lives, regardless of income or ethnic background. During our 46th Anniversary Gala, EBALDC CEO Andy Madeira and former COO and EVP of Community Building Charise Fong had a lively conversation with Board Member Dave Peters on what Healthy Neighborhoods means for Oakland and the East... Read more
Press Releases
January 2021

East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation Names Andre H. Madeira as New CEO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2021 Press Contacts: Layla Crater, layla@change-llc.com, 310-804-3107 Vicki Shu, vshu@ebaldc.org, 646-263-6044   East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation Names Andre H. Madeira as New CEO OAKLAND, CA — The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) announced today the appointment of Andre “Andy” H. Madeira as the nonprofit community development organization’s Chief Executive Officer. Madeira’s selection concludes a months long and nationwide search for a leader to take the helm of EBALDC and guide the next phase of the organization’s work in shaping healthy neighborhoods through... Read more
Dear Friends
September 2020

Announcing Charise Fong as EBALDC Interim CEO

Dear Friends, As we reflect on the extraordinary challenges our communities and our staff have faced this year, we are humbled by the impact that we have been able to achieve together.  During this critical time for our organization and our communities, we have spoken at length about the strength, creativity and perseverance of EBALDC’s team at all levels. From our office staff and building maintenance teams, to the Board and the Executive Leadership Team and beyond, it is our people that make this impact possible.  Charise Fong, COO and executive... Read more
Media
April 2019

Why housing is now a health issue for Kaiser Permanente

From San Francisco Business Times
Over the eight years that Brian Hopkins has lived in his East Oakland apartment, he’s seen many of his neighbors wind up on the streets. “You know tent city? That was a lot of the people who lived on this block,” said 35-year-old Hopkins, who currently works staffing events at venues like Levi’s Stadium and the Coliseum. “I know them personally, friends’ moms, aunties.” Kaiser Permanente noticed the bulging homeless population in its hometown, too. It also knows the toll it takes on people’s health, with a recent study in a major medical journal finding... View article
Media
March 2019

In Oakland and elsewhere, health care is investing in affordable housing

From Marketplace
When an apartment building sells in gentrifying parts of Oakland, California, tenants often brace themselves for the worst. Rent hikes, disruptive renovations and evictions can follow. But when one building recently changed hands, city officials and housing activists celebrated. Kensington Gardens, a 41-unit building in the working-class, immigrant neighborhood of San Antonio, was sold last November. “I was feeling somebody was going to get it and they were going to raise the rent,” said Ameria Lipscomb, who lives in a first-floor studio in Kensington. Tenants there generally pay below-market rents. When the building... View article