Dear Friends,
Finding an affordable home in the Bay Area is a challenge for most people, but for our educators, it is especially difficult to live in the community in which they teach. In my Senate district, some teachers and staff commute as far as an-hour-and-a-half each way every day.
These long commutes take educators far from their homes and detract from time in the classroom. This results in teachers feeling disengaged from the communities in which they work.