All articles by Camille Squires
Camille Squires
How Barcelona’s housing and mobility efforts helped it respond to the pandemic
Mayor Ada Colau says her city’s ongoing work to create affordable housing and safer streets provided a foundation for its crisis response.
How Los Angeles County voters secured a budget for prison alternatives
Proponents see Measure J as a means of achieving racial and economic justice through fiscal policy and hope the model can be replicated in other cities.
Uber and Lyft beat California’s gig-worker law, and they won’t stop there
App-based companies spent millions to keep their California workers classified as independent contractors, not employees. Now they want to shop the law around the country.
As Silicon Valley goes remote, its service workers face an uncertain future
Tech companies are increasingly telling employees they will not need to return to the office after the pandemic. That could further threaten some of the region’s lowest-paid jobs.
The global need for affordable housing can be met sustainably
The demand for safe and stable homes is growing around the world, as are the risks of continuing carbon-intensive forms of construction. But there are ideas to meet housing and climate needs simultaneously.
