The coronavirus pandemic and economic fall-out have exacerbated
longstanding inequalities in the Bay area. The region where the
next app might make overnight millionaires is also the place
where minimum wage jobs cannot cover sky-high rents and where
families struggle to make ends meet. This panel shares research
on Bay area residents’ struggle to get adequate housing, secure
workplace protections, and pay the bills when hardship hits,
drawing in part on unique data from the Taking Count survey of
six Bay area counties.
