Episode Two - A History of the Housing Crisis, Part 1 - The Dawn of Man to the 1960s

 

My name is Gautam Iyer, and I'm the host of Rest Assured, a podcast generally about the San Francisco Bay Area's housing crisis.

 

This episode is part of a series of several episodes that will be dedicated to the history of the housing crisis in California and in the Bay Area. On this episode, I'll focus loosely on a timeline that begins in the late 1700s and ends in the 1960s. The episode covers things from the California ballot initiative system to the governorship of Ronald Reagan, spanning hundreds of years of federal, local, and state history with the help of interviews and archival clips.

 

Apologies for any brief misstatements or glitches! I had some severe technical difficulties with this episode but they do not affect or alter the content of the episode.

 

Thank you to Duke University's Kenan Institute for Ethics for giving me the opportunity to pursue this project.

 

Credit and thanks to:

KTVU Fox 2 for the news clips in the intro.

Fatcat beats (yes, Fatcat beats) on Youtube for the intro and outro music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLWKQpphd7k

Kevin MacLeod for several pieces of music that were used on this episode and that will be used on future episodes.

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 

Source/artist: https://incompetech.com/

Freesound.org for the several sound effects that you heard.

EMIAN Pagan Folk Music on Youtube for the only version of Little Boxes with a Creative Cloud License.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF5-pbaI9Is

The Library of Congress for one of the Reagan videos, please don’t sue me.

CapRadio on Youtube for the clip of Jerry Brown.

Ramaytush.com

W. Candeleria on YouTube for the song “Ohlone Song”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpADTZDauLU

Liam Dillon of the LA Times for sharing his knowledge of housing affordability issues with me.

And the many others who made this possible.