Geographic Rootedness Defined
The communities below reflect areas identified in the lowest quartile of the California Healthy Places Index (HPI), based on Census tract–level data across multiple indicators of community well-being.
All applicants must be rooted in or have demonstrated experience working in one or more of the following priority communities:
Alameda County
Hayward – Cherryland, Harder-Tennyson
Oakland – Chinatown, Little Saigon, East Lake, West Lake
Oakland – East (Fruitvale, San Antonio)
Oakland – Deep East (Eastmont, Havenscourt, Lockwood Gardens, Elmhurst)
Oakland – West Oakland (Lower Bottoms, Prescott, McClymonds, Acorn)
Contra Costa County
Antioch
Bay Point
Concord – Monument Corridor (Central & South)
Pittsburg
Richmond – Iron Triangle, North & Central
Marin County
San Rafael – Canal
Napa County
Napa – Westwood, Browns Valley (selected tracts)
American Canyon
San Francisco County
SF – Bayview/Hunter’s Point
SF – Chinatown
SF – Sunnydale / Visitacion Valley
SF – Tenderloin
San Mateo County
East Palo Alto
North Fair Oaks (Redwood City)
Redwood City – East / SE
Santa Clara County
San Jose – East (Alum Rock, East Foothills)
San Jose – Downtown / Five Wounds
San Jose – West (Burbank-Buena Vista)
San Jose – South (Edenvale, Seven Trees)
Santa Cruz County
Watsonville
Santa Cruz – Beach Flats
Live Oak
Solano County
Vallejo – South Vallejo, North Vallejo
Fairfield – Dover, Central Fairfield
Suisun City
Sonoma County
Santa Rosa – Roseland, South Park
Sonoma Valley – Springs (Boyes Hot Springs, Fetters Hot Springs)
Cloverdale
If you believe you serve a priority community that is not listed or correctly named, please contact us. We recognize that some neighborhoods may be identified differently from how they are named here, and we apologize for any misidentification.