C- (L-R) Matteo Ayala, Karina Salsa and Sonja Gonzalez stand with their children, while George Ayala retrieves his son, Vincent, on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in the west end of Alameda, CA. George Ayala and Sonja Gonzales recently moved to Alameda, but haven’t been irritated by pollution from the nearby Oakland ports and highways. “Alameda gave [my kids] a place to live… My kids are playing. They have a home,” said George Ayala, who, together with Sonja and their eldest son, lived in and out of housing in San Jose, before moving to Alameda.