Oakland will be the first to allow an Indigenous group the exclusive right to use city land
By Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2022.
In historic acquisition, Wiyot reclaim coastal Mouralherwaqh
From Cal Poly Humboldt Now, August 19, 2022.
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California State Transportation Agency awards more than $170 million for transit and intercity rail projects to Humboldt and SF Bay Area counties
From California State Transportation Agency, July 7, 2022.
Bay Area churches face barriers to building affordable housing on their land
By Adhiti Bandlamundi, KQED, August 18 2022. Oakland’s Kingdom Builders Project and nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation are working with some East Bay churches to help them begin their development journeys.
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Potential California megaflood: What the Bay Area is doing to prepare
By Marianne Favro, NBC Bay Area, August 15, 2022. Flooding on a scale unseen for over a century would severely harm underserved communities and devastate critical infrastructure.
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‘California burning’: How Napa Valley contends with wildfire season
By Dave Lee, Financial Times, August 9, 2022. Local wineries are turning to private firefighters and nonprofit organizations like Napa Firewise need to fill gaps left by an overwhelmed Cal Fire.
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California’s far northern cliffs are eroding faster than elsewhere in the state
By Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 2022. In the Bay Area, some of the highest rates of clifftop erosion are found in Daly City, Pacifica, and Bodega Bay.
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Gov. Newsom launches unprecedented review of San Francisco housing approval process
By J.K Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 2022. The review will assess why the city has the state’s longest timeline for advancing housing projects and why it is the subject of the most complaints from the state’s Housing Accountability Unit.
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Los Gatos residents attempt repeal of 2040 General Plan
By Hannah Kanif, Mercury News, August 9, 2022. A community group is collecting signatures for a referendum calling for reducing planned growth closer to their RHNA.
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AB 2244 slashes parking requirements for all religious properties building affordable housing
By Elizabeth Hull and Michael Ervin, Best Best & Krieger LLP, August 6, 2022. Many local governments interpreted prior law on religious institutions’ parking-to-housing conversions as applying only to existing structures. This bill is a response.