By Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, February 9, 2022. Many cold spots exist in lower-income neighborhoods such as the Excelsior, Visitacion Valley, and Bayview-Hunters Point.
New research: a startling safety gap for crosswalks in some San Francisco neighborhoods Read More »
By Angela Swartz, The Almanac, February 7, 2022. The council’s initial decision garnered national, and even international, attention.
Woodside decides it’s not a mountain lion habitat, allows housing under SB 9 Read More »
By Katie Lauer, The Mercury News, February 4, 2022. The site has been the focus of a decade-old debate and recently led to the city attorney’s resignation, the city manager’s departure, and a council vote to censure the mayor.
Judge throws out environmental lawsuit against controversial Richmond development Read More »
By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, February 3, 2022. The ruling, now published precedent, has potential statewide impact as tensions over local control and the state’s housing crisis continue to escalate.
By Joe Kukura, SFist, February 1, 2022. SF exceeds its goals for market-rate housing, it’s the affordable housing that’s lacking.
10 percent of San Francisco’s housing stock sitting vacant and empty Read More »
By John King, San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 2022. A ferry terminal that connects directly to San Francisco, and a 3-acre waterfront plaza emphasizing pedestrian connectivity, exemplify contemporary placemaking.
Alameda’s waterfront sets high standard for future Bay Area development Read More »
By M. Nolan Gray, Bloomberg CityLab, January 31, 2022. Beyond the economic activity they generate, home-based businesses call into question the conventional zoning system.
The pandemic scramble to legalize home-based businesses Read More »
By Michael Wittner, Santa Cruz Patch, January 28, 2022. The award comes from the California Strategic Growth Council’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program.
Santa Cruz gets $29M for affordable housing, transit hub Read More »
By Rachel Treisman, NPR-KQED, January 26, 2022. The land donation can be contextualized as part of the broader ‘land back’ movement, an intersectional effort to return Indigenous lands — and autonomy — to Indigenous communities.
A Mendocino County redwood forest has been returned to a group of Native tribes Read More »
By Pam Marino, Monterey County Weekly, January 24, 2022. The cost of materials is one big reason for the enormous jump, as are financial requirements due to growing fire hazards.
Even in Monterey County, affordable housing does not come cheap Read More »
