Register now for our 2022 Mentorship Program
By Ellen Yau, November 1, 2021. This career development program offers one-on-one mentorship matching between mentees and mentors.
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Northern News
Major Los Gatos project promised 270 apartments. Only 50 are happening.
By Tran Nguyen, San Jose Spotlight, October 20, 2021. The town council, mandated to rescind its rejection of the project, found approving the proposal a bitter pill to swallow.
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Ljubljana, Slovenia, a small European capital, realizes a car-free city center
By Alexis Ferenczi, Vice, October 19, 2021. The once heavily-trafficked main road is now exclusively for pedestrians, cyclists, and a few electric carts.
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HUD chief calls Oakland ‘transit village’ a national model for housing
By Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, October 14, 2021. Marcia Fudge also noted that future federal resources and aid available to states will come with time limits on certain projects in order to expedite development.
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New Sonoma County housing fund to lend millions in PG&E settlement money for major projects
By Ethan Varian, The Press Democrat, October 14, 2021. The fund is positioned to help Santa Rosa attract denser development after an update to its downtown plan.
Biden, Haaland approve two CA areas for offshore wind farms
By Matthew Daly, Associated Press, October 13, 2021. The two sites, off the coast of Humboldt and San Luis Obispo counties, will contribute to the Biden Administration’s nationwide offshore wind generation initiative.
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CalEPA updates “national gold standard” geospatial tools for equitable environmental decision-making
From CalEPA, October 13, 2021. CalEnviroScreen 4.0 analyzes the latest data from 21 indicators of environmental, public health, and socioeconomic conditions.
Mountain View plans to ban cars, expand outdoor dining along its ‘crown jewel’
By Maggie Angst, San Jose Mercury News, October 13, 2021. Their decision comes as other cities like Palo Alto and Pleasanton have gone in the other direction.
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New study: 25 years of data from Marin County reaffirms conservation protects biodiversity
By Daniel Roman, Bay Nature, October 13, 2021. Protection of riparian corridors helped populations of many bird species, but the study didn’t address how the conservation process works.
San Francisco’s Clement Street and the 15-minute city
By Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, October 11, 2021. Few, if any, businesses on the street have permanently closed during Covid, according to the Clement Street Merchants Association.
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