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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.
Bay Area churches face barriers to building affordable housing on their land Read More »
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.
Potential California megaflood: What the Bay Area is doing to prepare Read More »
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.
‘California burning’: How Napa Valley contends with wildfire season Read More »
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.
California’s far northern cliffs are eroding faster than elsewhere in the state Read More »
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.
Gov. Newsom launches unprecedented review of San Francisco housing approval process Read More »
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.
Los Gatos residents attempt repeal of 2040 General Plan Read More »
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.
By Supriya Yelimeli, Berkeleyside, August 5, 2022. The joint student-supportive housing plan was hailed as a model for California’s housing crisis, and clearing of the park had begun. But a state appellate court halted the process.
UC Berkeley construction at People’s Park started, stopped Read More »
By Sara Rubin, Monterey County Now, August 4, 2022. The city is well positioned to remain a vital part of California’s agricultural economy, but it needs infrastructure upgrades.
Salinas looks to the future after Amazon walks away on 36-acre parcel Read More »