By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, May 21, 2022. The new terrain that will come with dam removal is expected to boost fish numbers and restore plant and animal biodiversity.
From Staff and Wire Reports, Marin Independent Journal, May 17, 2022. In the Bay Area, many communities were listed as low risk, although the hills in the East Bay were considered high risk.
New study: Sonoma, Napa, and Marin counties facing heightened wildfire risk Read More »
By J. K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, May 15, 2022. The project, which developers hope to open by 2025, would be Marin County’s largest affordable housing development in half a century.
San Quentin site could go from gun range to teacher housing, with state support Read More »
By Angela Swartz, The Almanac, May 9, 2022. According to staff estimates, SB 9 could result in about five new housing units per year in the town.
Atherton sees SB 9 applications trickling in, while neighboring towns have not Read More »
By Eliyahu Kamisher and Maggie Angst, Mercury News, May 6, 2022. Critics of the design say it will lead to ballooning costs while supporters say it would minimize surface-level disruptions.
VTA approves San Jose BART extension contract despite controversial design Read More »
By Anika Singh Lemar, Brookings, May 4, 2022. So many decisions are made during development approvals, there is little incentive to participate in the planning process. Those who do are undermined by later participants in development approvals.
Here’s how to fix the broken public hearing process for new housing Read More »
From CalEPA, May 3, 2022. The designation takes into account the latest and best available data and considers factors related to data unavailability.
CalEPA updates Disadvantaged Communities designation Read More »
By J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 2022. If the number of new applications coming in doesn’t jump in the coming months, San Francisco could feel the slowdown in 2025 and 2026.
Applications for new housing in San Francisco hit new low Read More »
By Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, May 1, 2022. Without asking permission from cities, relatively inexpensive micro homes on wheels are built by volunteers and delivered to the homeless.
Inside the DIY effort to deliver tiny homes to homeless people Read More »
By Lauren Hernández, Ricardo Cano, Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, April 29, 2022. The extension could help California balance the jobs-housing ratios between the two regions.
California approves bullet train link from Central Valley to Bay Area Read More »
