By Maryann Thompson, The San Francisco Standard, March 2, 2023 “There’s no doubt San Francisco is having one of the worst pandemic recoveries of any major U.S. city—even the mayor thinks Downtown SF may never be the same. So with 150,000 fewer workers Downtown, it would be reasonable to assume a drive to the city […]
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By Kevin Truong, The San Francisco Standard, February 28, 2023 “A California state Senate committee pushing for more funding for Bay Area Rapid Transit and other regional agencies has lost a member, with East Bay representative Steve Glazer calling it quits in a letter on [February 28th]. “Glazer, whose district spans Alameda and Contra Costa
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By Tyche Hendricks, KQED, February 24, 2023 “In the month since the January 23rd mass shooting — in which seven workers at a pair of mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay were shot and killed … farmworker housing has been a central concern here. And [Joaquín] Jiménez Ureña [vice mayor of Half Moon Bay] and
By Susie Nelson, San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 2023 “From 2010 to 2020, [Dublin] became a boomtown, growing its population from 46,000 to nearly 73,000 — a 58 percent increase. Dublin wasn’t just the fastest-growing city in the Bay Area over that time period; it was the fastest-growing city in all of California, and the
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By Katie Lauer, The Mercury News, February 9, 2023 “The Terminal One development — sandwiched between the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline and Richmond Yacht Club near Brickyard Cove — was poised to transform the dilapidated, lead-contaminated property into 92 single-family detached residences, 62 duplexes and 30 junior accessory dwelling units. “But after more than five hours
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From MTC News & Media, February 9, 2023 “Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) and the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) … issued new research [on February 9th] revealing that there are 395 affordable housing developments in various stages of pre-development across the nine-county Bay Area that would create an estimated 32,944 affordable homes in one
By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation, February 3, 2023 “Contra Costa County is California’s biggest winner with nearly $29 million of the $133 million in grant money recently awarded from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program. “According to a joint statement from U.S. Senators Alex Padilla
By Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, January 27, 2023 “From 2019 through 2021, the [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)] recorded 27 instances when the Richmond facility reported dumping unpermitted amounts of regulated substances into San Pablo Bay, researchers with national nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project found. None of those violations resulted in official enforcement actions or financial
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By Eliyahu Kamisher, The Mercury News, January 23, 2023 “Preparations for the final 1.3-mile leg — pushing trains to the city’s Salesforce Tower — are finally picking up speed after decades of on-and-off planning. But there’s one major hurdle: a new $6.7 billion price tag. “At $5.15 billion per mile of new track, the Caltrain
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