1+ day, 30+ min ago   (831+ words) When he talks about San Francisco's worsening affordability problems, Mayor Daniel Lurie often emphasizes that building more housing is an important part of tackling the crisis. But some advocates with the "Yes in my backyard" movement, which champions aggressive measures…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (305+ words) As an AI boom pushes median rents higher, Mayor Daniel Lurie is proposing $30 million in investments and reforms to curb rising evictions and “sudden rent spikes.” As rents have increased in San Francisco, so have eviction proceedings. The city is…...

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2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (314+ words) Empty storefronts along Park and Webster Streets could be affected by a zoning overhaul heading to Alameda's Planning Board on Monday. The proposed changes concern how the city approves commercial uses, according to a post from the City of Alameda's…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (250+ words) The city plans to reissue more than $500 million in annual grants and contracts, with an emphasis on outcomes. From 2019 to 2024, the San Francisco homeless population grew 3.5% even as the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing’s budget more than…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (240+ words) A separate filing covers 170 Meyer Lane, described as a five-story mixed-use project with 174 apartments and a podium garage, the report notes. Taken together, the new filings signal that market-rate and mixed-income phases are now catching up to the affordable housing…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (193+ words) The project plans include an off-site pedestrian crosswalk across Irwin Way south of Orinda Community Church, giving elderly residents safe walking access to downtown services. The site is near shops and restaurants, and it is also near a Safeway grocery…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (651+ words) Tiny cabins that were purchased using about $7 million of taxpayers' money in a bid to ease San Francisco's homelessness crisis are still not being used more than a year later. The 60 sheds, which were bought by Democrat former mayor London…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (563+ words) An 89-unit condo project at San Francisco's old Hong Kong Lounge II site could win approval in six months, unlike a nearby project that took six years....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (220+ words) A surface parking lot in downtown Walnut Creek is about to become an eight-story apartment tower after city planning commissioners unanimously approved the 104-unit project this week. The building at 1532 Mount Diablo Boulevard will rise nearly twice as tall as…...