4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (317+ words) People in Contra Costa County will be voting on a measure that’s pitting conservationists against housing advocates. Jodi Hernandez reports. The county has had a voter-approved boundary protecting open space for decades. Voters will decide whether to extend it for…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (622+ words) If you've ever tried to pull a building permit in Los Angeles, you know the drill: one department doesn't talk to another, corrections come in waves, and a project that should take months can stretch into years. Mayor Karen Bass…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (635+ words) Aerial view of Cañada College and Woodside, Calif., April 19, 2009. A single sloping tower lined with balcony patios is built into a hill and rises over 200 feet. It has a roof deck, bike parking, community space and fitness center, as well…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (616+ words) Zuegel is promoting Esmeralda as a utopian community that will bring new energy to a vacant plot of land, but the proposal is splitting residents and officials, and setting off a fiery debate about Cloverdale’s future. The community would be…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (266+ words) Housing developers in Los Angeles will now need to account for the new fees their project owes the city as maps have been recently redrawn. City officials redrew the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee market area maps into smaller, neighborhood-based zones,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (403+ words) A Rendering of the development at 1051 Mission Road in South San Francisco. South San Francisco hopes to spur movement on a massive, long-awaited housing development — which includes many affordable units — after one of the developers withdrew from the project and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (359+ words) A new poll suggests people may be warming to the idea of a proposed new city in Solano County. The poll, commissioned by the California Forever group, shows growing support for the project. Project organizers said it shows a majority…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1074+ words) By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on March 18, 2026 The San Francisco Planning Commission is scheduled to review plans tomorrow afternoon for the 41-story residential tower at One Oak in San Francisco’s Market & Octavia Area Plan. The potential skyscraper is expected to add…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (453+ words) Not a single San Francisco resident alive today will see the city fix its housing crisis, a new study suggested. The study said the city will take as long as 124 years to solve its housing crisis despite sweeping YIMBY initiatives....

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (537+ words) Brookfield Asset Management and Ballast Investments are cashing out $215 million in equity from a dramatically turned-around San Francisco apartment portfolio, backed by a $585 million commercial mortgage-backed securities deal. Analysis of the transaction shows that institutional sponsors can extract substantial equity…...