Affordable Housing

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (502+ words) Volunteers hit the streets in Redwood City on Saturday to get out the vote in favor of a new rent control measure. If passed in November, Measure E would roll some rents back to 2025 rates and add caps on rent…...

1+ day, 1+ hour 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, 2+ 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…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (133+ words) The Bascom Avenue filing lands amid a cluster of high-density residential proposals converting commercial land around The Pruneyard. Saratoga-based E. Barbano Enterprises submitted plans in May for a 7-story, 324-unit apartment complex replacing the former Hick'ry Pit restaurant at 980 East Campbell…...

2+ day, 9+ 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…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (104+ words) For now, the 1100 Los Gamos Drive proposal remains in the formal review stage, with no construction start date or public cost figure attached. Whether the city ultimately signs off on the 87-foot height and reduced parking concessions will shape how…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (86+ words) The Borel funding debate concerns a multi-family project in Danville. Separately, the East Bay Regional Park District retained the remaining 10 acres as an agricultural learning park, ensuring the public open space tied to the site has its own dedicated use....

5+ day, 11+ 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, 12+ hour ago   (240+ words) A vacant, steeply sloped parcel at the end of Merrydale Road off North San Pedro Road in San Rafael is poised to become a 12-unit apartment complex, according to plans filed with the city. The 0.4-acre site sits right up…...

1+ week, 17+ 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…...