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Santa Cruz Co. waives fees to spur housing construction
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to waive fees on accessory dwelling units to ease a housing shortage crisis, county officials said.Read More
San Jose police officer files discrimination suit against department
A 21-year veteran of the San Jose Police Department has filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination from multiple officers in the days and years following the Sept. 11, 2001,...Read More
Amid housing shortage, SF speeds review of in-law units
San Francisco Mayor London Breed issued an executive order on Thursday to speed up the process of approving a backlog of in-law units.Read More
Former East Bay nonprofit worker sentenced for stealing funds
A former caseworker at an East Bay nonprofit organization has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to one year in prison for stealing $26,300 in federal funds intended to...Read More
Supportive housing targets end to chronic homelessness
San Francisco officials on Wednesday celebrated the opening of a new housing project that consists of 50 units for chronically homeless individuals.Read More
Court blocks eviction of North Beach senior
A state appeals court in San Francisco has overturned a judgment allowing the eviction of an 83-year-old man who has lived in a cottage in the North Beach district...Read More
Eighth-cent parks tax heads to Sonoma voters
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors moved to place an eighth-cent transactions and use tax for deferred maintenance and improvements in county and city parks on the Nov. 6...Read More
Santa Cruz motel fire displaces 69 guests
An electrical malfunction is being blamed for a two-alarm fire early Sunday morning that caused about $120,000 in damage.Read More
Hayward council strengthens rent control
The Hayward City Council has voted unanimously to impose an 18-month emergency moratorium on a process in which landlords can apply to have residential rental units permanently exempted from...Read More
Salesforce tower opens for business
The tallest building in San Francisco is now officially open for business. Several city officials joined Salesforce employees in a triumphant ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for the massive 61-story building,...Read More
Bay Area house prices rocket to new records
Housing prices in the Bay Area jumped 14.7 percent from 2017 and hit a new peak of $820,000 in March 2018.Read More
Vallejo motel fire displaces 20
Twenty people were displaced by a two-alarm fire at a Motel 7 in Vallejo on Monday afternoon, a fire department spokesman said.Read More
State receives $212M in disaster recovery funds
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $212 million for long-term natural disaster recovery efforts in California.Read More
Competing housing activists raise din over transit-centered units
San Francisco housing activists opposing a bill that aims to increase housing near public transit statewide called on the city's Board of Supervisors Tuesday to take a stance against...Read More
Laundry dryer fire displaces 6 in Balboa Park
A laundry machine fire displaced six people Sunday morning in San Francisco's Balboa Park neighborhood, fire officials reported.Read More
SF State faculty bark over rent increases, eviction
A housing group based at San Francisco State University Thursday condemned the university for allegedly raising rents on employee housing and evicting residents.Read More
Oakland sues landlord for illegal rent increase
Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker said Tuesday that she and Centro Legal de la Raza have filed suit against a landlord who they allege attempted to illegally increase his...Read More
San Jose falls short of affordable housing goals
The San Jose City Council will decide exactly what next steps to take on Tuesday evening after a recent housing progress report showed that just 20 percent of the...Read More
$10M committed to SF affordable housing
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission committed $10 million Wednesday to establish a loan fund to help nonprofit developers acquire and preserve existing San Francisco Bay Area housing, MTC officials said.Read More
Housing, jobs envisioned in ‘Central SoMa’ plan
City officials Tuesday introduced legislation that would create 40,000 jobs and 7,000 new housing units in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. The Central SoMa Plan, six years in...Read More