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Balboa Park welcomes $1.6M community garden
A new community garden has opened in San Francisco's Balboa Park neighborhood, the Recreation and Park Department said.Read More
Frosty temps bring chance of snow to Bay Area peaks
The cold snap that began last week is predicted to continue through this week with gusty winds expected late Wednesday.Read More
They crammed veterans into unsafe housing. It cost them $2 million.
A $2 million settlement has been reached between the San Francisco City Attorney's Office and two landlords accused of cramming veterans into illegal and unsafe housing.Read More
Tax hike would pay for teacher pay raises
San Francisco teachers and school officials Wednesday submitted more than 16,000 signatures to place a parcel tax on the June ballot.Read More
SF to reverse ‘war on drugs’ pot convictions
District Attorney George Gascon Wedneaday said that his office has begun working to expunge the records of people convicted of marijuana-related offenses.Read More
San Francisco adds 75 new shelter beds
San Francisco officials Wednesday announced the opening of 75 new homeless shelter beds at The City's largest shelters.Read More
Supe seeks gender-neutral SRO restrooms
Supervisor Hillary Ronen Tuesday will move to expand that requirement to hotels and SROs.Read More
Pier 70 redo to add 3,000 housing units
San Francisco city officials this week gave final approval to a 28-acre project at Pier 70 expected to include as many as 3,000 new housing units.Read More
Alameda Co. lands $13 million in housing grants
Six cities in Alameda County will receive $12.8 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.Read More
FEMA preps RVs to house wildfire victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing to provide temporary homes for wildfire victims at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.Read More
Supply of Bay Area homes under $500K shrinks
Two studies released Friday show the number of homes for sale in the San Francisco Bay Area for half a million dollars or less is falling, according to the...Read More
Oakland to transform vacant properties into affordable housing
Oakland officials have teamed with the non-profit Hello Housing to transform 26 vacant properties into permanently affordable housing.Read More
Bill locks in funds for farmworker housing
Gov. Jerry Brown Wednesday signed legislation that provides permanent annual funding for Napa County’s three farm worker seasonal housing centers. The Napa County Housing Authority will receive $250,000 in...Read More
Gov. Brown signs suite of housing bills
Gov. Jerry Brown and other state lawmakers gathered in San Francisco Friday to take aim at alleviating the state's housing crisis.Read More
Walnut Creek transit village to have zero affordable housing
Two of the Bay Area's biggest problems -- parking and housing -- likely will soon get some relief.Read More
Bay Area home prices soar to new record
Absentee buyers, most of them investors, bought 16 percent of all Bay Area homes sold in June.Read More
Oakland marks $14M for homeless services
The Oakland City Council voted Monday night to allocate $14 million to support homeless residents.Read More
Deal would bump SF affordable housing set-asides
A deal reached late Wednesday on the amount of affordable housing developers are required to provide sets stiffer requirements for some neighborhoods.Read More
San Jose tenant protections go into effect
A tenant protections ordinance narrowly passed by San Jose City Council last month will go into effect immediately, the council decided on Tuesday night. The 9-2 vote to pass...Read More
Legislation calls for more neighborhoods to provide homeless services
San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim Tuesday introduced legislation calling for homeless services to be distributed more evenly across The City.Read More