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San Jose passes rent freeze due to coronavirus

Marin Independent Journal

Marin tenants given extra 90 days to repay back rent

Fairfield Daily Republic

Supervisors OK countywide moratorium on evictions due to Covid-19

San Francisco Examiner

Legislation would allow homeless tent camps on public land

Capital Radio

May Rent Is Due Friday. Here’s Advice For Tenants Who Are Struggling to Pay.

Curbed SF

How a Bay Area rent strike might work

Los Angeles Times

In Gov. Newsom’s four-phase plan to reopen the state, concerts are phase four

Mercury News

Here is Gov. Newsom’s 4-part plan to reopen California from coronavirus shutdown

Sacramento Bee

Gavin Newsom’s 4-stage plan for reopening California from the coronavirus emergency

Mercury News

See California’s shrinking COVID-19 outbreak, thanks to Instagram founders

Cal Matters

Back off the beach and the rising sea? No way, California cities say

Mercury News

She said she worked in a hospital, and they wouldn’t change her tire: Roadshow

Mercury News

Map: San Francisco Slow Streets adds park routes

San Francisco Examiner

SF to close JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park to vehicles for safe-distancing exercise space

Curbed SF

Golden Gate Park’s JFK Drive to go car-free promote social distancing

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain, SamTrans to get federal funds

San Francisco Chronicle

SF fails to meet deadline of leasing enough hotel rooms for homeless during coronavirus pandemic

Mercury News

Emeryville 105-unit apartment building, twice torched by arsonists, to be donated to UC Berkeley for student housing

Press Democrat

Coronavirus brings new challenges for apartment dwellers in Sonoma County

Press Democrat

Sonoma State dorms readied to take in at-risk homeless people amid coronavirus crisis

Napa Valley Register

Napa City Council approved $1.4 million in rental assistance for people hurt by pandemic

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area shelter-in-place orders will be extended to end of May

East Bay Times

Coronavirus: Bay Area’s shelter-in-place to last through May

Curbed SF

It’s not over: Bay Area coronavirus shelter orders extended again

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area’s, Los Angeles’ fates diverge on coronavirus, and experts ponder why

San Francisco Chronicle

Cars, trains and uncertainty: How coronavirus will change Bay Area transit

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area stay-at-home orders don’t keep everyone off roads: Traffic sees uptick

San Francisco Chronicle

BART, with coronavirus mask rules in place, seeks to protect officers, riders

Mercury News

Mr. Roadshow is chided for seeming to side with Caltrans on metering lights

NBC Bay Area

Golden Gate Bridge Traffic Down More Than 70%: Report

KGO-TV

Coronavirus Bay Area: BART may give out free face masks to riders

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano supervisors to consider moratorium on evictions due to Covid-19

Curbed SF

Richmond’s rent-freeze plan melts under scrutiny

San Francisco Chronicle

Coronavirus prompts some residents to leave Bay Area

Local News Matters

Land Trust Raises Millions For Pacheco Marsh Restoration Project

San Francisco Chronicle

E-scooter company reportedly laid off 406 people in 2-minute Zoom call

San Francisco Chronicle

During coronavirus crisis, traffic restricted on some local streets. Berkeley’s done it for years

Mercury News

Palo Alto may ban cars from some streets during coronavirus pandemic

Mercury News

100-mph speeding tickets soar statewide: Roadshow

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: SMART should make cuts, consider new plan for support

Curbed SF

Federal bailout saves Bay Area public transit

San Francisco Chronicle

Alameda County moves hundreds of homeless to hotels amid fear of coronavirus outbreak

Berkeleyside

UC Berkeley hopes to build 16-story housing complex at People’s Park

San Francisco Chronicle

‘I like it’: Bay Area residents largely comply with new coronavirus mask orders

San Francisco Chronicle

Coronavirus: From beachgoers to a trumpet player, shelter-in-place violators get citations

Local News Matters

Bay Area Does Poorly In Annual Air Quality Report

San Francisco Chronicle

BART and Muni to get largest share of $780 million in federal coronavirus stimulus funds

Mercury News

Here’s how much BART, VTA and others will get from $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus

Marin Independent Journal

Marin transit providers cleared for $46M in virus aid

KPIX

Coronavirus Update: BART Receives $251.6M In Federal Funding To Keep Operating

San Francisco Examiner

Congestion pricing suspended on Bay Bridge

KCBS

Bay Bridge Dumps Congestion Pricing During the Pandemic

Streetsblog

Pandemic Underscores Difficulties Accessing Transportation for People with Disabilities

Mercury News

Triple-digit speeding skyrockets across California during coronavirus pandemic

Mercury News

Santa Cruz Seven: ‘Idiots,’ or unfairly targeted day-trippers?

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma City Council approves reduced traffic lane on Broadway

Napa Valley Register

Napa County Airport sees COVID-19-related downturn

Curbed SF

Muni votes to raise fares during outbreak, economic woes

San Francisco Chronicle

Alameda County moves hundreds of homeless to hotels amid fear of coronavirus outbreak

NBC Bay Area

East Bay’s New Rain Gardens, an Old-School Pollution Control

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