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Curbed

New SF City Hall employee has one goal: To approve housing

East Bay Times

172-room hotel near Oakland airport wins approval in Alameda

Mercury News

A new hotel may sprout near San Jose’s airport

Mercury News

Santa Clara to force out restaurant, tennis courts for mixed-use project

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Village of small homes for fire survivors opens in Windsor

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Marriott hotel planned near Railroad Square slated to open in 2020

Berkeleyside

Kaiser Permanente looks to build new Berkeley medical campus

Los Angeles Times

Starting in 2020, all new homes in California must come with solar panels. Builders are getting ready

Bloomberg

Editorial: California Needs a Housing Revolution

Zillow

Homelessness Rises More Quickly Where Rent Exceeds a Third of Income

East Bay Times

Magnitude 2.5 earthquake shakes East Bay

Marin Independent Journal

San Anselmo mulls tax measure for $8.24 million Memorial Park renovation

PR Newswire

Recruiting Bay Area High School Students: Apply Now for Paid MTC Summer Internship

Mercury News

Los Altos car break-ins focus on unlocked vehicles: Roadshow

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Speed kills. So do carbon emissions. So why does California give free rein to leadfoots?

Business Insider

‘Bikes are transportation too:’ Lyft just made a big hire that confirms the company's ambitions extend well beyond cars

City Lab

The Life-Saving ‘Dutch Reach’ Comes to American Driver’s Ed

CleanTechnica

California’s ICT Would Require 100% Zero-Emission Buses For Public Transit Agencies By 2040

Next City

Federal Agency to Study Dockless Scooter Health Risks

Hoodline

Tomorrow: Ford GoBike adds e-bikes to East Bay fleet

Politico

Graves on board with VMT pilot push

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area leaders propose aggressive housing fix, and new agency to get it done

San Francisco Examiner

Sweeping regional housing plan under construction

San Francisco Chronicle

Chronicle Investigation: SF health official played a role in shipyard home sales

San Francisco Chronicle

No easy sailing to restore Embarcadero’s piers

East Bay Times

Oakland fronts $2.35 million to developer for mostly market-rate tower

East Bay Times

She was evicted from affordable Bay Area housing. Now, she’s building it

Mercury News

Google’s transit village in downtown San Jose heads for a wider scope

Mercury News

Google unveils plans for vast Mountain View development

Fairfield Daily Republic

Vacaville council demands county make presentation on homeless project

Napa Valley Register

After City Council vote, Napa civic center plan may take a new direction

Curbed

SF supervisors seek to stop illegal home demolition

The Architect's Newspaper

Against all odds, progressive land-use reforms are taking root in American cities

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco, other Bay Area cities will see water supply cuts under new plan

NBC - Bay Area

California Water Board Backs Plan to Increase River Flows

KPIX

Video: Antioch Spends Big On Image Consultant, Ad Campaign To Rebrand City

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco gets $15 million federal grant to start sprucing up Market Street

Mass Transit Magazine

It’s official: Transit projects awarded $195 million in BUILD grants

San Francisco Chronicle

SF supervisors back off plan to charge tolls to enter, exit Treasure Island

San Francisco Examiner

Treasure Island residents protest cost of proposed toll

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Proposed Commute Toll For Treasure Island Tabled

East Bay Times

Editorial: BART $7,500 fine for publicly funding campaign a joke

Mercury News

The sleeping Tesla driver, and what autopilot can and can’t do

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Talks resume over rail crossing opposed by SMART directors

Fairfield Daily Republic

Real McCoy Ferry II down for emergency repairs

Berkeleyside

Caltrans seeks input on plan to replace University Avenue I-80 overcrossing

Berkeleyside

‘Funding gap’ reported as $21M in Berkeley T1 projects proceed

San Francisco Examiner

Preliminary findings expected in Transbay Transit Center cracked beam investigation

Curbed

Answers on Transbay Transit Center fracture problem expected in January

Curbed

As cities confront climate change, is density the answer?

Mission Local

Mission Street merchants hate the red lanes, regardless of any benefits to transit

Slate

Scooter Companies vs. the Regulators

Sacramento Business Journal

Sac State students to be shuttled by autonomous vehicles

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: Why California cities don’t build affordable housing

San Francisco Chronicle

Deal preserving low-cost housing hailed as Ed Lee’s real legacy

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Briefing: Late mayor’s ‘true legacy’ in the Richmond District

San Francisco Chronicle

SF Mayor Breed not moving from plan to spend $181 million windfall on homeless

East Bay Times

Employer taxes, rent caps, and more in big, bold Bay Area housing plan

San Francisco Examiner

CASA: The most important housing deal you've never heard of

East Bay Times

In Oakland, a radical approach to housing shortage

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