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Fairfield Daily Republic

Affordable housing topic of Vallejo meeting

Curbed

SF sues wealthy investors, alleges affordable-home scam

Bay City Beacon

Senator Wiener Launches Three Big Bills to Tackle Housing Woes

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Emeryville Considers Adding 54-Story Skyscraper

KQED

Audio: Homes on Top of Buses

KQED

Audio: Richmond Looks to Get Out of Managing Its Low-Income Housing

Sacramento Bee

Housing in the Central Valley is changing. But not necessarily for the better

San Francisco Chronicle

Big setback for Gov. Brown’s twin tunnels delta water project

East Bay Times

Small earthquake rattles Carquinez Strait

Mercury News

Bay Area families are opening their homes to asylum seekers: ‘It’s a bold act of resistance’

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Newest Sonoma County regional park to welcome visitors next year

Sacramento Bee

Opinion: California’s wildfire response should include small-scale solar power

San Francisco Examiner

City to develop plans for future air quality emergencies after November fire

Los Angeles Times

It’s safe and emissions free. So why is California in the doldrums around offshore wind?

Axios

The climate may be warming even faster than the UN's dire warning

City Lab

Is ‘Climate-Positive’ Design Possible?

Mercury News

VTA’s $25 million deficit could lead to service cuts, buyouts and higher fares

Mercury News

When I-880 carpool lanes will become express lanes: Roadshow

Mercury News

Editorial: Congress must toughen self-driving car bill

Berkeleyside

Berkeley won’t pave any streets in 2018; pavement continues to deteriorate

SF Business Journal

Transit innovator Chariot shifts to focus on corporate transportation

SF Chronicle

Scooter mechanic, once homeless, says cheap rides now help him pay rent

SF Chronicle

SF sues Peninsula couple, saying they violated affordable homeowner law

SF Chronicle

Editorial: Redevelopment was costly, wasteful — and sorely missed?

SF Examiner

Rent for SFPD’s tactical unit soars in hot real estate market

SF Curbed

West Coast home prices are primed to drop. Here’s why.

KQED

California Lawmakers Propose Host of Bills to Help Low-Income Renters and the Homeless

Los Angeles Times

U.S. hiring slows to still-solid 155,000 jobs, unemployment rate holds at 3.7%

San Francisco Chronicle

Lyft lays groundwork to go public on Wall Street

East Bay Times

Lyft beats Uber in race to file for an IPO

San Francisco Business Times

Lyft readies to go public with confidential filing

San Francisco Chronicle

Changing city habits means no need for apartment garages

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni driver shortage almost twice as bad as officials stated, city analysis says

San Francisco Examiner

Report: Poor pay for bus drivers caused ‘chronic staffing deficit’ that led to summer Muni meltdown

Mercury News

Driving on freeway shoulders: Push to allow once-unthinkable practice

Mercury News

How's this for a perk? Free valet parking for Santa Clara County workers

Mercury News

Highway 17 accidents: Angry driver proposes public shaming

Associated Press

AP: Rock/don’t rock: the best crosswalk lights ever

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Sebastopol rolling out county’s 1st electric bus

Sacramento Bee

Sacramento County ends ‘mind-boggling’ automated license plate reader program tracking welfare recipients

Los Angeles Times

Rebuilding crumbling infrastructure has bipartisan support. But who gets to pay for it?

KQED

Bridge Agency to Sign Off on Toll Hike — Though Court Action Could Lead to Refund

Global Railway Review

2018: A year of progress and change for California’s high-speed rail project

San Francisco Chronicle

The fight to save Fillmore West from wrecking ball

East Bay Times

California officially becomes first in nation mandating solar power for new homes

East Bay Times

Berkeley’s Skinner introduces ‘Keep Californians Housed’ bill

East Bay Times

East Oakland homeless encampment thwarts eviction for now

Mercury News

Palo Alto loosens up building, parking rules to encourage more housing projects

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

SMART sells downtown Santa Rosa property to housing developer

Napa Valley Register

Napa council approves Vista Grove homes despite price, traffic concerns

San Francisco Examiner

‘Til death do us part: When rent control is a bigger commitment than marriage

Curbed

SFMTA considers new bus yard with housing

Curbed

City passes plan for new homes and development in SoMa

San Francisco Business Times

City approves Central SoMa plan, paving way for unprecedented development boom

Curbed

San Francisco rents close 2018 by rising—again

KQED

Despite Fierce Opposition, San Jose Approves Major Public Land Sale to Google

Mission Local

The S.F. Auto Works garage on Valencia Street could become a six-story apartment building

Cal Matters

A gentler, still incredibly controversial housing bill is back—with a powerful new ally

San Francisco Chronicle

Fight against greenhouse gases stalls as emissions soar to new record

East Bay Times

Why fossil fuel emissions are increasing — again

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