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Sacramento Bee

Strict rent control has been banned in California for 20 years. Now voters could resurrect it.

Curbed

SF City Hall committee endorses California rent control expansion

Los Angeles Times

California initiative to expand rent control faces big deficit, new poll says

Mercury News

California bill to speed housing for the homeless signed into law

Mercury News

Redwood City: Park system connecting downtown to Bay in works

Mercury News

San Jose Stage Company deal would bring hotel or homes to downtown arts district

Marin Independent Journal

Developer scraps high-density design, questions desire for affordability in Mill Valley

San Francisco Examiner

School board members say rent is too high on first teacher housing project in SF

Curbed

Baylands development vote looms for Brisbane

Daily Californian

Metropolitan Transportation Commission identifies public land for affordable housing development

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area rec openings fill future with promise

East Bay Times

Week-long emergency levee work begins on Bradford Island

San Francisco Chronicle

Major traffic into SF due to Transbay Transit Center shutdown, Dreamforce

Mercury News

AP: New San Francisco transit center closes after crack found in beam

San Francisco Chronicle

What went wrong at the Transbay Transit Center? Here are some possibilities

San Francisco Examiner

$2.2 billion Salesforce Transit Center closes after crack found in steel beam

Curbed

Transbay Transit Center shut down after broken steel beam discovered

KALW

Audio: Gas tax repeal could also limit future tax increases

San Francisco Chronicle

Breed: Speed up safety improvements for bicyclists, pedestrians

San Francisco Chronicle

Caltrain weekend service to SF cut for 6 months during construction

Curbed

Caltrain canceling San Francisco weekend service until 2019

Mercury News

Express lanes, longer carpool hours coming to Highway 237

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael Airport to maintain levees after land swap

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

AP: Proposed California initiative seeks to end high speed rail

Curbed

California high-speed rail: Everything you need to know [Update]

Los Angeles Times

California bullet train aims to dodge a political bullet in San Fernando Valley

Los Angeles Times

California weighs an additional $2,000 subsidy for electric cars

Sacramento Bee

Gas tax repeal 2.0 + Ballot endorsements, revealed + Heart Walk

San Francisco Examiner

Opinion: Uh oh! They’re using the ‘share’ word again: Ford GoBike Expansion

Curbed

Multimillion dollar contract to upgrade Clipper biased toward incumbent, say vendors

The Verge

Lyft expands the ‘ditch your car’ challenge to 35 new cities

San Francisco Chronicle

SF supervisor moves to preserve housing options at Bayview community center

San Francisco Chronicle

SF supervisors push forward plan for SoMa despite opposition

San Francisco Examiner

Supes reject appeals of Central SoMa plan, clearing hurdle for massive housing and office development

Mercury News

San Jose has built just 64 of 10,000 affordable housing units planned for 2022

Mercury News

Mega jobs hub, huge office complex, hundreds of homes, eyed at San Jose BART site

Marin Independent Journal

Palo Alto: Teacher housing experiment moves closer to reality

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa City Council slashes development fees for downtown housing projects

San Francisco Examiner

Opinion: Remediation is safe when done right

Los Angeles Times

What a rent control fight in Silicon Valley could mean for the rest of California

Mercury News

Another Spare the Air Alert issued for Wednesday

CALmatters

With climate change, Valley fever spreads in California—and this year could be the worst yet

San Francisco Chronicle

Transit Week gets off to rough start as train delays disrupt officials’ commutes

San Francisco Chronicle

Pie makers and other early birds could get assist during Transbay Tube work

KQED

Audio: From $250,000 to $0: Taxi Medallions in S.F.

SF Curbed

Modernization of Clipper card won’t include high-tech features already used in other cities

Mercury News

Secrets to a short wait at the DMV: Roadshow

Marin Independent Journal

Marin bike dealers feel squeeze of tariff vise

San Francisco Examiner

BART exploring unarmed civilian ‘ambassadors’ to patrol trains

Los Angeles Times

Gas-tax repeal backers to launch new campaign to halt California's bullet train

KPIX

Don’t Miss Alameda’s 3rd Annual Bike For The Parks

Business Insider

Introducing the Bay Area Metro Awards: MTC and ABAG Inaugurate Joint Recognition Program

Mercury News

San Jose towers could get a lot taller downtown

Mercury News

Cupertino approves controversial Vallco plan, sets stage for showdown

Mercury News

Group launches referendum drive in bid to block redevelopment of Vallco Shopping Mall

Press Democrat

Santa Rosa may suspend downtown development fees to stimulate apartment building

Business Wire

TJPA: Ruling Limits Taxpayer Liability in Millennium Tower Legal Costs Fight

Press Democrat

AP: California urges Trump to drop plan for weaker fuel standard

San Francisco Chronicle

National parks bearing brunt of climate change, scientists find

East Bay Times

Car-free and carefree in San Jose, thanks to Viva Calle

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