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Mercury News

Higher California gas tax only a tiny reason for higher prices

Los Angeles Times

Initiative to repeal gas tax hike sparks debate over how transportation funds are spent in California

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano transit agency starts process to build new home on Main Street

San Francisco Chronicle

Change in California’s Prop. 13 makes 2020 ballot: Business would pay more

San Francisco Chronicle

Co-living startup Starcity plans over 1,000 tiny apartments in SF, San Jose

East Bay Times

Bay Area rents finally drop — but don't get too excited

East Bay Times

Farm-rich Salinas exemplifies California’s housing struggles

Mercury News

ServiceNow sets plans for big expansion in Santa Clara

East Bay Times

Milpitas City Council OKs 220-unit apartment complex on South Main

East Bay Times

San Jose: Homeless families get green light to sleep in city parking lot

Marin Independent Journal

Novato affordable housing plan gets $250,000 county grant

Marin Independent Journal

Novato commission waives sprawl rule at Black Point site

Curbed

City approves 1,500 homes at India Basin

KQED

Mayor Breed Calls S.F. Housing Authority 'Dysfunctional' After $25 Million Shortfall Discovered

Mission Local

Nine-story building proposed for 22nd and Mission, site of deadly fire

San Francisco Business Times

220 rental units, part of Foster City master plan, hit the market

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Briefing: From 1989 quake, today’s San Francisco emerged

East Bay Times

Fire inside Chevron pipeline in Bay Point evacuates 1,400 homes, closes school

East Bay Times

Massive plan to rebuild San Francisco’s seawall on the ballot

East Bay Times

What time is today’s Great California ShakeOut?

East Bay Times

Delta’s largest wetlands restoration project kicks off in Oakley

Associated Press

AP: West Coast earthquake warning system is in ‘operational mode’

Mercury News

San Jose wins award to fight climate change

Napa Valley Register

Air quality advisory issued for Napa and Bay Area due to smoke from Oregon wildfires

Curbed

Proposition A, San Francisco’s seawall bond, explained

USGS

The Hayward Fault—Is It Due for a Repeat of the Powerful 1868 Earthquake?

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco area has the worst roads in the nation, per new report

Sacramento Bee

Sacramento’s roadways are in bad shape and getting worse, study says

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Bay Area Roads Are Some of Worst in the Country: Report

San Francisco Chronicle

City will cut lanes, beef up pedestrian safety on Sixth and Taylor streets

San Francisco Chronicle

Judge tosses lawsuit aimed at slowing Geary Blvd. bus rapid transit system

East Bay Times

Two decades in the making, James Donlon extension moves into final design phase

Mercury News

DMV waits get shorter but people are still seething: Roadshow

Mercury News

What’s happening with electric scooters around the country?

Marin Independent Journal

Marin Transit rolls out first all-electric buses

Berkeleyside

As Berkeley calls next meeting on traffic circles, community role still uncertain

San Francisco Examiner

SF to ban most of taxi fleet from SFO to help struggling cabbies

Curbed

City blames half of new congestion on Lyft, Uber

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Google Maps Adds Electric Vehicle Charging Station Locations

Mother Jones

The Republican Effort to Repeal California’s Gas Tax May Be Running on Fumes

KQED

State Transportation Agency Worked Closely With Gas Tax Backers on Political Issues

San Francisco Chronicle

SF’s India Basin to be transformed into new neighborhood as supes give OK

San Francisco Examiner

Supes reject environmental appeals, approve India Basin housing development

San Francisco Chronicle

Labor shortage could cripple Bay Area rebuilding after next big quake

San Francisco Chronicle

Is rent control the answer to sky-high prices? Bay Area voters skeptical

East Bay Times

Santa Clara County to start tackling Stanford’s ambitious expansion plans

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa supports purchase of upscale apartment complex for middle-income housing

Fairfield Daily Republic

Bay Area affordable housing veteran to lead Vallejo Housing Authority

Fairfield Daily Republic

Vacaville to unveil new mixed-use development

Napa Valley Register

Napa County moving closer to reviving Lake Berryessa resorts

Curbed

Home prices have finally hit a wall on the West Coast

Los Angeles Times

Proposition 13 has strictly limited property tax increases since 1978. Voters could get a chance to change that

Fairfield Daily Republic

Report predicts big quake would destroy nearly 69,000 Bay Area homes

Business Insider

New Online Tool Helps Residents Assess Earthquake Risk

San Francisco Chronicle

Uber, Lyft cars clog SF streets, study says

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Briefing: How SF innovation breeds transit inconveniences

San Francisco Examiner

Study: Half of SF’s increase in traffic congestion due to Uber, Lyft

KQED

City Analysis: Uber, Lyft Are Biggest Contributors to Slowdown in S.F. Traffic

Wired

Uber and Lyft Made Traffic Worse in San Francisco. But It’s Complicated

San Francisco Chronicle

Scooters are back in SF, and already people are behaving badly

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