Big San Jose housing project may zip through streamlined approvals
SAN JOSE — A big San Jose housing development proposed for a site near a key transit stop that could produce hundreds of residences is poised to zip through the city …
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Why owners aren’t selling? Maybe they like their homes – Daily News
“Numerology” tries to find reality within various measurements of economic and real estate trends. Buzz: What if homeowners are simply not selling because they like their homes? Source: My trusty spreadsheet …
A Northern California city gave a homeless camp a lease as an experiment. Here’s what happened
BY MARISA KENDALL | CalMatters When Sacramento changed its plan to demolish a homeless encampment on a vacant lot on Colfax Street, instead offering the homeless occupants a lease, activists …
What rent slowdown? Tenants find little relief from sky-high prices – Daily News
Long Beach tenant Shelby Bisaccio summed up the Southern California rental market in one word. “Expensive.” Bisaccio, a 32-year-old bartender, had been apartment shopping about a month ago, but gave …
Californians face higher costs for goods and services than before the pandemic despite inflation slowing
Pandemic-era inflation has fallen from its peak two years ago, but the costs of many goods and services continue to rise and are still higher than before the onset of …
South Bay medical clinic for homeless to offer thousands of care visits
A medical clinic in one of the South Bay’s largest homeless shelters has expanded to provide thousands of health care visits for local unhoused residents. Santa Clara Valley Healthcare recently …
Which counties support Newsom’s mental health measure?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $6.4 billion plan to bring thousands of homeless people off the streets and into treatment appeared to be on life support Wednesday as conservative voters in rural …
Proposition 1: Early returns
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $6.4 billion ballot measure to add thousands of mental health beds for homeless people and other vulnerable residents was leading by a few percentage points in early …
San Jose to clear 1,000 homeless people from creeks and waterways
For decades, homeless people have camped along San Jose’s 140 miles of creeks and rivers. Now, at the direction of state regulators, city officials are devising an ambitious plan to …
Concord City Council approves new tenant, landlord protections for rent hikes and evictions
CONCORD — The financial toll of annual rent hikes and evictions will soon be slightly less burdensome for renters living in roughly 18,100 dwellings in the East Bay. Concord lawmakers …