Senior development advances with sale of city property
WALNUT CREEK — A tiny 50-square-foot strip of land was one of the last battlegrounds for opponents of a 30-acre senior care community slated to transform Seven Hills Ranch’s low …
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Is America becoming a country of YIMBYs?
By Nathaniel Meyersohn | CNN New York — Public support is building for changes to zoning codes and other laws that have dominated American housing policy for decades and restricted …
Richmond’s big dreams for vacant Hilltop Mall; will plans finally pan out?
RICHMOND – The worst type of mall is a dead mall. But this years-long, morbid reality has not yet galvanized Richmond officials and developers to settle on a clear vision …
Is Millbrae using a ‘racist’ amendment in the state constitution to block homeless housing?
When San Mateo County supervisors agreed in September to buy a Millbrae motel to convert to homeless housing, neighbors were furious that the county had pushed through the plan over …
Billionaires’ utopia CEO defiant over calls to end lawsuit against Solano County residents
The CEO of a contentious plan backed by Silicon Valley billionaires for a utopia in Solano County refused to back down from a $510 million lawsuit against property owners, as …
What makes a property ‘historic?’ The answer is not straightforward
As developers and homeowners take advantage of new state laws aimed at producing more housing in the Bay Area, some communities are applying for historic status in a last-resort bid …
Is historic preservation just another NIMBY tactic to avoid California housing laws?
When residents of the leafy Baywood neighborhood in San Mateo got word that a 1933 Spanish Revival home would be demolished to make way for a much larger house with …
In Bay Area, 1 in 4 millennials and three-quarters of Gen Z still live at home
After Kelly Zhao earned a master’s degree in ethnic studies from UCLA last year, she followed the lead of so many other young graduates thrust into a competitive job market: …
Can housing crisis be alleviated by upzoning overhaul?
BERKELEY — Roughly three years ago, Councilmember Rigel Robinson and his team conceptualized a vision to legalize 1,000 new residential housing units in the city’s Southside. “But I didn’t think …
How do California homebuilding booms differ from busts?
“Numerology” tries to find reality within various measurements of economic and real estate trends. Buzz: So, what might it take to get California homebuilders to ramp up their construction efforts? …