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San Francisco Chronicle

Lawsuit filed challenging San Francisco’s new Central SoMa zoning plan

San Francisco Chronicle

SF Mayor London Breed aims to cut red tape to help homeless faster

East Bay Times

Special Alameda election to decide fate of proposed center for seniors, homeless

East Bay Times

Fremont’s warming center for homeless now open nightly as winter shelter

Curbed

Disparate impact, the latest civil rights tool in Ben Carson’s crosshairs, explained

Petaluma Argus-Courier

New Petaluma homes OK'd, but there's no one to build them

Cal Matters

Lawmakers asked to consider anti-price gouging laws to slow rising rents

San Francisco Chronicle

Major storm expected to hit Bay Area midweek, bring blizzard to Sierra

Marin Independent Journal

Marin inches toward adopting Stafford Lake plan

Napa Valley Register

Napa County supervisors want to adopt rules before approving another solar farm

Bay City News Service / NBC - Bay Area

Video: Gov. Sues Tetra Tech for Alleged False Claims in Hunters Point Cleanup

Wired

Cities Are Tucking Climate Change Fixes Into New Laws

San Francisco Chronicle

New effort to require Caltrans to consider bikes, buses and pedestrians in plans

Mercury News

Push to have ignition interlocking devices for first-time drunk drivers

Mercury News

Elderly lady doing her part to reduce trash: Roadshow

San Francisco Examiner

Chariot drivers could get new gigs with Muni

Quartz

Ford learned the hard way that the world didn’t want a better bus

Curbed

City prepping fix for closed Transbay Transit Center

VentureBeat

StreetLight Data can now help cities measure bicycle and foot traffic

KGO-TV

Video: Changes are coming to the Embarcadero, San Francisco's waterfront

Forbes

A $1B Budget? How This Micromobility Strategist Helped Build The Tech Powering Uber's JUMP

East Bay Times

Editorial: Tech titans need to respond to Newsom housing challenge

New York Magazine

Gavin Newsom Takes Aim at California’s NIMBYism

East Bay Times

Financing deal to renovate and keep Antioch apartments affordable

East Bay Times

Survey: California homebuyers compromise on price, neighborhood

East Bay Times

Earlier approved Redwood City hotel comes back for review at larger size

Mercury News

Google Effect: Search giant spurs downtown San Jose boom

San Francisco Examiner

Bayview and Dogpatch neighbors call for ‘RV navigation center,’ pause on street bans

Architectural Digest

San Francisco's Older BART Trains Might Be Turned Into Housing Units

San Francisco Chronicle

White House considers diverting San Francisco Bay money to pay for Trump’s wall

East Bay Times

L.A.’s earthquake early warning system can save lives, but what about the rest of California?

East Bay Times

Gavin Newsom appoints Oakland man to lead Natural Resources Agency

Marin Independent Journal

Rep. Huffman introduces bills to prevent offshore drilling on West Coast and in Arctic

Marin Independent Journal

PG&E to file for bankruptcy due to wildfire lawsuits; shares tank

Sacramento Bee

PG&E plans to go bankrupt amid California wildfire crisis

Los Angeles Times

More wildfires, drought and climate change bring devastating changes to California wildlands

Government Technology

STiR Program Announces 40 Participating Startups for 2019

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco’s Chariot shuttle service to shut down

Wired

Ford Axes Its Chariot Shuttles, Proves Mobility Is Hard

San Francisco Chronicle

Transbay officials acknowledge inspection process didn’t catch cracked beams

East Bay Times

‘Extraordinary’ oversight failed to identify issues with cracked steel beams at SF’s Transbay Terminal

San Francisco Examiner

Officials: Transit Center re-opening date to be unveiled in ‘weeks’

Engineering News-Record

Contractor Gets Green Light to Fix Two Fractured Girders at Salesforce Transit Center

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Probe Into Transbay Transit Center's Cracked Beams Nears End

San Francisco Chronicle

Richmond ferry completes maiden voyage to San Francisco, commuters aboard

Mercury News

Carpool changes appear to help at 237-880: Roadshow

Silicon Valley Business Journal

VTA awards general engineering contract for BART subway in San Jose

City Lab

Anatomy of an Electric Scooter Crash

Bicycling

The Death of Bike Commuting Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

San Francisco Chronicle

That (stunning) time The Chronicle gave real estate to new subscribers

Mercury News

Google campus starts to take shape in north San Jose

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Gavin Newsom threatens to cut state funding from cities that don't approve enough housing

Los Angeles Times

California has 70% of the nation’s priciest ZIP codes when it comes to home sales

Cal Matters

It’s a big deal: Newsom’s housing budget, explained

Cal Matters

Opinion: A cautious budget with a bold housing plan

NBC - Bay Area

California Governor Links Housing, Transportation Money

Palo Alto Online

CASA: Regional housing plan splits elected leaders

San Francisco Chronicle

Why wildfires pose an existential threat to California tourism

Los Angeles Times

California set a goal of 100% clean energy, and now other states may follow its lead

New York Times

Ocean Warming Is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds

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