"Why Homes in the Bay Area Are Unaffordable"

The National Review | March 9, 2020

Instead of new development, we got the Google piñata

Maybe it was the $2,070 bottle of wine. Or the junket to a hot spring in China. Or perhaps it was the John Deere tractor gifted for a vacation home in Colusa County.

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"San Francisco’s Sky High Commercial Rents Are About To Go Up"

HotAir | March 5, 2020

A San Francisco progressive housing group called Todco promoted a ballot proposition which would tie the creation of new office space in the city to construction of new housing. The final tally isn’t in yet but it appears Prop E might pass.

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"How bad land use and transportation decisions go hand-in-hand with “The Congestion Con”"

Smart Growth America | March 5, 2020

In an expensive, decades-long effort to curb congestion in urban regions, our transportation agencies and elected leaders have overwhelmingly prioritized spending hundreds of billions of dollars to widen and build new highways.

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"An ‘uninhabitable’ shack in San Francisco that’s missing a wall just sold for $2 million, and it showcases the real value of land in the Bay Area"

Business Insider | March 5, 2020

San Francisco is home to one of the most expensive housing markets in the US.

Still, even in a city with a median home value of $1,352,300, finding an uninhabitable shack — that’s missing a back wall — on the market for nearly $2 million is something of a shock.

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