"CA Court Ruling Could Crack Down on Tactics to Delay or Block Housing Construction"

GV Wire | February 23, 2024

California’s perpetual conflict over housing, pitting advocates of state-level pro-development policies against defenders of local government land use authority, has often involved friction between two state laws.

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"CA Court Ruling Could Crack Down on Tactics to Delay or Block Housing Construction"

GV Wire | February 23, 2024

California’s perpetual conflict over housing, pitting advocates of state-level pro-development policies against defenders of local government land use authority, has often involved friction between two state laws.

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"Tech Leaders Fled San Francisco During the Pandemic. Now, They’re Coming Back."

The Wall Street Journal | February 19, 2024

Founders and investors who moved to Miami and elsewhere are returning to a boom in artificial intelligence and an abundance of tech talent

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"The Great Compression"

The New York Times | February 17, 2024

Thanks to soaring housing prices, the era of the 400-square-foot subdivision house is upon us.

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"‘I was just shocked’: City concerned about run-down Berkeley student housing co-ops"

SF Chronicle | February 8, 2024

The four-story, 118-year-old residence has water stains on the walls from leaks. A sundeck sags precariously above a room with asbestos in the ceiling and a pantry littered with rodent traps. A storage closet sits nearly empty, its emergency supplies never replaced after an overflowing bathroom destroyed them in 2022. And a mold test kit covered in brown fungus perched for months on a downstairs windowsill.

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"People’s Park Foes to Press on with Suit"

SF Chronicle | February 6, 2024

UC Berkeley has more than 45,000 students and has forecast adding 8,500 more in the next 12 years …

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"The Magic of Urban Fabric"

Resident Urbanist | February 1, 2024

Urban fabric is to humans what water is to fish. 

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