Charter cities have special privileges under the state Constitution, Lee said, including the right to enact their own laws. When the state Legislature wants its laws to apply to those charter cities, Lee said lawmakers have to demonstrate the law addresses a Read More
Meridian Apartments, a four story, 90-unit affordable housing development on Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale, Calif., celebrated its grand opening, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Sunnyvale is now home to 90 units of new affordable housing. Local government and Read More
(Republic Urban Properties) Station 16 Apartments at 126 North Rollins Road in Millbrae. MILLBRAE — A big transit-oriented development has landed a crucial loan that will buoy the financial fortunes of a residential complex next to a BART station, the project’s developer Read More
MILLBRAE — A big transit-oriented development has landed a crucial loan that will buoy the financial fortunes of a residential complex next to a BART station, the project’s developer said. Station 16 Apartments, located near the Millbrae BART station, landed financing to Read More
For decades, Florida’s residential landscape has been dominated by Mediterranean Revivals, cozy bungalows and mid-century ranch homes. Now a new style is firmly taking hold. Call them Miami Modern, California contemporary or, as some critics put it, “those big boxy places.” They Read More
The state builder’s remedy loophole has added one notch allowing developers to bypass local zoning rules: urban sprawl across orchards, pastures and vineyards. From Morgan Hill in southern Santa Clara County to the northern edge of Benicia and into Sonoma County wine Read More
Development continues to eat up agricultural land in Morgan Hill, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, leaving Andy’s Orchard (center left) as one of the few operating farms. But it, too, could soon become housing if a proposal submitted through the builder’s remedy Read More