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California Supreme Court hears arguments on UC Berkeley’s plans for housing at People’s Park – The Mercury News
A drone view of People’s Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. UC Berkeley has surrounded the park with shipping containers and hired full-time security to keep people out while waiting for court approval to build student housing there. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Should noise from the future residents of a housing project be considered a form of environmental pollution under California environmental regulations? And to what degree should housing developers be pushed to study alternative sites for a project? These are the questions the California Supreme…
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California Supreme Court hears arguments on UC Berkeley’s plans for housing at People’s Park – The Mercury News
A drone view of People’s Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. UC Berkeley has surrounded the park with shipping containers and hired full-time security to keep people out while waiting for court approval to build student housing there. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Should noise from the future residents of a housing project be considered a form of environmental pollution under California environmental regulations? And to what degree should housing developers be pushed to study alternative sites for a project? These are the questions the California Supreme…
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Downtown San Jose economy faces fresh jolts as two tenant exits loom – East Bay Times
SAN JOSE — The decision by two tenants to exit downtown San Jose might worsen the maladies that already afflict the urban core’s economy in the wake of the coronavirus. PwC, a professional services titan, and its recently purchased tech company, Surfaceink, are poised to leave downtown after PwC signed a lease for a big chunk of space in a new office building at Santana Row in west San Jose. The prospect of tenant departures comes at a time when downtown San Jose already struggles with office vacancy levels that…
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Massive Distribution of the 2024 Diamond Certified Directory Begins – Yahoo Finance
American Ratings Corporation announces the arrival of the 2024 Diamond Certified Directory, which features in-depth rating profiles of top rated companies throughout the Greater Bay Area. 2024 Diamond Certified Directory The 2024 Diamond Certified Directory is currently being mailed to more than 820,000 homeowners, select local business owners, property and apartment managers, and insurance and real estate agents throughout the Greater Bay Area. Petaluma, CA, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On April 3, American Ratings Corporation (ARC) began mailing the 2024 Diamond Certified Directory to more than 820,000 homeowners,…
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Lack of housing supply pulled national home sales to lowest level in 28 years in 2023. Will 2024 be a repeat? – Palo Alto Online
Home sales last year dropped to the lowest level in nearly three decades, and despite a modest uptick in January, the housing market continues to have a deficit in housing inventory. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Summary Total annual home sales in the U.S. in 2023 dropped to the lowest level since 1995 The sale of existing homes in the U.S. slid 19% in 2023 In January 2024, the typical seller received 2.7 offers, and 16% of homes sold over list price From March 2020 – January 2024, existing home prices climbed…
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Teachers get first crack at affordable housing in San Francisco – NBC Bay Area
San Francisco is rolling out a new solution to affordable housing for teachers. Applications for the city’s newest affordable housing developments started being accepted Tuesday, with the process only open for the next few weeks to teachers and staff at San Francisco public schools. The new development for affordable housing is almost complete at 43rd Avenue, near Judah Street. It is called Shirley Chisholm Village and named after the country’s first Black congresswoman, who was also a longtime public education advocate. After the city in 2016 decided to prioritize affordable…
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