Arent Fox Bay Area Land News - January 25, 2018
US/California/Bay Area News
East Bay Times
California is not alone in its housing crisis, survey of U.S. mayors shows
Bay Area cities grappling with the soaring cost of housing are not alone.
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East Bay Times
Tech execs back California bill that aims to build more housing near transit
Bigger, taller apartment buildings surrounding your neighborhood BART station? More than 100 California tech leaders are enthusiastically saying yes.
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San Francisco Business Times
Measure to bump some Bay Area tolls up to $8 heads to voters
The Bay Area Toll Authority today voted to advance a $4.5 billion plan to address the region’s biggest transportation challenges to voters.
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Silicon Valley Business Journal
These are the favorites, long shots and wild cards to land Amazon's HQ2
Amazon.com has narrowed its search for a $5 billion second headquarters from 238 bids down to 20 finalists.
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Silicon Valley Business Journal
Silicon Valley experts parse the rent control issue
Repealing California’s law limiting rent control legislation died its second death in Sacramento in as many years earlier this month.
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San Francisco News
SFGATE
State court in SF rules for landlord over appeal of penalties
Oakland’s system of penalizing landlords for poor building conditions violates California law because it requires the landlord to appeal fines to an officer appointed by the same city agency that imposed them, a state appeals court has ruled.
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San Francisco Business Times
Mark Farrell voted in by Board of Supervisors to be interim mayor until June election
Supervisor Mark Farrell has been selected as San Francisco's interim mayor until a June election can be held to determine a successor for the late Ed Lee.
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San Francisco Business Times
Why San Francisco has the second-highest construction costs in the world
San Francisco has the world's second-highest construction costs because of complex, burdensome approvals, a severe labor shortage and easy paths for opponents to delay projects, according to a new report.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Former SF planning commissioner Johnson enters District 6 race
Former Planning Commissioner Christine Johnson has taken a big public step toward entering the race for supervisor of San Francisco’s District Six, adding intrigue to a contest that could shape politics for the rest of the city.
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San Francisco Chronicle
State court in SF rules for landlord over appeal of penalties
Oakland’s system of penalizing landlords for poor building conditions violates California law because it requires the landlord to appeal fines to an officer appointed by the same city agency that imposed them, a state appeals court has ruled.
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco delisting is a new chapter for home-sharing
On Jan. 16, two of the major short-term rental platforms (Airbnb and HomeAway) deactivated thousands of unregistered listings in San Francisco.
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San Francisco Chronicle
SF set to start process for building modular housing for formerly homeless
Doubling down on its commitment to using off-site construction methods to create faster and less-expensive housing for the formerly homeless, city officials are kicking off a search for a San Francisco site to build a modular factory.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Up for election in June, Supervisor Sheehy’s campaign seems in disarray
San Francisco Supervisor Jeff Sheehy’s election campaign appears to be fraying in the tight race to represent District Eight, following the departure on Friday of a strategist who was hired to impose order.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Supervisors’ cunning move out of left field made Mark Farrell SF’s interim mayor
It seemed like a bizarre move for San Francisco’s progressive supervisors: remove a self-made African American woman from City Hall’s top job and replace her with an affluent white man, the goal being to prevent rich white men from shaping city politics.
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The Registry
PGIM Partners with Wood Partners on +$100MM apartment development in Potrero Hill in San Francisco
PGIM Real Estate, in a joint venture with Wood Partners, has plans to start this year the development of Alta Potrero Hill apartment complex in the Potrero Hill section of San Francisco.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Viewpoint: Supervisor Ronen — Why I voted for a caretaker mayor
I’ve put off making an endorsement in the mayor’s race because I believe we need to turn this city upside down.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Opinion: A surprise power play gives San Francisco a new temporary mayor
San Francisco has its third mayor in two months, the result of a stunning vote hatched by progressives to oust a moderate rival as the race to fill the top job gets under way.
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San Francisco Examiner
Supes defend interim mayor decision
Progressive members of the Board of Supervisors defended their decision Wednesday to side with their more moderate colleague, Mark Farrell, in naming him interim mayor.
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San Francisco Examiner
Mayor Farrell to appoint District 2 supervisor ‘sooner rather than later’
Mayor Mark Farrell has yet to decide on who he will appoint to serve in his previous role of District 2 supervisor, he told the San Francisco Examiner Wednesday afternoon.
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South Bay News
East Bay Times
Developers eye 285 residential units at south end of downtown San Jose
A veteran realty firm has proposed development of nearly 290 residences on a parking lot at the south end of downtown San Jose.
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Silicon Valley Business Journal
Bursting at its seams, San Jose International planning huge expansion
After five calendar years of strong passenger growth — the last two measured in double-digit percentages — Mineta San Jose International Airport has begun planning for a terminal expansion costing up to $1 billion and fully open by 2024.
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Peninsula News
Mountain View Voice
Amid legal threats, committee backs away from mobile home rent control
Surrounded by legal threats on all sides, Mountain View's Rental Housing Committee on Monday backed away from plans to bring the city's mobile home residents under the aegis of rent control.
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East Bay Times
Opinion: Talking about housing? Mountain View is actually doing something
Around midnight on Dec. 12, the Mountain View City Council unanimously adopted the Residential Update to the North Bayshore Precise Plan.
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The Almanac
Menlo Park: Charter talks tabled
The introspective process of drafting a city charter will for now take a back-burner to more pressing city priorities, judging by comments from the City Council offered at its Jan. 16 meeting.
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The Almanac
Supervisors deny Menlo Park's appeal of Stanford project
Despite Menlo Park's protestations that a proposal by Stanford to build a new office building will worsen traffic in its territory, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously denied the city's appeal of the proposal -- thereby clearing the path for the project to move forward.
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Silicon Valley Business Journal
Panel praises Mountain View for breaking with past on housing approach
The City of Mountain View earned unanimous praise from a three-member panel Tuesday for its efforts to address Silicon Valley’s housing crisis. Palo Alto? Not so much.
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San Francisco Business Times
Developer wins bid to revitalize 15-acre site in Daly City near Cow Palace
Nonprofit developer MidPen Housing won a bid to revamp a 15-acre development site in Daly City near the Cow Palace.
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The Almanac
El Camino in North Fair Oaks may be transformed by new zoning
The mile-long stretch of El Camino Real in North Fair Oaks, right on the border with Atherton, may never be the same.
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The Almanac
Bumps in the road ahead in west Menlo Park
Four new speed bumps and a set of neighborhood "gateways" are planned for installation on North Lemon Avenue in Menlo Park, between Santa Cruz Avenue and Valparaiso Avenue in western Menlo Park, following the approval of the project by the City Council on Jan. 16.
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The Almanac
San Mateo County floating half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements
San Mateo County is considering asking voters to approve a half-cent sales tax to help fund transportation improvements, a measure that might reach the ballot by November.
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Palo Alto Online
East Palo Alto considers RV solutions
The East Palo Alto City Council is considering using some of its own property to temporarily give recreational vehicle dwellers a place to stay. But state tenancy laws could make it difficult to keep even the city's best efforts from becoming a revolving door.
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Mountain View Voice
Amid legal threats, committee backs away from mobile home rent control
Surrounded by legal threats on all sides, Mountain View's Rental Housing Committee on Monday backed away from plans to bring the city's mobile home residents under the aegis of rent control.
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East Bay News
East Bay Times
Oakland landlords will have to pay thousands if they evict tenants to move back in
A new Oakland ordinance requires relocation payments of thousands of dollars to renters evicted by landlords who are moving back.
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San Francisco Business Times
Oakland's largest affordable project in four years starts construction next to BART
After more than a decade of planning, construction started this month on 94 affordable apartments next to Oakland's Fruitvale BART station, the city's largest below-market-rate project in four years.
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San Francisco Business Times
TRI Pointe swoops in to build 128 condos in West Oakland
A new offering of condos is coming to West Oakland. TRI Pointe Homes snapped up a 4.36-acre development site for $24 million. The land is entitled for 128 townhomes for 1708 Wood St. and 1711 18th St. adjacent to the historic 16th Street Train Station.
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East Bay Times
Plan to transform downtown Livermore nears finish line
A long debate on remaking the downtown into a Wine Country destination is coming to a head soon as the City Council takes up two alternative proposals, each with a boutique hotel, large village green and some housing.
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7 年Hey Tim - Still Kicking! Hope you have a great 2018. See you at the inauguration party of whomever wins the mayoral race. Malissa McKeith [email protected].