Saratoga city council unanimously approves housing element
The Saratoga City Council voted unanimously to approve the city’s Housing Element at a March 20 meeting after a long road of drafting and revising the document that goes back …
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How can the Bay Area fix its mental health worker shortage?
For Nataly Velasquez, a counselor at a teen crisis center in Concord, just getting through the day can feel like a small miracle. Velasquez is tasked with leading therapy groups and …
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan pushes anti-displacement tenant protection
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is throwing his support behind a proposed ordinance to help low-income tenants in San Jose stay in their neighborhoods. This week, the mayor and community …
Nonprofit HomeFirst pulls out of Sunnyvale homeless shelter after discrimination allegations
Facing allegations of discrimination, one of Santa Clara County’s largest homeless service providers will cease operating a county-owned shelter in Sunnyvale, saying continuing to run the roughly 140-bed facility “within …
What the big realtors settlement means for home buyers and sellers
By Holden Lewis | NerdWallet A landmark legal settlement between home sellers and the real estate industry could cause a shakeup in the way homes are bought and sold, beginning …
Hundreds of homes may replace part of huge Silicon Valley tech campus
SANTA CLARA — Several hundred homes could be built on a large chunk of a huge tech campus in the South Bay, a proposal that points to the ongoing and …
Backlash calls Concord tenant protections into question
CONCORD — Maria Verduzco has two more weeks to move out of the three-bedroom house she and her three children have called home since 2021. In late January, she received …
Big San Jose housing project may zip through streamlined approvals
SAN JOSE — A big San Jose housing development proposed for a site near a key transit stop that could produce hundreds of residences is poised to zip through the city …
This Bay Area city is the latest to try and reconnect neighborhoods divided by freeways
In the span of a mile, two highways and a rail line slice through the heart of South San Francisco, forming barriers that residents must navigate daily on their way …
Realtors settlement brings confusion, relief to California’s real estate industry
One thing is known for sure about a proposed settlement of a massive antitrust case against Realtors: the home selling process is about to change, and with it, how buyers …