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Santa Rosa District 4 Candidates Debate Solutions to Local Housing Shortage

Housing advocates say Santa Rosa must build over 11,000 new homes to reach a healthy vacancy rate, making housing a central issue in the District 4 City Council race. The Press Democrat reports retired firefighter and Planning Commissioner Terry Sanders is pushing to streamline the city’s permitting process and eliminate cumbersome delays for developers.

Santa Rosa, CA · 7d

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Affordable housing rising on long-vacant Eastmont lot

At the beginning of the pandemic, the Black Cultural Zone took an empty acre of city land on Foothill Boulevard and transformed it into a community gathering place. Named Liberation Park, it hosted a meals program, a farmers market, small business expos, cultural events, and a lively roller-skating rink. Some...

Oakland, CA · 9d
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California’s assessor guidance sets the 2027 disabled veterans’ exemption amounts, which cover the first slice of a qualifying home’s value

A California homeowner with a 100 percent disabled-veteran rating will have the first $185,889 of a home’s assessed value exempt from property tax on the Jan. 1, 2027 lien date, or $278,836 if household income is $83,474 or less. State Board of Equalization Deputy Director David Yeung set those amounts in a May 22 letter […] The post California’s assessor guidance sets the 2027 disabled veterans’ exemption amounts, which cover the first slice of a qualifying home’s value appeared first on The Money Overview .

California · 8d

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Planning Board Approves Zoning Changes to Address Commercial Vacancies, South Shore ADUs

During its meeting on Monday, October 26, the Planning Board approved Zoning Text Amendments that will streamline the entitlement process for new businesses to open up along Park and Webster Streets. It also approved a Planned Development Amendment to the South Shore Beach and Tennis Club to convert a portion of the property’s existing commercial and office facilities into residential space.

Alameda, CA · 7d
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Letter: Vote “Yes” on Measure S: Affordable Rents in San Pablo Keep Our Communities Healthy

Many San Pablo residents are worried. Corporate landlords and policy decisions at the state and federal levels have tipped the scales against renters. With inflation and rent continuing to rise, renters in the city worry about keeping roofs over their heads, about their parents being able to age in place, or their kids staying in the same schools. As a lifelong resident and Council member of San Pablo, and as a national public health expert who has worked deeply with San Pablo residents, we know these worries are well founded, and what they mean for the health of San Pablo. We have seen families, neighbors, and constituents be forced to move far away from their loved ones because of rent increases and unjust evictions. Some have had to make the impossible choice between refilling a medical prescription, or paying their rent and keeping their home. Housing insecurity impacts the most vulnerable in this city: families targeted by ICE, seniors on fixed incomes, people with disabilities, working moms, and others who make up the 58% of San Pablo households who are renters.

San Pablo, CA · 7d

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Ashby BART housing: Berkeley advances 174-unit affordable project

A proposal to replace a parking lot at the Ashby BART station with an affordable apartment building and a dozen townhomes that would provide a rare opportunity for low-income buyers to own property in Berkeley took a key step forward this week. The Berkeley City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night...

Berkeley, CA · 9d

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West Oakland Plan Calls for 90 Affordable Homes on Cleared Brush Street Lot

A recently cleared parcel near San Pablo Avenue and Uptown Oakland is now the site of plans for a seven-story apartment building with 90 homes, 89 of them deed-restricted as affordable for low-income households. The proposal at 2101 Brush Street, in West Oakland’s Ralph Bunche neighborhood, would set aside one unit for an on-site property manager.

Oakland, CA · 9d

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Hundreds of homes could replace Palo Alto office property

PALO ALTO — A real estate firm is seeking to develop 269 homes on an office property near the interchange of U.S. 101 and Oregon Expressway in Palo Alto, documents on file with city planners show. San Francisco-based Strada Investment Group paid $29 million In December 2025 for a...

Palo Alto, CA · 9d

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Teresa Acosta: “Housing and Local Control Are the Challenges Facing Cities”

Latino representation in the spaces where statewide public policy is shaped has a new leader at the League of California Cities. Teresa Acosta, a Carlsbad councilmember since 2020, became president of the organization on September 25, becoming the second Latina to hold the position in the association’s 128-year history, she said during an interview with Fanny Miller, publisher of El Latino San Diego.

Carlsbad, CA · 8d

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What we know about the NYC firm trying to buy SF’s dead mall

When news broke last week that Seven Equity Group had emerged as the next buyer to try to acquire the San Francisco Centre Mall, few in the city’s close-knit real estate world knew of the firm. Name recognition doesn’t always equate to credibility or capability, but the lack of...

San Francisco, CA · 8d

SFGate

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Tiny Lake Havasu City has become a hotspot for Calif.'s millionaire renters

Millionaire renters are surging across California.

California · 10d

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A Fight Over Farmworker Housing Is on the Ballot in This Bay Area Town

After more than a half-century of marriage, Cándido Rosales and his wife are living apart in the same town. She recently joined him from Mexico after waiting years for her immigration paperwork to be approved. But they haven’t found a place they can afford where they could live together in Half Moon Bay. She is staying with her sister; he shares a rented room with another person.

Half Moon Bay, CA · 8d

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8 Things California Home Sellers Have to Disclose That Surprise Buyers

Most home sellers expect to mention a leaky roof or a cracked foundation. But Californians selling a house may be surprised how much more the law asks them to tell a buyer. Here’s what to know before you list. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Disclosure rules...

California · 11d

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Opinion: Yes on Prop 45 to own your piece of the California dream

In California, we talk a lot about affordable housing. I’d much prefer we build affordable housing rather than talk about it. Proposition 45, the Building and Affordable California Act, would make it easier to do just that. It would allow us to build more of the homes that Californians need, including single-family homes in the suburbs as well as condos, townhomes and apartments in our cities.

California · 8d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Safeway Marina developer accuses opponents of ‘weaponizing’ civil rights law

The developer behind the controversial plan to build new homes on top of a Safeway store near San Francisco’s waterfront is accusing neighborhood opponents of using civil rights law as a “weapon.”

San Francisco, CA · 8d

Realtor.com News & Insights

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​​Tiny-Home Developers in California Hit With Felony Charges After Abandoning Projects

Homeowners who paid thousands of dollars to a California company say they were left with unfinished projects and financial losses.

California · 11d

ABC7 News Bay Area

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Anthropic's IPO expected to reshape SF's housing market: 'Most of us can't afford houses'

The San Francisco-based company's IPO is projected to be one of the largest in history. City officials are preparing for the economic impact that could follow.

San Francisco, CA · 11d

Alameda Post

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Properties Sold in Alameda October 12 – 25, 2026

We are deep into October, and the fall cooldown has started, but Alameda’s real estate market warmed up a bit over the past two weeks. Fourteen homes were sold—10 in 94501 and four in 94502. Inventory rose slightly, with 84 homes for sale, 8 coming soon, and 28 pending.

Alameda, CA · 9d

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Wellness nonprofit buys ‘jewel box’ Scottish Rite Center in downtown Oakland

OAKLAND — The Scottish Rite Center near Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland was bought by a wellness-oriented nonprofit in a deal that will bring a new purpose to the historic site. Through an affiliate, Art of Living Foundation paid $9.3 million for the building at 1547 Lakeside Dr., documents...

Oakland, CA · 10d