February 1, 2019
Housing/Development
- Housing still costs a fortune in California. Will Gavin Newsom’s plan fix that? [Sacramento Bee]
- Kaiser donates $1.6 million for apartment project at site of Journey’s End mobile home park [Santa Rosa Press Democrat]
- California home sales close year on downward trend [Mercury News]
- Bay Area housing market cools, but it’s still nuts [San Francisco Chronicle]
- CASA: Bay Area housing plan launches, despite dissent [KALW]
Transportation
- 'Five Free Rides' Incentive Program Launches on February 1, 2019 [MenaFN]
- Computer ‘glitch’ makes it impossible to buy BART, Muni passes at Walgreens [San Francisco Examiner]
- Mobility report shows bike trips on the decline in SF [San Francisco Examiner]
- Gas is getting more and more expensive. California lawmakers demand an investigation [Sacramento Bee]
- Fate of Angel Island ferry service remains murky [Marin Independent Journal]
- SMART in line for $12.6 million transit grant to extend planned bike path [Santa Rosa Press Democrat]
- Hovercraft on the San Francisco Bay? Advocates say its time has come [Mercury News]
- Ferry service from Redwood City to S.F. unlikely for a long time: Roadshow [Mercury News]
- Crooked street’s neighbors get turn to sound off on proposed fee, reservation system [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Salesforce Transit Center Still Out of Commission Fout Months Later [Construction Citizen]
- Transbay Transit Center to remain shuttered until at least June [San Francisco Chronicle]
Other
- New figures show demographic change greatest in Sonoma County’s youngest, biggest cities [Petaluma 360]
- Waste recycling center in Yountville to close March 29 [Napa Valley Register]
- Commentary: Why California is so fire-prone [Vacaville Daily Republic]
- California’s peak fire season is shifting toward December, study shows [San Francisco Chronicle]
- ‘A statewide problem.’ How PG&E’s bankruptcy could soil California’s green-energy movement [Sacramento Bee]
- PG&E gets approval for $1.5 billion loan in bankruptcy [San Francisco Chronicle]