January 15, 2021
The Bay Area’s headlines, all in one place.
Housing/Development
- Coronavirus: Deals in Bay Area renter’s market favor luxury seekers [East Bay Times]
- San Anselmo commission approves apartment project at Hub [Marin Independent Journal]
- Unusual affordable housing deal stalled after concerns were raised [The Oaklandside]
- ‘Help Them Stay Afloat’: Santa Clara County Fund Throws Lifeline to Thousands of Struggling Renters [KQED]
- Federal rent relief is coming. Here’s what to expect in California [Los Angeles Times]
- Millbrae fast tracks affordable housing [San Mateo Daily Journal]
- Burlingame development agreement advances [San Mateo Daily Journal]
Transportation
- Biden’s American Rescue Plan includes $20 billion for transit industry [Mass Transit]
- Biden: $20B for ‘Hardest Hit’ Public Transit Agencies [Railway Age]
- BART’s push to reinvent its police force: Doubling down on social workers, unarmed Ambassadors [Mercury News]
- Cruise control on city streets? It has its fans: Roadshow [Mercury News]
Other
- A popular Point Reyes beach closes to humans as elephant seals arrive [San Francisco Chronicle]
- The permanent heat wave — 2020 rivals 2016 for earth’s hottest year on record [San Francisco Chronicle]
- 2020 was hottest year on record, NASA scientists say [Mercury News]