Today's News Roundup

An aerial view of Contra Costa County. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Business Wire

Iteris Receives $3.75 Million Contract from San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Mercury News

San Jose Airport passenger trips struggle, new flights may create lift
The Oaklandside

Oakland police drop technology that promised to eliminate dangerous chases
San Jose Spotlight

Cupertino approves plan to end traffic deaths
SF Gate

'This is not a blip': A quiet movement grows on San Francisco's streets
New York Times

Silicon Valley Investors’ Plans for a New City Put on Hold
Mercury News

Billionaires’ utopia company California Forever scraps plan for ballot initiative in wake of damning report
San Francisco Chronicle

More housing in S.F.’s Central SoMa? City willing to relax zoning rules in struggling neighborhood
San Francisco Standard

The rent is too damn AI: Peskin seeks ban on price-hike software
Richmondside

Richmond Rent Board increases landlord fees, limits rent hikes to 1.4%
San Francisco Standard

Salesforce mandates October return to office for most employees as layoffs continue
San Francisco Chronicle

Struggling downtown S.F. tower signs a flurry of leases for office space
San Francisco Chronicle

What if AI puts everyone out of work?
Mercury News

Desalination plant proposed for San Francisco Bay
KPIX

San Antonio Creek to reopen after fish die-off