Today's News Roundup

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Karl Nielsen

Government Technology

San Francisco Sees Delivery of $3M All-Electric Ferry
Mercury News

Strengthen sideshow penalties by confiscating cars, readers suggest: Roadshow
The Oaklandside

Caltrans prepares for potential flooding of Oakland highways
Bloomberg

SVB Didn’t Just Lend to Startups. It Was Key Partner for Affordable Housing
Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael 162-apartment project advances to planning board
Cal Matters

Student housing: State’s promise to build more dorms hits setbacks
NBC Bay Area

Santa Clara County Leaders Pass a Slew of Affordable Housing Actions
San Francisco Chronicle

These are the biggest tech layoffs impacting the S.F. Bay Area
Mercury News

Bay Area prices soar amid jumps in prices for food and utilities
San Francisco Chronicle

Warmer, drier weather is returning to the Bay Area. Here’s what’s in store
New York Times

Why poverty persists in America
San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. failing to protect endangered humpback whales off Pacific coast, judge says