Today's News Roundup

A windmill and the rolling hills of Alameda County. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

SF Chronicle

Walt Ranch development vote delayed in Napa following protests
Government Technology

California Bill Looks to Better Coordinate Bay Area Transit
Mercury News

Here’s why Caltrans isn’t paving freeways while the sun shines: Roadshow
Mercury News

$19 billion: Cost of high speed rail’s Bay Area link surges in latest report, without funding
Mercury News

‘On Day 1, the driving instructor put my son on Highway 17! What was he thinking?’
Berkeleyside

Telegraph Avenue redesign gets green light from Berkeley City Council
East Bay Times

Why has this housing for homeless Oaklanders been sitting empty for months?
SF Chronicle

S.F. supervisor wants to close loophole allowing massive rent increases
SF Chronicle

Oakland developer hasn’t built promised housing. City Council pulls plug
SF Chronicle

Can new housing revive San Francisco’s Mid-Market dream?
SF Chronicle

Controversial Oakland housing project at Lake Merritt stalls again
East Bay Times

Lafayette Terraces project hits another delay
Mercury News

Google village in downtown San Jose could achieve $19 billion value
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa Sears site purchase to come back before the Board of Supervisors
Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito officials probe impact of new housing law
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Sonoma County supervisors deadlock over downtown county campus at former Sears site in Santa Rosa
East Bay Times

East Palo Alto tables, considers diluting controversial tenants’ rights ordinance
SF Examiner

S.F.’s plan to tax 40,000 empty homes under scrutiny
CA Public Radio

California’s climate action plans fall behind on equity, sticking instead to boilerplate solutions, new study says
SF Examiner

Watchdog on the water: Group uses drones to monitor the ‘fragile ecosystem’ of the Bay
East Bay Times

Environmental lawsuit jolts downtown San Jose tech campus