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John Huseby
  • Cal Matters
    Will Californians get any relief on gas prices?
  • We Build Value
    San Francisco, the Bay Area’s greatest railway project is born
  • Politico
    Suburban backlash threatens country’s biggest transit systems
  • Forbes
    Driving Change: How Green Transit Technologies Can Shape The Future Of Public Transportation
  • Axios
    Better trains are coming. Will America get aboard?
  • San Francisco Chronicle
    These Bay Area cities are the worst in the nation for drivers
  • KQED
    South Bay’s VTA Says It Can’t Back Regional Transit Tax Measure
  • San Francisco Standard
    City College doesn’t want a new bike lane. It’s getting one anyway
  • San Francisco Chronicle
    A Bay Area bond could ‘unlock’ 41,000 affordable housing units. Here’s where they’d be built
  • Mercury News
    Newsom backs bill to add more affordable housing for California’s poorest residents
  • San Jose Spotlight
    San Jose mulls diverting affordable housing funds — again
  • San Francisco Examiner
    Why Myrna Melgar won't tire of SF housing debates anytime soon
  • San Mateo Daily Journal
    San Mateo County OKs $6M for farm labor housing
  • San Francisco Chronicle
    Here’s S.F.’s sweeping new tax plan to entice workers to the office, boost ailing small businesses
  • San Francisco Chronicle
    Google will exit prominent San Francisco waterfront office tower
  • Gilroy Dispatch
    San Jose Sharks present plans for ice rink in Gilroy
  • NBC Bay Area
    San Jose program enlists support of artists to meet climate goals

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