Today's News Roundup

A view of San Francisco's skyline from the hills of Marin County. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Local News Matters

Next phase of BART Silicon Valley extension to break ground as critics assail ‘major flaws’
KALW

Buses, Bromance, and Bureaucracy: A Love Letter to Public Transit
Politico

New York City transit advocates, left-leaning pols look to sue over congestion pricing delay
Mercury News

Hundreds of affordable homes may sprout on empty San Jose lot after loan deal
Mercury News

San Jose approves $5.3 billion budget, diverts more than $23 million from affordable housing to homelessness solutions
East Bay Times

Too much affordable housing? Concord rejects low-income project downtown, draws state scrutiny
Bloomberg

An Irish Experiment in How to End a Housing Crisis
San Francisco Chronicle

Solano County: California Forever has signatures to qualify for November ballot
The Oaklandside

‘Pro-housing’ advocates take reins of small but powerful Rockridge group
San Francisco Chronicle

Golden Gate Fields is closed. So what’s next for this bayside property with panoramic views?
San Francisco Examiner

Lake Merced RV dwellers ramp up protest as long-feared eviction looms
San Francisco Chronicle

New data suggests it could take nearly 20 years for S.F.’s struggling office market to recover
Mercury News

Silicon Valley biotech firm chops more than 150 Bay Area jobs
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco isn’t ready for extreme rain and floods, new report finds
Press Democrat

1,236-acre Wright Hill park along Sonoma County coast on track for 2025 opening
New York Times

White House Announces Strategy to Keep Edible Food Out of Landfills