Today's News Roundup

The Benicia-MArtinez Bridge with a train in the foreground. — Credit

John Huseby

San Mateo Daily Journal

MTC is set to repay $19M to SamTrans
Mercury News

Who to contact to get a third I-5 lane on the priority list: Roadshow
Los Angeles Times

A neglected California city reinvents itself with electric cars — and plots a road map for the nation
Bloomberg

5 U.S. Cities Where Bike Commuting Is Booming
NBC Bay Area

Report Lists Bay Area's Most Affordable Cities for Renters
San Mateo Daily Journal

San Bruno plans for more housing
Marin Independent Journal

Golden Gate Village Resident Council offers plan to Marin Housing Authority
Vacaville Reporter

Vacaville City Council adopts Downtown Specific Plan
Livermore Independent

Livermore Sites Evaluated For Future Homes
San Francisco Chronicle

Rent prices in some Bay Area cities are rising to pre-pandemic levels. These are the hot spots
San Francisco Chronicle

Mayor Breed’s push to streamline housing production killed by supervisors
San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco needs to plan for 80,000 homes. Where will they go?
Mercury News

Proposed ballot measure to build more California dams, desalination projects likely to be withdrawn due to lack of money and signatures
KQED

How Did a 184-Foot Shipwreck Wind Up Grounded in the Carquinez Strait?