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Los Gatos Meadows Developer Agrees to $1.1M Asbestos Settlement

Barry Holtzclaw — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:31:25 +0000

The Los Gatos Meadows project was granted a story pole exception so it only has to produce a visual rendering, not put up physical structures to indicate where buildings would appear.

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Bay Area Will Decide California’s Biggest Housing Bond Ever

Barry Holtzclaw — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:57:55 +0000

A newly created regional housing finance authority for the entire San Francisco Bay Area will send a bond of up to $20 billion to the ballot. But the fate of its statewide counterpart looks bleak.

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New CA Housing Laws Aiming to Cut Housing Red Tape for Builders

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:15:14 +0000

California lawmakers made an effort in 2023 to remove red tape around building new houses.

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Dozens of Near-Ready Affordable Housing Projects Likely To Be ‘Mothballed’

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:11:47 +0000

More than 100 developers backing 240 projects with approximately 20,000 proposed affordable housing units applied to the state's Housing and Community Development Department for more than $3.5 billion, but the state only has $576 million to award.

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2023: CA Homelessness Worse even with New Housing Bills

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 15:57:55 +0000

Why did the homelessness crisis become more dire in 2023, even as the Legislature passed more affordable housing laws? Home prices and rents are still increasing.

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Assembly Speaker Rivas Shifts Leadership to Boost Pro-Housing Agenda

Barry Holtzclaw — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:03:27 +0000

Speaker Robert Rivas seems to be laying the institutional groundwork for an aggressively pro-housing legislature next year.

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Madison Nguyen: It’s Time for Accountability

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:59:14 +0000

I am concerned about how we, as a city and county, are spending our taxpayers’ funds to address the homelessness crisis.

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California Adds 56 New Laws Supporting More Affordable Housing

Barry Holtzclaw — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:59:59 +0000

Housing developments will now be more streamlined with less red tape, density laws can be overruled in the interest of housing, and institutions like colleges or religious organizations can now use portions of their property to build housing.

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California Lawmakers Endorse Wide Variety of Affordable Housing Options

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:29:53 +0000

A patchwork of bills is giving housing developers and local governments more options to reduce red tape for housing projects.

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CA Cities Offer Range of Alternate Shelters When They Clear Homeless Camps

Barry Holtzclaw — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:48:23 +0000

The definition of "adequate shelter" is at the heart of debates raging across California in the five years since a federal appeals court ruled that it’s cruel and unusual punishment to evict homeless people from public spaces when they have no other options.

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