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Families have high hopes for Gavin Newsom’s CARE Courts. Providers want to lower expectations
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The big new experiment to push people with mental illness off the streets and into treatment starts this fall.Bay Area
Affordable housing for teachers breaks ground in Palo Alto
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Teachers and school employees from districts in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties will be eligible to rent units in the new complex.Bay Area
Assembly bill would sidestep lawsuit over student dorm construction at People’s Park
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The bill would eliminate the requirement to consider noise as an environmental pollutant when new housing is constructed.gavin newsom
Gavin Newsom gives ground to critics on his mental health plan. Will voters back it?
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The proposal is the second time in as many years that Newsom has advocated for significant changes to the state’s behavioral health system.Housing
As one more housing project stalls on noise concerns, another head sprouts from ‘CEQA Hydra’
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Two recent state court rulings say human noise from future tenants is pollution that cities must address. Legal experts and the governor are pushing back.Housing
Making borrowing easier: Amendment to state constitution could unlock billions of dollars for California housing
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An effort to lower the approval threshold for municipal bond measures would drastically alter the landscape for local government housing projects.City
Planning Commission to consider proposals on Aug. 14 aimed at making it easier to create new housing in town
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Multifamily Objective Design Standards (MODS) and new affordable Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) incentives are on the table.City
Planning Commission to consider amendments to City Code, design guidelines in public hearing Aug. 14
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The amendments will change how ADUs are approved and create objective standards for development of multifamily and mixed-use building types.Housing
