homelessness SF, Oakland among Bay Area cities to benefit from $60M state fund to tackle housing crisis By Gabe Agcaoili | Bay City News | November 14, 2023 Piedmont joined other cities in applying for HomeKey grant funds to purchase and convert hotels, motels and other vacant properties into housing.
Bay Area Billionaire investors aiming to build new city in Solano County propose ‘land exchange’ By Thomas Hughes, Bay City News Foundation | November 12, 2023 The deal to exchange land with 3 public entities comes with a caveat: voters must approve the company California Forever's plan to build.
Bay Area San Francisco to use emergency systems to coordinate impacts at APEC leaders’ meeting By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | November 10, 2023 In addition to world leaders and CEOs, over 20,000 visitors are expected to be in the city next week.
public safety SF leaders tout Union Square safety strategy ahead of holidays, APEC summit By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | November 9, 2023 Plans include additional uniformed and plainclothes police officers, downtown ambassadors, street closures and the installation of 400 new ALPRs.
Business & Finance Inside California’s billion-dollar bet to overhaul unemployment By Lauren Hepler | CalMatters | November 7, 2023 The EDD is getting a rebuild from the likes of Salesforce and Amazon as pandemic payment disputes drag on and fraud hits other state benefit systems.
gavin newsom One third of homeless veterans live in California. Here’s Newsom’s new approach to help them By Shreya Agrawal | CalMatters | November 6, 2023 Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to shift the state’s resources to focus on veterans with serious mental health conditions.
Bay Area 10 California congressional races could tip the 2024 balance By Lynn La | CalMatters | November 3, 2023 California’s House delegation includes 40 Democrats and 12 Republicans, who hold an overall majority of a mere nine seats.
California Where are the top U.S. Senate candidates raising their cash? By Yue Stella Yu and Jeremia Kimelman | CalMatters | November 3, 2023 The first open race for one of California’s U.S. Senate seats since 1992 is already awash in cash.
Bay Area How will California public transit agencies spend $5 billion? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | November 2, 2023 One of the top arguments in the push for more state investment was that relying on passenger fares isn’t sustainable.
California Why Shasta County is at center of California voting, again By Lynn La | CalMatters | October 31, 2023 Voting machine conspiracy theories underpin challenge to new hand recount law.