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Around KQED- Patients Win Settlement with Anthem
- Water Quality Improves on State's Beaches
- State Health Insurance Marketplace Releases Health Plans
- Airbnb Faces Uncertain Legal Future
- Ashland Youth Center Opens Its Doors
- Stanford Alum Named to U.S. Appeals Court
- The Do List: The One About Dear Elizabeth And Radiation City
- Boy Scouts Vote to Accept Gay Boys
- Apple Accused of Avoiding More Taxes than It Pays
- Economist Challenges Estimates on Bay Area Super Bowl Benefits
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Category Archives: Real Estate
Meet the Man Who Has Lived Rent-Free Near Sausalito for 50 Years ... On an Illegal Boat
Marin County is one of the most expensive places to live in the Bay Area, which in turn is one of the most expensive places to live in the country. Unless you live in an anchor-out, that is—then your housing … Continue reading
San Francisco Online Rental Company Airbnb Suffers New York Setback
Short-term rentals just got harder. A New York judge has ruled against Airbnb, an online service that connects people with space to travelers who need lodging. Although the ruling in New York doesn't immediately affect other cities where Airbnb operates, … Continue reading
Planning for Climate Change in a Growing Bay Area
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This won’t come as a surprise to Bay Area residents: the region is still growing. By one estimate, the Bay Area will add two million people by 2040, a 30 percent increase over today’s population of about seven million. More … Continue reading
San Francisco Inches Toward Deal on 'Tenants in Common' Condo Conversions
by Sam Harnett After months of negotiations, a compromise is in the works to resolve the controversy over San Francisco's Tenants-in-Common (TIC) units. The new deal sticks to the original proposal to allow about 2,000 TICs to bypass the yearly … Continue reading
Silicon Valley Has Nation's Highest Rents
It comes as no surprise to anyone who has tried to find an apartment in Silicon Valley. But in case you had any doubt, the U.S. Census Bureau confirmed on Tuesday that rents there are the highest in the country. … Continue reading
Jerry Brown Says CEQA Reform Unlikely This Year
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Jerry Brown once called reforming CEQA, California's 43-year-old landmark environmental impact law, "doing the Lord's work." Well, if that's the case, looks like we're in the day-of-rest period… From AP: Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday it's unlikely that changes he's … Continue reading
Does Your Bay Area Neighborhood Have a High Wells Fargo Foreclosure Rate?
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California is still struggling to get back on its feet after a devastating housing crisis. And Wells Fargo is partly to blame for the sluggish recovery because it is refusing to modify home loans, according to a coalition of homeowners … Continue reading
San Francisco Has Second Least Affordable Rental Market in US
How do you afford a studio apartment in San Francisco? Well, if you're earning the minimum wage, you work 72 hours a week by the calculations of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. And that's getting off easy. San Francisco … Continue reading
Residents Gloomier in Oakland than San Francisco, San Jose
Bummed out by rising crime, Oakland residents are turning their thumbs down on their city's prospects, according to a new opinion poll. Sixty-five percent say the town is headed in the wrong direction, compared to only 22 percent with the … Continue reading
