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Public Comment Period on Dorset Village Extended After Questions Arise
The original comment period straddled Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa before closing on December 27.
January 16, 2020
Car-Dependency Makes City Life Too Expensive
If we truly want to reckon with our national poverty crisis, we have to make going car-lite or car-free a possibility for more people.
January 16, 2020
Housing at Transit: Berkeley Moves to Comply with New State Zoning Law
Step one: creating a Memorandum of Understanding between BART and Berkeley so they can work together. The MOU will guide Berkeley's accelerated rezoning of these two parcels.
December 12, 2019
CA’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program Works
New annual report outlines progress of program to increase affordable housing and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Other benefits: getting agencies to work together, creating new active transportation infrastructure, preventing displacement
December 10, 2019
City Council Unanimously Approves HHH Funding, Including Chatsworth Supportive Housing
Councilmember John Lee had pushed to postpone a Chatsworth housing project, but voted in favor today
October 16, 2019
L.A. Leaders Celebrate Passage of A.B. 1197 to Speed Homeless Housing
A.B. 1197 makes Los Angeles emergency homeless shelters and supportive housing projects exempt from California Environmental Quality Act
October 3, 2019
Florence-Firestone Stands Up for its Library, Lays Down the Foundation for a Movement
"What does [a resource like the library] mean to us?" Valadez asks, shaking his head. "It means everything. It means every single thing."
September 30, 2019
Alhambra City Council Approves 40-Unit Supportive, Low-Income Affordable Housing Development
Alhambra is moving forward with proposals for a $20 million 5-story 40-home supportive and low-income housing development - expected to house up to 178 residents
September 12, 2019
Bay Area Legislators Talk About Housing Legislation at the Capitol
All the panelists have been working on housing issues for years. "Things are changing," they say, albeit slowly.
July 17, 2019
HOPE Converts Long Beach Parcel to Affordable Housing for Adults with Disabilities
In Long Beach, on Redondo Avenue between First Street and Broadway, a parcel has been converted to a five-unit affordable housing complex specifically for adults with developmental disabilities
June 26, 2019