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Inside the Berkeley Mayoral Election - Part 5
A key factor in Adena Ishii’s victory was her self-presentation as a conciliatory outsider. Her campaign website declared: “Adena Ishii is an experienced communi... … more »
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Berkeley City Council
Inside the pervasive news media bias in the Berkeley mayoral election
Missing context, misleading stories helped boost longshot Adena Ishii into the city's top office. Part Three of this series on the Berkeley mayoral election ... … more »
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Sophie Hahn
How a Yimby candidate with little experience became Berkeley’s next mayor - PART II
This is Part II of a series on the election of Adena Ishii as mayor of Berkeley. CLICK HERE to read Part I. Until late September, I didn’t pay much attention... … more »
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20BillionReasons
The Colossal Collapse of the Regional Measure 4 Boondoggle
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) was created by the California State Legislature in 2019. Its stated purpose is to administer programs and projects i... … more »
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Steve Taber
What's Really Driving Housing Unaffordability
There's a lot that is misleading or simply wrong in the April 13 article “Paradigm Shift: Rethinking Housing Affordability”. (There's a lot to like, too.) For ... … more »
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BAHFA
Bay Area Housing Finance Authority Pulls Regional Measure 4 from the November Ballot
San Francisco Bay Area -- On August 8, 2024, the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) held a special meeting of its Executive Committee and voted to pu... … more »
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Gabrielle Lurie
Real estate industry seeks state bill to take advantage of huge affordable housing bond
Wicks’ measure could override local requirements, make higher profits for developers On June 26, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission announced that the Ba... … more »
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CVP-McKay.nz
When is a “plan” not a Plan?
On June 18th, the Sausalito City Council met to consider a proposed ballot initiative called the “Marinship Blue Economy Innovation District Initiative.” It wa... … more »
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48 Hills
YIMBY Hegemony Showing Strains
A Case Against “The Case Against the Case Against Yimbyism.” Are the wheels starting to come off the Yimby bandwagon? The question may seem absurd. Last ... … more »
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AT&T
Will the CPUC yield to AT&T despite over eight hours of public protest?
On Tuesday, March 19, a CPUC administrative law judge presided over two lengthy virtual hearings filled with vehement objections to AT&T’s request for relief from... … more »