Bay Area Council
Santa Clara Council Approves Core Cos.’ Swap of 160 Apartments for 44 Townhomes at Agrihood
The Santa Clara City Council voted 4-0 to let The Core Cos. build 44 for-sale townhomes instead of 160 apartments on the last...
Bay Area Voters Help Sink Prop 45, Sending CEQA Overhaul Back to Sacramento
California voters rejected the Chamber of Commerce's Proposition 45 by a double-digit margin, with Bay Area counties leading the opposition and sending the...
Bay Area Voters Back $980MM Regional Transit Tax and S.F. Muni Parcel Tax in Early Returns
Bay Area voters appear to have approved both a five-county sales tax worth about $980 million a year for BART, Caltrain, Muni, AC...
Bay Area Council Puts 34,000 SQFT Historic Klamath Ferry Headquarters Up for Sale at San Francisco’s Pier 9
The Bay Area Council has put the Historic Klamath, the restored 1924 ferryboat that has served as its headquarters at San Francisco's Pier...
Sutter Health Drops 325-Bed Emeryville Hospital Plan Over CEQA Risk, Pivots to Outpatient Campus
Sutter Health has dropped plans for a 330-foot hospital tower at the former Emery Yards campus. It will build outpatient care on the...
Transfer Taxes, Trust Funds and CEQA: The Nov. 3 Ballot Measures Bay Area Developers Are Watching
With ballots already in voters' hands, a slate of Nov. 3 measures, from a San Francisco change to how foreclosed commercial property is...
Concord Gets Its Green Light From Sacramento as Brisbane Races the Clock on 2,200-Home Baylands Plan
Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature on SB 328 has handed Concord and master developer Brookfield Properties a streamlined path to more than 12,000 homes...
Newsom Signs SB 328, Clearing Brookfield’s Path to 12,272 Homes at Former Concord Naval Weapons Station
A newly signed state law removes the former Concord Naval Weapons Station from the Surplus Land Act's disposition rules and exempts plan-consistent development...
Kilroy Pitches Flexible Flower Mart Plan With Up to 3,532 Homes and 600-Foot Towers in Central SoMa
In an informational hearing on Oct. 1, the Planning Commission got a first look at Gensler's design framework for the 6.5-acre Brannan Street...
Lurie Declares San Francisco ‘Rent Emergency,’ Backs $30MM Package as AI Boom Drives Record Rents
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rent emergency and threw his weight behind a roughly $30 million spending plan and six ordinances...
Brisbane Baylands Returns to Planning Commission Aug. 13, Weeks After State Revokes City’s Housing Compliance
Brisbane's Planning Commission will take up the Baylands Specific Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report on Aug. 13, its seventh hearing on the...
CEQA Overhaul Measure Lands 73% Support in New PPIC Poll, Handing California Developers an Early Tailwind
A new statewide survey shows commanding, cross-partisan support for a November ballot measure that would impose hard deadlines on California's landmark environmental review...
