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Los Altos staff breaks down impacts of Measure D
20+ hour, 26+ min ago (563+ words) Los Altos Mayor Sally Meadows had a full agenda at the Sept.8 City Council meeting, including a staff report on the impacts to the city should the citizens’ initiative Measure D pass in November. City staff at the Sept. 8 Los…...
MarinHealth Medical Center parcel tax pitch heads for voters
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (866+ words) Most ballots in Marin County in the Nov. 3 election will include a proposed parcel tax to benefit MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae. Measure CC on the ballot calls for an annual tax of 14 cents per square foot on improved building…...
Pleasanton: What were the best deals for residential properties sold the week of July 13?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (457+ words) A condominium in Pleasanton that sold for $0.5 million tops the list of the best real estate deals in Pleasanton in the past two weeks. For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in Pleasanton in the past week was…...
Former Santa Clara Motel Site Planned for 120-Unit Housing Project
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (245+ words) A planned 120-unit affordable housing development called Clara Gardens would rise at the site of a former motel at 3550 El Camino Real. The project would convert the old Bella Vista Inn property into permanent housing for low-income individuals and families,…...
Alameda County supervisors forgo initiative to amend Measure D amid negative polling
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (868+ words) The Board of Supervisors will not ask voters in the election this fall to relinquish to the board any authority to determine land use in unincorporated Alameda County. The supervisors decided to forgo a ballot initiative following a survey this…...
Lone Star JV Buys $650M Silicon Valley R&D Portfolio
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (644+ words) Bisnow reports that Lone Star Funds, Grove Real Estate Partners, and TMG Partners have made a large bet on specialized Silicon Valley real estate. The joint venture acquired a 2.2M SF research and development portfolio across 50 buildings and 140 acres. Its report…...
Measure M seeks $95 per parcel to fund early intervention
1+ week, 5+ day ago (359+ words) Sacramento City Unified School District officials and local labor leaders urged voters Tuesday to approve a parcel tax that would raise an estimated $10 million annually for special education and early-intervention programs within the district. The campaign launch followed the board’s…...
Townhouse Development Proposed at 1 Hayward Avenue, San Mateo
2+ week, 6+ day ago (184+ words) By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on August 30, 2026 Plans have been published for a townhouse-style development at 1 Hayward Avenue in San Mateo, San Mateo County. The proposal would replace three single-story duplexes with ten larger residential units above a shared garage. DNL…...
Sonoma County approves new West County financing district for infrastr
2+ week, 2+ day ago (380+ words) Sonoma County has approved a new Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District, known as an EIFD, for West County. It's a similar financing mechanism to the state's former redevelopment agencies, which former Jerry Brown abolished in 2014. The West County district aims to…...
???Hard to believe???: Two Redwood City residents died in Palo Alto motorcycle crashes
2+ week, 2+ day ago (387+ words) Elinda Oxlaj remembers her sister Irma as kind and hardworking. “She was doing good. She was working so hard to try to send everything to her kids and her mom and support them as much as she can,” Elinda Oxlaj…...