Palo Alto is synonymous with wealth and innovation as the home to several tech giants and a $220,408 average household income. Yet, countless people are unhoused or in unstable housing situations. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Point-in-Time count data shows California’s overall homeless population was 187,084 in January 2024. The 2024 data […]
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In the last few years, home insurance bills that have doubled or tripled in cost. And an increasing number of California homeowners are unable to find a private insurer at all.
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For residents of East Palo Alto, a majority-minority community of 30,000 residents nestled near the technology behemoths of Silicon Valley, housing has been a key issue since the city was incorporated in 1983. To protect low-income tenants, East Palo Alto passed a “vacancy control” law in 1983 that strictly limited the ability of landlords to
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The $5 million draws from various local and state-awarded funds and is intended to support a broad range of projects, including new construction, rehabilitating old units, and converting existing buildings into affordable housing.
Four-hour weekday parking limits that were announced last September by the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authority are set to go into effect on Dec. 19, less than a week before Christmas.
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More than 100 recreational vehicles housing families may be displaced when new parking laws come into force in Lake Merced, San Francisco on Dec. 3. Advocates fear that the proposed four-hour weekday parking restrictions will separate a tight-knit community of Spanish and Portuguese speaking families from the west side neighborhood, with no viable alternatives on the table.
After over four years of negotiations and legal challenges, Superintendent Dr. Don Austin said that the biggest hurdle in approving the project has been securing land in Palo Alto, which is notoriously limited.
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Caitlin Quinn loves Pacifica for its strong local community and how neighbors know each other. The small, colorful houses in the coastal city’s West Sharp Park neighborhood are built close to each other and at the end of the street you can see the ocean. However, Quinn thinks that her once familiar neighborhood has changed
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Fueled by $26.6 million in state funding, the City of Palo Alto and partner organization LifeMoves are charging ahead with their plans for project HomeKey Palo Alto – a large, first-of-its-kind transitional housing site for the city. In a press release, the city said the new HomeKey development will provide “a dignified transitional step for
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Peninsula Press · Peninsula Healthcare Connection – a lifeline for growing homeless communities, looking to expand California’s homeless population saw an estimated increase of 22,500 people over the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC reports that people experiencing homelessness are placed at an increased risk of infectious diseases and also often experience mental illnesses such as anxiety,
Palo Alto City Councilmember Greer Stone called the $2 billion for housing investments in the 2022-23 California state budget “absurd,” after receiving updates about the 2022 Legislative Session from the city’s Federal and State Legislative advocates at the monthly Policy and Services Committee meeting Oct. 11. In July, California adopted a $307.9 billion budget. “Far
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Muhammad T. Alameldin’s three-month ordeal into homelessness while being a student at UC Berkeley would test his character, sharpen his academic focus and point him toward a career helping other people find homes they can afford.
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