MOUNTAIN VIEW – Mobile homes, which refer to houses built in factories and transported to different sites, are affordable housing options in overpriced Mountain View. The city harbors six mobile home parks and a total of 1,130 mobile home spaces. But both a newly passed state law and an existing city law that limit how much landlords can increase rent do not apply to mobile homes.
SONOMA COUNTY — When the Kincade Fire swept through Sonoma County last week, one thought crossed the minds of homeowners and builders alike: Will we have to rebuild again?
2017 Tubbs Fire provides playbook for rebuilding After Kincade Fire Read More »
REDWOOD CITY — Redwood City officials approved an urgency ordinance capping rent increases and setting new requirements for just-cause evictions, joining a small group of California cities to pass similar emergency measures as tenants wait for statewide protections that take effect in 2020.
Redwood City approves rent cap, just-cause eviction protections Read More »
MOUNTAIN VIEW – Mountain View’s plan to develop 412 acres into housing, office space and retail will be put to a Nov. 5 City Council vote after four years of debate over how to start closing the gap between new jobs and new homes in the city.
Mountain View aims for ‘win-win’ with ambitious East Whisman Precise Plan Read More »
Bay Area counties and non-profit organizations are preparing for the 2020 Census by canvassing neighborhoods to make address lists more complete and recruiting “trusted messengers” like priests and community organizers to encourage hard-to-count populations to respond to the census.
Housing crisis, fear complicates census efforts in the Bay Area Read More »
Ad hoc communities comprised of transient recreational vehicles continue to grow in the Bay Area.
A peek inside recreational vehicle communities in the Bay Area Read More »
SAN JOSE – The relocation effort drew spectators. Everyone from former students to retired staff waited from behind caution tape as the house was towed — squeezing between trees and rolling over lawns.
200-ton historic house finds new home across San Jose State campus Read More »
PALO ALTO — Much of the public’s focus is on the Nov. 6 midterm elections. But there’s one vote that Palo Altans can’t participate in, but it may be just as important – which two candidates will the City Council choose for the city’s influential Planning and Transportation Commission.
Palo Alto to narrow field of Planning Commission contenders Read More »
PALO ALTO — Residents of Palo Alto’s Ventura neighborhood say a new affordable housing project under consideration by the city will cause parking problems and traffic congestion and are negotiating with the developer to scale it back.
Proposed affordable housing project in Palo Alto hits resistance Read More »
PALO ALTO — Representative Anna Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) blasted President Donald Trump for using rhetoric that gives neo-Nazis and white supremacists the idea they have “permission” to operate with “impunity.”
Eshoo says Trump rhetoric contributing to violence, blasts Republicans for inaction Read More »
PALO ALTO — Palo Alto is collecting taxes on Airbnb rentals in the city even as a zoning ordinance technically prohibits their operation in single-family residential districts.
Palo Alto profiting from unauthorized short-term rentals Read More »
Residents of two Mountain View apartment complexes that developers are looking to replace with luxury housing say they won’t be able to stay in the city if they’re forced out of their homes. Tenants of 2005 and 2310 Rock St. say the relocation assistance that the developer offered them — an equivalent of three months
Mountain View residents push back against proposed housing developments on Rock Street Read More »
