by Sarah Ravani | Feb 25, 2022 | San Francisco
Experts say homelessness exploded throughout the Bay Area over the last few years, as tents popped up under freeways and RVs lined many neighborhood streets. But numbers on the unhoused remained outdated despite the dire need for accurate data.This week, Bay Area...
by Sarah Ravani | Feb 19, 2022 | San Francisco
Oakland pushed forward the massive A’s waterfront ballpark project and surrounding development Thursday with a City Council vote on a key environmental document, a crucial step that moves the city and the team closer to an agreement.Six council members voted in...
by Sarah Ravani | Feb 16, 2022 | San Francisco
When Berkeley officials voted last year to endorse the idea of opening up exclusive neighborhoods to denser housing, advocates saw the move as a step in the evolution of the city’s attitudes about development.Once dominated by fervently anti-housing politicians and...
by Sarah Ravani | Feb 15, 2022 | San Francisco
Two years ago, a group of young homeless mothers and their children won a battle over a vacant home in Oakland, catapulting the group Moms 4 Housing to international attention and shining a light on the city’s skyrocketing homelessness crisis.In late December, the...
by Sarah Ravani | Feb 11, 2022 | San Francisco
The Oakland City Council is scheduled to vote Feb. 17 on certifying the environmental review of the A’s waterfront ballpark project and surrounding development — a pivotal step that could bring the city and the A’s closer to an agreement on the proposed $12 billion...
