I know housing in California is expensive, but needing an income of more than $500K to afford a median-priced home? San Mateo, you're killing me...😬

(Not that SF, Santa Clara or Marin are much better at more than $400K...but still...)

@kqednews kqed.org/news/11985468/…

Terner Center published a super cool paper on housing affordability with an interactive map. That map includes childcare and transportation costs.

Erin Baldassari with the KQED overview: kqed.org/news/11984656/…

California Forever has so far spent around $2M on its campaign to build a city from scratch in Solano County. Adhiti Bandlamudi details where the money is going:

kqed.org/news/11984830/…

California homeowners: how much is your backyard worth? These companies want to buy it.

They’re hoping their model of taking over permitting and selling/developing the lots themselves can kickstart housing construction under SB 9.

KQED News

kqed.org/news/11980785/…

Great reporting by Farida Jhabvala Romero

Advocates: 'We're declaring victory' on Prop A -San Francisco's $300M affordable housing bond.

The measure needed 2/3rds to pass; early results show 67.7% in favor.

Advocates called it a 'trail run' for a $10B Bay Area-wide housing bond poised to appear on the Nov. ballot.

Voter turnout is shaking out differently county by county in the hours before polls close at 8 p.m.

Here’s a look at what poll workers all over the Bay Area have seen so far, and how they expect the rest of the evening to go:
kqed.org/liveblog/elect…

Looking for live election results? KQED News has you covered:

kqed.org/liveblog/elect…

#PrimaryDay #SuperTuesday2024 #CaliforniaPrimary #bayarea

Santa Clara County is struggling to keep up with the number of people falling into homelessness.

First-time homelessness increased 24% this year, even as the county increased the number of people it housed by 29%.

Vanessa Rancaño KQED News has more: kqed.org/news/11977258/…

A bill by Matt Haney would require California landlords to accept to pets. No pet deposits, no pet fees.

It's still a spot bill with details to be worked out in the coming weeks/months.

Vanessa Rancaño @kqednews has more: ww2.kqed.org/news/2024/02/2…

Two federal lawmakers yesterday joined a chorus of local elected officials raising concerns about California Forever's proposal to build a city from scratch in Solano County.

Adhiti Bandlamudi has the story: kqed.org/news/11976108/…

I’ve covered Prop 47 since it was put on the ballot a decade ago and watched as it has been debated, blamed and praised.

So with multiple attempts pending to change the ballot measure- what has it actually done?

Here’s what I found

kqed.org/news/11975692/…

✨Some personal news ✨

Today is my first day as the California Reporting Project’s Director of Research.

Our collaboration has FOIAed reports on police violence and misconduct in the Golden State since 2019. projects.scpr.org/california-rep…

Last year, Gavin Newsom promised to send 1200 tiny homes across the state. Recently, San Jose learned the state will be sending cash, instead. But it won't be enough to cover the entire cost of the promised homes.

Guy Marzorati 💯 has the scoop: kqed.org/news/11975319/…

Paperback edition, hot off the press. Available in stores soon.