Housing

Internal Affairs: San Jose's Campos has a new friend in the White … - San Jose Mercury News

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Meanwhile, the Bronx District Attorney's Office is examining claims he didn't pay an architect who did work on his home at the same time the architect was submitting a housing project for city approval. Bonilla said Campos, for her part, wasn't aware …

Mountain View hosts general plan community meetings - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The city is developing a general plan that will lay out guidelines for land use, housing, public safety and other topics that will shape Mountain View's future. Officials held "visioning" meetings last spring to get initial feedback. …

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Ordinary Bay Area residents share moments in history - San Jose Mercury News

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Sally Thomas, an adult services librarian at the Hayward Public Library, probed the couple on Tuesday at their home, culling stories about the local milkman, battling housing bias and a neighbor's professed UFO sighting. Hall, who is leading a digital …

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As San Jose prepares to slash services, Reed faces questions on … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
On the revenue side of the ledger, he's cobbled together enough votes to preserve industrial land despite pressure to develop housing, which costs the city more in services than it provides in taxes. He also led the effort to secure voter approval in …
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Environmentalists gear up for fight over proposed 12000-home … - San Jose Mercury News

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He is unimpressed with DMB Associates' proposal — dubbed the "50/50 plan" — to build on no more than 50 percent of the site and turn the rest into restored wetlands, parks and playing fields on the portion closest to the Bay. housing on the salt flats …

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Hearing examiner rules for 136 tenants against East Palo Alto landlord - San Jose Mercury News

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The base rent for those units that fall under a 1995 state law known as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act re-sets every time one tenant moves out and another moves in, Labrador said in his ruling. The new tenant then must pay set yearly increases on …

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Cargill files Bayfront development application - San Jose Mercury News

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At a briefing last week, DMB officials said the plans call for the construction of 8000 to 12000 units of housing over a period of 25 years, adding some 25000 new residents to Redwood City, which has a population of roughly 76000. …
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Downtown revamp at final stage - San Mateo Daily Journal

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The Downtown San Mateo Area Plan updated the 15-year-old Downtown Specific Plan, switching from specific goals to general guidelines for housing, pedestrian and auto traffic and maintaining downtown's sense of character. The revision process began with …

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Fees up for appraisals - San Jose Mercury News

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The new rules stem from an effort to fix the inflated appraisals that were a key part of the loose lending climate that led to the housing bubble. As of May 1, the appraisal and mortgage-brokering businesses need to abide by the "Home Valuation Code of …

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Getting engaged - Palo Alto Online

Palo Alto Online, CA
Kishimoto's vision for Palo Alto has also gone outside so-called "traditional" Asian values to encompass environmental issues and global warming, transportation and housing. A graduate of Stanford University Graduate School of Business, …