San Mateo County is offering several less-known rebates that will reward you for making your landscape more drought tolerant and for water conservation efforts. An up to $300 “Rain Garden” rebate and an up to $4 per sq.ft. “Lawn Be Gone” rebate, emphasize the value of making the change and will make you happier to […]
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Senate Bill 330, which took effect in 2020, prevents developers from reducing the number of housing units, reducing the number of rent-controlled units, and requires more tenant relocation assistance. On Dec 10, 2020, SummerHill Homes recorded its purchase of a rent-controlled apartment complex, the Meadowood Apartments. Before closing the purchase, SummerHill obtained approval to demolish
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The Newark City planning commission voted unanimously on May 13 to approve a mixed-use development including nearly 1,000 condominiums and apartments to be built near the Union City BART station. The City Council will review the project on June 8. The project was proposed by Integral Communities who has also proposed a project to build
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Plans submitted by Integral Communities have not been reviewed by Newark’s Planning Commission but they propose building 204 new homes where the car wrecking company Pick-n-Pull is located. The homes would be built on lots between 3,375 and 4,000 sq.ft. in size and would feature double car garages. The project site is west of the
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The San Francisco Chronicle published an article on April 15 which has a good summary of the real estate trends during the pandemic. “The Bay Area deviated from state and national trends. The nine-county region’s urban ZIP codes saw home prices increase on average by just 4.7%, while its suburban ZIP codes’ home values shot
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