San Francisco and Oakland are undergoing changes in various aspects. San Francisco Mayor London Breed proposed scaling back city programs due to a looming $1 billion deficit. The city may vote on drastic reforms to City Hall in November 2024. Meanwhile, Oakland is making changes to streamline building permit issuance, but some developers are skeptical. California housing officials have urged San Francisco to pass clean zoning reforms or risk losing state funding and local land use powers. In a positive development, there is increasing public and political support for recovery-based strategies for addressing homelessness in San Francisco. Additionally, a cluster of high-density residential development projects is expected near the West Oakland BART station.
A cluster of high-density residential development projects could soon sprout near the West Oakland BART station. https://t.co/xYXT03aMS4
Oakland is making changes to the way it issues some of its building permits in an effort to streamline development in the city, but some developers are skeptical that it will affect the biggest projects. https://t.co/W1iF4ZTAch
San Francisco May Vote on Drastic Reforms to City Hall Next Year San Franciscans may vote on drastic reforms to City Hall in November 2024 as multiple ballot measures take shape. https://t.co/GaMNuDGZO0
New hospitality leadership for a crucial San Francisco institution is entering the fray as 2024 shapes up to be a critical recovery year. https://t.co/TtTrzIVh3J
"The powers of the office of the mayor have been whittled down by mostly politically driven measures," the executive director of civic engagement group TogetherSF Action said. Here's what their two charter amendments include. https://t.co/U5utYsOnHd https://t.co/U5utYsOnHd
"Perhaps the best news coming out of San Francisco in 2023 was the increasing public support for a recovery-based strategy for addressing homelessness." We're changing the narrative to one of treatment and recovery. And we're just getting started. https://t.co/ycSVKzXHkr
A bright spot for San Francisco in 2023? Growing public and political support for shifting resources toward recovery and sober living options. https://t.co/jhmHYGFLG6 @SteveAdami @Twolfrecovery
California housing officials tell San Francisco to pass clean zoning reforms or risk losing state funding, local land use powers. https://t.co/QR2gsmJGCs
Oakland is making changes to the way it issues some of its building permits in an effort to streamline development in the city, but some developers are skeptical that it will affect the biggest projects. https://t.co/R61Asx0lr8
San Francisco Mayor Guts City Programs as $1B Deficit Looms In response to grim budget forecasts, Mayor London Breed proposed 'scaling back' a multitude of city programs. https://t.co/y8uRM6mnqp
New hospitality leadership for a crucial San Francisco institution is entering the fray as 2024 shapes up to be a critical recovery year. https://t.co/1HZOZLEkSG
Some Berkeley city officials blame lack of progress on a staffing crisis. https://t.co/t9UGMiiwud