SF Board upholds North Beach merger denial (+ 3-unit compromise fails)
San Francisco Board of Supervisors: North Beach unit-merger appeal at 524-526 Vallejo denied 10-0; a 3-unit compromise failed 5-5. Plus a 158-unit affordable project at Balboa Reservoir.
San Jose carves out 50 housing units for police, 6-5
San Jose City Council: A 6-5 vote gave San Jose police a preference for 50 units in a new workforce housing program. Plus $8.4M for 204 affordable homes by VTA Capitol Station.
SF codifies climate targets into law, sends to full Board next day
San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee: Climate Action Plan codifying 61% by 2030 and net zero by 2040 advanced to the Board as a Committee Report. Plus 14 D8 landmarks.
SF advances behavioral health plan ahead of state overhaul
San Francisco Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee: 3-0 vote sent the FY 2025-2026 Behavioral Health Services Act Annual Update to the full Board ahead of the state's Prop 1 shift.
SF Youth Commission asks Board to save 8 SF Environment jobs
San Francisco Budget and Appropriations Committee: Youth Commission asked supervisors for $3.4M to save 8 SF Environment jobs and flagged 5 of 24 SFUSD Title IX cases investigated in 2022.
SF green-lights 158 affordable units at Balboa Reservoir
San Francisco Budget and Finance Committee: Balboa Reservoir Building A's 158 affordable units cleared with a $29.3M city loan and up to $112.7M revenue note. Plus Health Access Point renewals.
Oakland could double dumping fines and add drone detection
Oakland Public Works and Transportation Committee: Backed doubling dumping fines (up to $5,000) and a no-plate offense, plus a $150,000 drone pilot to map dumping. All head to council April 14.
A grocery store may become the library Oakland lost in 1981
Oakland Life Enrichment Committee: Members backed buying a $3,495,000 San Pablo Ave grocery store to become the Hoover Branch Library (4-0), and voted 3-1 on continuing kids' food contracts.
SF supervisors green-light $1.4B Potrero bus yard (+ cut housing plan)
San Francisco Board of Supervisors: SF approved a $1.4B Potrero Yard contract that dropped a planned 365-unit housing podium, and passed a police location tracking policy 9-1.
Oakland reports 614 officers as rivals offer up to $70K bonuses
Oakland Public Safety Committee: OPD's first vehicle GPS tracker policy, which adds new reporting, heads to a council vote April 14. OPD reported 614 sworn field officers in a recruiting update.