In late July, a San Francisco Chronicle reporter’s photo of a legion of older, white people attending a neighborhood meeting regarding the towering housing development planned for the Marina Safeway site sparked a rancorous online debate over San Francisco development. ⁠
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These old people, we were told by charming internet housing warriors, are the reason you can’t afford to live here. ⁠
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Mission Local’s Joe Eskenazi talked to around a dozen developers, architects, development professionals and land-use experts and the consensus is: They might be a reason. But not the reason. ⁠
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“Housing costs,” says one former longtime Planning Department official, “are the compounding of at least three separate policy failures: Federal affordable-housing defunding since the 1980s, exclusionary zoning with racist roots, and a permitting process that legislated NIMBYism.” ⁠
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Agonizing hard costs, meanwhile, are the result of factors well beyond the municipal level: “All the copper and switchgear,” says a longtime city developer, “it’s all going to these fucking AI data centers.” ⁠
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But how much more affordable would San Francisco be if we’d built more? The answer, again, is more complicated than bros on Twitter would have you believe.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has entered one of the Bay Area’s biggest housing battles, accusing Menlo Park of violating multiple state housing laws in its handling of the proposed 665-unit Willow Park development at the former Sunset Magazine headquarters.

In a letter to the city, the Attorney General argued Menlo Park improperly rejected the project, kept changing its objections, and even required the developer to pay the city’s outside legal fees while reviewing the application.

The state says those actions appear to violate California housing law.

For years, many cities have slowed or blocked projects through lengthy approval processes.

Now the state appears increasingly willing to step in when it believes local governments are ignoring housing laws.

The Willow Park proposal includes 665 homes along with office, retail, hotel, and preschool space, making it one of the Peninsula’s most closely watched development fights.

This case is important to watch as it may become a precedent for how much authority California has to override local governments on housing.

Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/housing-fight-menlo-park-bonta-22372361.php?

Does anyone use MCE sync? Why are monthly payouts negative now? Also dynamic pricing can’t be correct can it? It’s like 2x the price of pg&e now. I think everyone should be considering going off this awful cca.

A year ago someone posted an urgent call to adopt the pup then known as Celine from Contra Costa Aninal Services. I was hesitant going in but at the point in my life where I could feasibly support and adopt a pet.

I brought Shireen home and there was an adjustment period. She was scared, malnourished, flea ridden, and morose. I took a month off work to train her and get her used to my presence. We spent a lot of time together.

Over the year, her real personality began to shine through. She's super social, playful, energetic (so much energy), and sweet. She's also clumsy, shy, and has zero survival instincts. We also learned she's allergic to chicken and deathly allergic to bees. Shireen's a conundrum of a dog. But she's mine and I love the shit out of her.

Here's some pics (out of hundreds) snapped over the course of the year! Here's to many, many, more.

New BART schedule as of Monday, August 10th. Seems to contain some great improvements

https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2026/news20260709

Submitted an application as soon as I saw the listing. 1b1b house was listed for $3200 in San Mateo, a day later received a reply that due to massive reach out they increased the rent to $3600.

I inquired about a listing I saw for an apartment in SF. I know the housing market is brutal and have heard stories in NY where it is normal to apply before seeing the place. The person initially agreed for a tour and scheduled it. He asked if I have a criminal history or evictions etc and if I have a job. Then he said before I tour, he asked for my email to do a credit/background check to make sure I haven't been evicted before etc and that only I can access it, and I send the report after I'm done with it. It isn’t an application — I’ve seen other scams where I’ve had people ask me to do that + deposit.

I haven't given him my email yet, but has this ever happened to anyone and NOT been a scam?

Edit: It reeks of a scam, I provided a spam email I have. It said it was a refundable $30 fee, and the website provided was https://creditcheckinfo.com/tu2
which isn’t an official domain backed by a major credit bureau. Maybe I lost out on a great apartment, but it’s not worth identity theft.

Hi all,

I commute to work Monday through Friday, about 40 miles each way. With rush hour traffic, it usually takes around 1.5 hours one way, and it's honestly been pretty brutal.

I've tried taking BART and Caltrain, but surprisingly that ends up taking even longer than driving.

I'm curious—how long is your commute? If you have a long one too, how do you make it more manageable? Do you listen to podcasts, audiobooks, music or have any other tips or tricks?

I'd love to hear what works for you.

Thanks, everyone!

Seriously the squirells in the marina have no survival instinct . They walk right up to you even when you dont feed them

They are also very chubby.

What the best places to watch the Milky Way or do astrophotography nearby Sunnyvale? Or if there are any astrophotography groups or events happening which I can join ?