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Forget stock options. Some employers are handing out down payments
With million-dollar homes out of reach for most middle-income families, some Bay Area employers are experimenting with down payment assistance
Realtors settlement hasn’t changed agent commissions
To settle allegations of price-fixing, the National Association of Realtors agreed to new rule changes meant to change how agents were paid. But a year later, commissions have barely budged.
Newsom, lawmakers reach a deal to inject $20 billion into high speed rail
The funds would be enough to complete the initial operating segment from Merced to Bakersfield -- but not enough to extend the project further to Gilroy or Palmdale.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Interior Secretary Burgum, tour Alcatraz to advance Trump’s plans to reopen former prison
In May, President Donald Trump floated the idea to convert Alcatraz — now one of San Francisco's most visited tourist attractions — back into a high-security federal prison for violent...
AG Bondi, Interior Secretary Burgum tour Alcatraz to advance Trump’s plans to reopen former prison
President Trump floated the idea to convert Alcatraz back into a high-security federal prison for violent offenders.
Trump directs Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. Can he do that?
The prison has been closed since 1963 and is currently owned by the National Parks Service.
Trump directs Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. Can he do that?
The prison has been closed since 1963 and is currently owned by the National Parks Service
A California environmental law makes it ‘too damn hard’ to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it?
The law is a favorite tool among the trade unions, which threaten developers with it to extract concessions. Any CEQA reform is likely to require the unions' stamp of approval.
Protections for nesting gulls (among other uniquely Californian headaches) delayed repairs to Santa Cruz wharf
Repairs on the wharf, damaged by last winter’s storms, were delayed by strict permitting requirements, environmental litigation.
Some California homesellers are letting buyers who can’t get insured pull out of deals
New forms from the California Association of Realtors include a contingency allowing buyers to back out of an offer if they can't find an acceptable insurance policy.