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By
Roger Rudick
8:20 AM PDT on August 23, 2016
- New Law Decriminalizes Fare Beating for Minors (SFGate)
- Getting the Pee Smell out of BART Elevators (CBSLocal)
- Van Ness Bus Construction Upgrades Will Start in November (SFBay)
- More on Transit Agency Subsidies for Lyft and Uber to Help Solve “Last Mile” Problem (KQED)
- Update on the Salesforce Tower (Curbed)
- Oakland Now Epicenter of Real Estate Craze (Bloomberg)
- Burlingame City Council Opposes Rent Control (DailyJournal)
- As San Mateo Also Wrestles with Rent Provisions (DailyJournal)
- Belmont to Discuss Plans for More Centralized Downtown (DailyJournal)
- Commentary: Calling out the Double Standard in “Parking for God” (SFExam)
- Commentary: Housing Projects at Risk with Planning Department Down Two Members (SFExam)
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