Emma Stiefel

2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Emma Stiefel

UCSF building seen at the UCSF Parnassus campus on Thursday, June 11, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Liz Hafalia/The ChronicleAs of April 25th, the Trump administration has cancelled more than $300 million in research grants to California institutions. Across the country, nearly 400 grants funded by the National Science Foundation have been cancelled since April 18th and nearly 800 National Institutes of Health grants have been cancelled since March.

Jan 27, 2025 | modbee.com | Emma Stiefel

The Silicon Valley town of Atherton contains not just the most expensive homes in California but also some of the state's biggest electricity users. The Chronicle analyzed monthly residential electricity usage data from PG&E and found that the 94027 ZIP code, which is almost entirely made up of the town of Atherton, had the second-highest electricity consumption per customer in 2024.

Jan 10, 2025 | modbee.com | Emma Stiefel

California police and sheriff's deputies pointed firearms at 11 children under the age of 12 in 2023, according to a Chronicle review of police stop data. Four of the incidents involved children 7 and younger. The data, and interviews with officials from some of the agencies involved, suggest that these young children most often end up on the other side of an officers' gun because they are present during police stops and searches targeting adults or older youth.

Jan 5, 2025 | sfchronicle.com | Emma Stiefel

Since the late 1970s, many California property owners have received large property tax subsidies thanks to Proposition 13. The map below shows estimates of how much homeowners in different parts of the state save on average, based on data from the real estate company Redfin. Prop 13 often keeps the taxable value of a home far below its market value, which results in tax subsidies.

Nov 18, 2024 | sfchronicle.com | Emma Stiefel

As of 2023, all rent-controlled landlords in San Francisco have one more box to check off before they can raise rents: submitting property information to San Francisco’s Housing Inventory. Landlords must report yearly to receive a license for the annual allowable rent increase, which is currently 1.7%. Many of them don’t have it. According to the San Francisco Rent Board, about 47% of the 202,000 residential units that paid the Rent Board fee obtained a rent increase license for 2024.