Kate Talerico
Housing reporter at The Mercury News
Housing reporter @mercnews and @EastBayTimes
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sacbee.com | Kate Talerico
In 2009, voters approved a $10 billion bond to build a high-speed rail line that would connect San Francisco to Los Angeles in two hours and 40 minutes. Californians were told they would be taking their first trips along the line starting in 2020. Total costs were estimated at $45 billion. How quaint that seems now. As of 2025, only part of the first segment - a 171-mile stretch from Merced to Bakersfield - has been built.
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sacbee.com | Kate Talerico
OAKLAND - For years, this lot just south of the West Oakland BART station has sat vacant, surrounded by RVs and broken-down vehicles. This was supposed to be housing - a 222-unit tower with 16 apartments set aside for low-income renters. But soon after Oakland's planning commission signed off on the project, the decision was appealed.
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sacbee.com | Kate Talerico
When legislators passed the California Environmental Quality Act in 1970, it was considered a modest regulation, meant to ensure that government agencies considered how public projects could impact the state’s residents, wildlife and natural resources. Since then, the law’s scope has massively expanded. Today, CEQA (pronounced “see-qwa”) provides an easy path to legally challenge almost any project - public or private, large or small - on environmental grounds.
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eastbaytimes.com | Kate Talerico
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mercurynews.com | Kate Talerico
Challenges have come from all over — including farmers concerned the train would bisect their land and wealthy residents in Atherton worried about noise
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My colleagues @ShomikMukherjee and @JakobRodgers have been tirelessly searching through a trove of recently-released documents to get new details on backroom dealing during ex-mayor Thao's tenure. Great work: https://t.co/dHioZW9SSw
Bay Area home buyers and sellers—have you tried to negotiate commissions with your agent? Or are you finding that commissions are largely the same as before (sellers having to offer 5-6%). Would love to hear what it's been like for you in the year post-NAR settlement! Reach out!
In what consumer advocates say is a win for homebuyers/sellers, the National Association of Realtors has largely rebuffed a push by Compass to end a policy requiring agents to list properties for sale on the MLS. But a greater legal battle could follow... https://t.co/E13wc0GLfe