Archive for February, 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Yesterday Housing California announced that Senate President pro tem Darrell Steinberg has authored SB 500, a bill to create a dedicated state revenue source for affordable homes. This is a high-profile start to a campaign that has been a few years in the making -- since voters approved Prop. 1C, ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
This is straight from the House Appropriations Committee's press release of 2/12/09 about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009:Infrastructure
$2.25 billion through HOME and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program to fill financing gaps caused by the credit freeze and get stalled housing development projects moving
$1 billion for ...
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has released the draft Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). It's called Transportation 2035.
I have only skimmed Chapter 1, Overview - Change in Motion, and I'm happy to see a determined focus not just on transportation solutions alone, but also on reducing climate change through appropriate land use ...
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
This just in from Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition:Jan Lindenthal to Provide Leadership as Vice President of Real Estate Development February 4, 2009 – Foster City, CA -- Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition, one of California’s leading non-profit affordable housing developers, today announced the appointment of Jan M. Lindenthal as Vice President of Real ...
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