Let Them Eat Picnics Atop Hilltop Park
“Hilltop Park is planned at Yerba Buena Island’s highest peak, nestled within the elliptical Yerba Buena Drive, as a jewel in a low-density neighborhood that will occupy the western chunk…
Q&A For Obama’s Latest Mortgage Aid Plan Via The AP
“The Obama administration on Friday announced a major reworking of its troubled $75 billion plan to prevent foreclosures. The revamped program is now designed to aid jobless homeowners and people…
A Bayshore Boulevard Corridor Conundrum As Lowe’s Leads The Way
“The Board of Supervisors is poised to approve interim zoning rules that would force large retail stores or chain stores to secure a conditional use permit before opening a location…
The Fed Pledges No Bump In Benchmark And No More (M)BS
“Federal Reserve officials repeated their pledge to keep the main interest rate near zero for an “extended period” and confirmed that emergency measures to prop up the housing market will…
While The Fed Forgives, California Does Not (For Now)
“When the foreclosure crisis started, Congress passed the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 so foreclosed homeowners would not be liable for their canceled debt. It is in force…
If Only We Hadn’t Already Used Our “Making Flippy Floppy” Headline
“Taking effect on April 5, the could encourage hundreds of thousands of delinquent borrowers who have not been rescued by the loan modification program to shed their houses through a…
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center Facing Foreclosure
“Eight years after opening with great fanfare, San Francisco’s city-subsidized, $12.3 million Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is on the verge of foreclosure – and is asking the…
Napa “Gentlemen” Growers Getting Squeezed Like A Grape
“In California’s Napa Valley, producer of the most expensive U.S. wines, 2010 may be a vintage year for foreclosures as the industry is squeezed by falling land values and a…
Bay Area (Small) Business Confidence Ticks Up
From the Chronicle: The numbers aren’t huge, according to the Bay Area Council’s quarterly Business Confidence Survey – just 20 percent of the 498 senior executives responding said they plan…
Mayor Newsom Isn’t Taking This Sitting (Or Lying) Down
“ Newsom will introduce two separate versions of a sit/lie law today at the Board of Supervisors. One version would prohibit sitting or lying on public sidewalks in about 20…