Here's what's happening in the Bay Area, as curated by KALW news:
What Jerry Brown Won't Tell The DNC About California // Forbes
“California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) will speak at the Democratic National Convention this week. It is reported that Gov. Brown’s address will tell convention delegates and millions of Americans watching at home about the Golden State “success story.” Brown’s speech will be the latest example in a recent trend of Democratic politicians and progressive pundits touting California as a model of governance that shows progressive policies do not hinder a state’s economy.”
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Affordable housing 101: Why not build more granny units? // East Bay Times
“Erin Craig and Rich Dvorak knew it was time: Their grown daughter, who has severe disabilities, needed her own home. But where?
"They decided to build a private studio for Kim -- a separate apartment inside the family home in Palo Alto, where they had lived for 25 years. But Palo Alto has notoriously strict zoning rules for add-on units. So the couple scoured the Peninsula, hunting for a new house -- only to discover that each city had its own patchwork of restrictions."
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NorthBay Town Feeling ‘Berned” After Sanders Rally Leaves 23,000 in Unpaid Bills // CBS Bay Area
“The Mayor of Cloverdale hopes it’s just a misunderstanding, but the Bernie Sanders campaign appears to have left her small town with $23,000 in unpaid bills after it hosted their ‘A FutureTo Believe In’ rally last June.
"According to The Press Democrat, the Sanders campaign paid Cloverdale a $2500 deposit toward expenses. Despite assurances they’d pay the balance, their response to the city’s attempts to collect on an invoice is starting to sound like ‘the runaround.
"Cloverdale officials were given given only 48 hours notice before the June 3 rally, and say they had no time to put together a formal contract. Still, the city was happy, even honored to oblige. Ultimately, the event was a huge success, drawing more than 6,000 supporters.”
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Questions arise about Newsom pattern of posting others’ work without credit// Marin IJ
“After acknowledging over the weekend that he failed to credit the original author of a nearly identical social media post he signed attacking Donald Trump, a review of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s online publishing this month has found one instance in which he used a word-for-word passage from another source and additional examples of posting other people’s work without attribution.”
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Livermore charter high school battles accreditation woes as students flee // East Bay Times
“Livermore Valley Charter Preparatory is seeing an exodus of students as the controversial charter school struggles to keep its accreditation.
"The West Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) denied accreditation late last month, but it was temporarily reinstated while the Tri-Valley Learning Corporation, the organization that operates the charter, appeals the decision.
"A loss in accreditation could mean that classes high school students take would not count toward college, job or even military applications."
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Mission District Housing Project Slashes Units for Historic Preservation// Mission Local
“A proposed housing project in the Mission District has shrunk by about 85 percent after the Planning Department told developers the building on the site is worthy of preservation because of its historic value.
“The main reason [the project was reduced] is that the Planning Department determined that the building is a historic resource that they thought should be preserved,” said Steve Vettel, a land-use attorney representing the developers at 3140 16th St., a market-rate housing project that would have added 28 units to the neighborhood but will now bring in just four.
"The site is currently home to Superior Automotive, a car repair shop with a facade from 1926. It’s that facade, the Planning Department said, that would prevent the demolition of the building for housing.”