Monthly Archives: June 2019

5 ways to fight wealth inequality, according to economists With bold and targeted steps, economists say, government can increase opportunity and incomes for many more people in ways that strengthen, not weaken, American capitalism. Politicsread more Article source: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/18/google-to-invest-1-billion-in-san-francisco-bay-area-housing.html

My colleague Louis Hansen wrote this week about efforts by some folks in Phoenix to lure, seduce and maybe even hoodwink unsuspecting and vulnerable Bay Area residents into dumping the region’s high-priced real estate and soul-crushing commutes for a new … Continue reading →

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Three kids ranging in age from 8 to 15 years old are spending their summer break in their van after their parents were duped out of $10,000. That’s everything the Gonzalez family had saved. They … Continue reading →

Health care giant Kaiser Permanente plans to construct a 1.6 million-square-foot headquarters in Oakland, creating one of the largest new buildings in the Bay Area. Kaiser, already Oakland’s largest private employer, said Monday it will consolidate 7,200 East Bay employees … Continue reading →

This spring, Bay Area housing prices flattened out for two months in a row. After years of heady, month-over-month price appreciations and rental spikes, this rare break created an opportunity for price-exhausted communities to take a closer look at the … Continue reading →