The pandemic put a general crimp in housing construction, but made a California factory that churns out prefabricated housing extra busy. What if housing was built more like cars — on an assembly line in a factory? Rick Holliday thinks it should be. The longtime Bay Area developer turned a Read more…
Martha Rodríguez, now the head of the household, can say with pride that all of her daughters are attending school and that she sees a bright future ahead of them. Veronica Salto Rodríguez is studying to become a teacher. Marylu Aviña Rodríguez is currently studying at USC, Cristy Aviña Rodríguez is at UC Berkeley, and Araceli Aviña Rodríguez is a senior at St. Helena High School.
This is an important initiative by the City of San Diego. In so many cities, as neighborhoods become gentrified, people can no longer afford to live there. Homeowners buy existing single-family homes and either tear them down and build lavish new homes or do extensive rehabs. Committing to preserving affordable Read more…
Ask a developer. Berkeley can be a notoriously difficult city in which to do business. Like many Bay Area cities, there are zoning issues, the Planning Commission, environmental impact studies and community resistance. And then there is the permit process. All of this requires a vision and endurance.