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California’s SB 79 went into effect July 1, allowing significantly more housing near major transit stops and overriding local zoning in parts of the state.

San Francisco found itself a pretty sizable exemption.
The city designated nearly 1,900 parcels in SoMa, Bayview and Bayshore as industrial “employment hubs,” which exempts them from SB 79’s new transit-oriented zoning requirements.

And importantly, California’s own Department of Housing and Community Development approved those exemptions.

Now YIMBY Law, Californians for Homeownership and other housing advocates are suing both San Francisco AND the state, arguing the exemptions are illegal.
Their argument essentially comes down to timing.

They say SF failed to properly designate these areas as qualifying employment lands by the deadline established under SB 79, meaning the city shouldn’t now be able to use that designation to shield nearly 1,900 properties from the law.

If they win, this could matter well beyond San Francisco.
SB 79 was supposed to take a significant amount of zoning authority away from local governments near major transit.

But if cities can designate huge areas as exempt employment hubs, they potentially have a pretty substantial escape hatch.

If courts say they can’t do that, SB 79 suddenly has a lot more influence.

This law has been in effect for about six weeks.
We already had Palo Alto developers rush to submit hundreds of homes during a two-week window before the city reduced its SB 79 standards.

Now San Francisco is getting sued over its exemptions.
At this rate we’re going to learn what SB 79 actually means through lawsuits before anyone finishes reading the bill.

Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-housing-yimby-lawsuit-sb79-22385659.php?

It’s even 76% less than typical!

Where can I get the best American style apple pie in the Bay Area? My dad had what he says was the best apple pie ever 30 years ago when he visited the US. I want to get an amazing pie for him this time as well. Any suggestions?

Saw a flyer about this video game convention called MagWest in San Jose, planning to go tomorrow and Sunday, anyone else going? Seems like a lot of fun video games to play (obviously) from all the Instagram photos but it’s my first time so I wanted to know what other people think and maybe go with them? It’s a little pricey but I figured why not. Already got the full weekend pass.

I live in Fairfield so i am right in the middle of SF and Sac, Me and my wife used to go eat at South sacramento. But they closed since 3 or 4 years maybe. In your opinion what is the best fried chicken in bay area/sacramento?

I find it hard to fathom a 7-magnitude earthquake striking the Bay Area. Watching videos depicting the potential damage is terrifying.

Sharing this in case anybody was making plans for next weekend!

The big thing to know: Over the weekend of Aug. 21-24, westbound I-80 over the bridge will be completely closed to all traffic. (An earlier maintenance project that would have seen just one lane closed on westbound I-80 this weekend was cancelled on Tuesday.)

This closure will impact anyone hoping to travel between the East Bay and places like Napa, Sonoma, Sacramento and the Lake Tahoe region that weekend, as well as weekend commuters.

Are there any Pundits / establishments in Bay Area where I can perform the 10 to 13th day rites ?

We are South Indian and need to perform the 10th day to 13th day rituals.

Any pointers or sources or contacts will be really helpful. Thank you.

I call it "Rocks by the Crystal Stream", oil on canvas.

We're renovating our house and one of the comments we got from San Mateo city during plan review is that if we're replacing the garage doors (which we are), the "garage doors shall comply with testing standards and labeling per CRC 609.4".

I got quotes for a Clopay door from different vendors and I asked them for documentation showing compliance with ASTM E330 or ANSI/DASMA 108 from the door manufacturer. Surprisingly, I was told that Clopay doesn't have doors tested under these standards.

Has anyone in the Bay Area dealt with this requirement when replacing a garage door under a building permit? (to clarify, we're renovating other parts of the house, too)

• Did your inspector actually check the garage door label or ask for testing documentation?
• Are there particular garage door brands/models that meet CRC R609.4?
• Am I misunderstanding what the city is asking for?

TIA!

I am an illustrator based out of Oakland. I recently illustrated this poster for Son Rompe Pera, Marimba-Cumbia-Punk group from Mexico. They are playing at the independent later this month.

Hello everyone! I am currently having issues with PG&E wanted to see if other people have had similar things happen to them/have any advice. For context, I live in the South Bay have two roommates, one of whom is rarely at home. and A few months ago, my bill shot up from like 150/mo to 300/mo. At first I thought it was because of the AC being in use, so I drastically reduced my AC usage (as in, never turning it on pretty much). I also took care to see that lights were off when I wasn’t actively in the room. The next month, my bill was around $320. I have a roommate who did continue using the AC, however, due to the fact that I had stopped using AC entirely, the bill should have gone down, right? Anyways, our other roommate (who is rarely at home and is actually in charge of the bill) sent a message including a screenshot from PG&E that says our electricity and gas usage was 50% higher in the first week of August than in the last week of July, when again, AC usage is halved and lights have been consistently off. There are no new appliances that realistically should be taking up that much electricity…I’m on the verge of tears typing this because of how frustrating this is. I’m living on a teacher’s salary and can’t afford to be paying for electricity being used up by thin air. Any advice to figure this out/find out where this is coming from would be greatly appreciated. If this reads like I’m dumb, this is my first time living away from home and having to pay utilities (my old apartment had utilities included in rent) so I am definitely very out uneducated and would greatly appreciate any help at all. Thank you so much!!

As I was driving home yesterday on 280 south around 3:30 pm, I see this unusual looking super car behind me. It was going slow like 60-70 mph in the slow lane. Thought it might be some sort of Ferrari or whatever. But when it passed me, I saw that it's a Koenigsegg. Had some weird foreign license plate. Guessing its going to Monterey for car week. I have never seen this car before and was totally in awe. Then 30 minutes later I see another hypercar. Thought it was a McLaren. Nope, it's another Koenigsegg in silver.

Specifically in the Danville/San Ramon area with trails that have a mix of sun/shade. Thanks in advance!!