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Oakland Infill Permitting

• 🔥 Mosswood PSH Revision: Updated plans filed for five-story, 42-unit permanent supportive housing at 3720 Telegraph...

• Policy shift: Encampment Abatement ramps evictions/tows sans services, doubling down on failed enforcement.
• Budget drain: $1,500+/hr sweeps divert...

California law now offers expanded protections for some unpermitted ADUs and JADUs built before January 1, 2020. This supports legalization projects, acting as a tailwind for missing middle infill in Oakland and the Bay Area.

Oakland roots to regional power: Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf (2015-2023) starts as Bay Area Council president/CEO May 4, leveraging City Hall...

Key updates for Oakland infill project:

• Revised scale: Now five-story with 42 permanent supportive units (studios/1BRs + manager 2BR), down from...

National office-to-housing pipeline reaches 90,300 units in 2026, up 28% YoY and 47% of all adaptive reuse.

• Leaders: NY tops with 16K+ units; LA...

• Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) announces bills for standardized modular home building, financing, and inspections to cut costs and speed urban...

Oakland Apartment Fire Dispute

• 🔥 1770 Broadway Relocation Payments: Tenants displaced by a January fire at 1770 Broadway that consumed 47 units...

Key modular advances for urban multifamily:

• Tracy, CA factory acquired from Katerra enables West Coast high-density projects like apartments and...

Housing crisis in action: Author priced out of Mountain View, now pushes for 323-home infill project with 48 affordable units to house teachers,...

Aging Oakland multifamily risks exposed: Jan 19 fire at 1770 Broadway displaced 200 residents from 47 units, with tenants citing ignored complaints...

Ground-level crisis: Thousands form entire communities in tents, RVs, and encampments amid fastest-growing homelessness in US.

• Drivers hitting...

Key toolkit for CA infill developers:

• FAR to Units: Conduct base density study converting Floor Area Ratio to unit count using average unit...

Oakland Development Appeals

• 🔥 Oak Knoll Avenue 46-Unit Project: Oakland City Council is set to consider an appeal of a proposed 46-unit...

• State Track Record: Authored bills to speed apartments, curb local resistance, and legalize mid-rise near transit—pivoting CA toward more housing.
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Bay Area workforce housing pipeline advances with key milestones:

• SF SoMa infill: Excavation underway for 95-unit senior complex at 967 Mission,...

Federal infrastructure investment is essential for tackling the U.S. housing crisis, where median homes cost 5x median income and delays from...

Positive trend in Oakland stability: Evictions filed dropped to 5,268 in 2025—far below 8,551 in 2016 and 12,050 in early 2016—despite Just Cause...

• High vacancies meet housing push: SF at 30%+ office vacancy, fueling CA laws easing approvals, zoning for adaptive reuse.
• Core barriers remain:...

Innovative ADU-to-condo model unlocks hidden supply: San Jose's StrataX converts ADUs into sellable condos using AB1033, transforming single-family...