Staff vacancies to remain in place to help balance Walnut Creek budget
Walnut Creek will maintain elevated staff vacancies through fiscal year 2027 to address a $2 million budget shortfall caused by reduced auto sales tax revenue from a California reporting change.
6 housing projects in Oakland get boost from county's Measure W
Alameda County allocated $53 million from Measure W sales-tax revenue to fund ten affordable housing projects across the region, with five located in Oakland.
One S.F. neighborhood is seeing an economic boom. This map shows how bad things are in other areas
San Francisco retail spending remains far below pre-pandemic levels due to population loss and remote work, despite pockets of growth like Mission Bay.