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A Silicon Valley billionaire is leasing a 2-acre plot of private land for $1 a year to help address the Bay Area's housing crisis
The San Jose cabins can be moved to a new location after billionaire John Sobrato's five-year lease…
Erin Snodgrass,Natalie Musume…  Â
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A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley elites is buying up land to build a new city. Farmers say they've been pressured to sell up.
A company called Flannery Associates has bought up 52,000 acres of land in northern California with…
Tom Carter  Â
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Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer tore down 3 houses to build a pool at her Palo Alto mansion
City officials initially rejected Mayer's aquatic proposal, citing a California law meant to combat…
Tim Levin  Â
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A famed Silicon Valley VC who left for the UK says he wouldn't live in San Francisco with kids after men fired gunshots a few blocks from his dinner
Paul Graham is another prominent tech figure suggesting that San Francisco is no longer safe to liv…
Sawdah Bhaimiya  Â
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Silicon Valley heavyweights like Eric Schmidt, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Reid Hoffman show support for California Gov. Newsom as he faces a recall election over his pandemic response
Recalling Newsom "would reverse our progress against COVID and would be bad for California," angel …
Katie Canales  Â
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Silicon Valley's largest city wants to house the homeless in floating apartments
In addition to addressing the housing shortage, a floating apartment complex could help tackle the …
Aria Bendix  Â
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A major Silicon Valley city is putting homeless people in tiny home villages
Prior to 2016, many parts of California outlawed accessory dwelling units (ADUs), or small, seconda…
Aria Bendix  Â
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San Francisco now has the 3rd-most billionaires of any city in the world, beating out London, Moscow, and Beijing
San Francisco gained 2 billionaires last year, bringing its billionaire population to a grand total…
Katie Canales  Â
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An ex-Uber exec wants to build a private, politically autonomous city to welcome newly remote techies fleeing Silicon Valley
Ryan Rzepecki sold his electric bike company Jump to the ride-sharing company for $200 million. Now…
Katie Canales  Â
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A San Francisco proposal could tax tech giants an annual surcharge if their 'overpaid' CEOs make 200 times the salary of average employees
Dubbed the "Overpaid Executive Tax," the measure could raise $140 million a year to boost the healt…
Katie Canales  Â
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A homeless person in Silicon Valley died of the coronavirus Monday, the same day that a 3-week 'shelter in place' was ordered for the San Francisco Bay Area
City officials across the Bay Area also announced Monday mid-day that a three-week "shelter in plac…
Katie Canales  Â
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As the homeless population booms due to sky-high rent prices, we need to think of the California homeless crisis as a refugee crisis
Becoming homeless is not the result of any individual's failings. The unhoused are refugees and vic…
Jack Herrera  Â
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Cisco commits to shelling out $50 million to help fix Silicon Valley's homelessness crisis
"We can put an end to homelessness in Santa Clara County and there is no better partner in this wor…
Katie Canales  Â
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5 major ways Silicon Valley has changed in the past 10 years
A lot has changed along Sand Hill Road in the past few years. Billions of dollars have flooded in t…
Meira Gebel  Â
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Mark Zuckerberg's foundation is spending $5 million to keep Silicon Valley teachers from becoming homeless
That announcement came days after the San Francisco Chronicle published a profile on Etoria Cheeks,…
Melia Robinson  Â
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Here Are Some Troubling Stats About Homeless People Living Right Outside Twitter's Headquarters In San Francisco
Back in December, protestors stopped both an Apple bus and a Google bus in San Francisco that shutt…
Megan Rose Dickey  Â
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Photos show what it's like for Silicon Valley's 'working homeless,' who live down the street from tech giants
Silicon Valley has the highest median income in the nation. But a worsening wealth gap has caused h…
Melia Robinson  Â
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Startup CEO Who Complained About San Francisco's Homeless Population Says He's 'Really Sorry'
"You can preach compassion, equality, and be the biggest lover in the world, but there is an area o…
Megan Rose Dickey  Â
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Two years after angry Silicon Valley locals chanted 'build a wall' to keep the homeless out, the city is reportedly cracking down on a growing RV camp outside Google's HQ
The most immediate concern for those living in the motor homes and trailers was a recent vote by th…
Nick Bastone  Â
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How Four Former Homeless Women Are Helping Fix One Of Silicon Valley's Biggest Problems
Extending help to homeless residents of Silicon Valley does little if the people on the streets ref…