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| California Today: The Silicon Valley Rent War | |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
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| Let’s turn it over to Conor Dougherty, a technology reporter based in the Bay Area. | Let’s turn it over to Conor Dougherty, a technology reporter based in the Bay Area. |
| When tenants started collecting signatures to expand rent control in Silicon Valley earlier this year, organizers knew that they were in for a tough political fight with landlords. Now, with the election fast approaching, that fight is heating up. | When tenants started collecting signatures to expand rent control in Silicon Valley earlier this year, organizers knew that they were in for a tough political fight with landlords. Now, with the election fast approaching, that fight is heating up. |
| On Thursday, tenant activists gathered outside the Hayward regional office of the California Apartment Association, a trade group for landlords, to protest what they describe as a deceptive mailer that the association sent out to urge voters to reject the various rent control measures on the state’s November ballot. | On Thursday, tenant activists gathered outside the Hayward regional office of the California Apartment Association, a trade group for landlords, to protest what they describe as a deceptive mailer that the association sent out to urge voters to reject the various rent control measures on the state’s November ballot. |
| The mailer in question was emblazoned with the logo of California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, causing groups favoring rent control to charge the C.A.A. with “impersonating” a government agency. Organizers said they plan to file complaints with the California Fair Political Practices Commission. | The mailer in question was emblazoned with the logo of California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, causing groups favoring rent control to charge the C.A.A. with “impersonating” a government agency. Organizers said they plan to file complaints with the California Fair Political Practices Commission. |
| Tom Bannon, chief executive of the association, said, “We stand by the mail piece that we put out.” | Tom Bannon, chief executive of the association, said, “We stand by the mail piece that we put out.” |
| Jason Sisney, chief deputy legislative analyst at the Legislative Analyst’s Office, said voters had contacted his office about the mailers but had no other comment. “Our office does not take positions on local ballot measures,” he said in an email. | Jason Sisney, chief deputy legislative analyst at the Legislative Analyst’s Office, said voters had contacted his office about the mailers but had no other comment. “Our office does not take positions on local ballot measures,” he said in an email. |
| Whatever comes of the complaint, tenants are at a significant disadvantage. Landlords have raised just over $1 million to defeat rent control measures that are now on the ballot in a half-dozen cities including Mountain View, Burlingame, San Mateo, Richmond and Alameda. | Whatever comes of the complaint, tenants are at a significant disadvantage. Landlords have raised just over $1 million to defeat rent control measures that are now on the ballot in a half-dozen cities including Mountain View, Burlingame, San Mateo, Richmond and Alameda. |
| “The California Apartment Association is spending between five and 10 times what the tenants groups are spending,” said Rob Pyers, research director for the California Target Book, which tracks elections in the state. | “The California Apartment Association is spending between five and 10 times what the tenants groups are spending,” said Rob Pyers, research director for the California Target Book, which tracks elections in the state. |
| Even if these rent control drives are defeated, the growing furor over housing costs is unlikely to go away. The Bay Area may have the dubious distinction of being California’s most unaffordable rental market, but Los Angeles and San Diego are not far behind, according to Zillow. There are already budding tenant movements in Long Beach and San Diego. | Even if these rent control drives are defeated, the growing furor over housing costs is unlikely to go away. The Bay Area may have the dubious distinction of being California’s most unaffordable rental market, but Los Angeles and San Diego are not far behind, according to Zillow. There are already budding tenant movements in Long Beach and San Diego. |
| Aimee Inglis, acting director of Tenants Together, a statewide group helping coordinate the various rent control drives, said the November election would go a long way toward determining if the movement starts spreading around the state. | Aimee Inglis, acting director of Tenants Together, a statewide group helping coordinate the various rent control drives, said the November election would go a long way toward determining if the movement starts spreading around the state. |
| “People are kind of watching, and waiting to see what happens, and I don’t think it’s necessary for all of these measures to win,” she said. “If we get one or two, and I think that’s entirely likely, we will be able to build from that.” | “People are kind of watching, and waiting to see what happens, and I don’t think it’s necessary for all of these measures to win,” she said. “If we get one or two, and I think that’s entirely likely, we will be able to build from that.” |
| See reporting in The Times on the Nov. 8 ballot initiatives: Proposition 51 (school bond) | Proposition 53 (megaprojects) | Proposition 54 (legislative transparency) | Proposition 56 (cigarette tax) | Proposition 60 (condoms in adult film) | Propositions 62 and 66 (death penalty) | Propositions 65 and 67 (plastic bag ban). | See reporting in The Times on the Nov. 8 ballot initiatives: Proposition 51 (school bond) | Proposition 53 (megaprojects) | Proposition 54 (legislative transparency) | Proposition 56 (cigarette tax) | Proposition 60 (condoms in adult film) | Propositions 62 and 66 (death penalty) | Propositions 65 and 67 (plastic bag ban). |
| And dig into analyses of all 17 statewide measures by the Legislative Analyst’s Office, CALmatters, KQED, and Ballotpedia. | And dig into analyses of all 17 statewide measures by the Legislative Analyst’s Office, CALmatters, KQED, and Ballotpedia. |
| • Highway 99 in the Central Valley is the deadliest major highway in the country, an analysis found. [Merced Sun-Star] | • Highway 99 in the Central Valley is the deadliest major highway in the country, an analysis found. [Merced Sun-Star] |
| • Heavy rain and fierce winds were expected to pummel Northern California from Friday to Sunday. Some areas could get up to 12 inches of rain. [The Mercury News] | • Heavy rain and fierce winds were expected to pummel Northern California from Friday to Sunday. Some areas could get up to 12 inches of rain. [The Mercury News] |
| • Gun sales have soared in Sacramento County, a trend attributed in part to fears over tighter firearms control measures. [Sacramento Bee] | • Gun sales have soared in Sacramento County, a trend attributed in part to fears over tighter firearms control measures. [Sacramento Bee] |
| • Clayton Kershaw, the greatest pitcher of his generation, earned the first save of his career and sent the Dodgers to the N.L.C.S., writes Tyler Kepner. [The New York Times] | • Clayton Kershaw, the greatest pitcher of his generation, earned the first save of his career and sent the Dodgers to the N.L.C.S., writes Tyler Kepner. [The New York Times] |
| • If something isn’t done to stop its collapse, the Salton Sea could become the largest source of particulate air pollution in North America. [Opinion | San Diego Union-Tribune] | • If something isn’t done to stop its collapse, the Salton Sea could become the largest source of particulate air pollution in North America. [Opinion | San Diego Union-Tribune] |
| • After burning for nearly three months, the Soberanes Fire in the Big Sur region was finally brought under full control. [SFGate.com] | • After burning for nearly three months, the Soberanes Fire in the Big Sur region was finally brought under full control. [SFGate.com] |
| • Efforts to resurrect Zenefits, a San Francisco-based software company, highlight the difficulty of conjuring up second chances in tech. [The New York Times] | • Efforts to resurrect Zenefits, a San Francisco-based software company, highlight the difficulty of conjuring up second chances in tech. [The New York Times] |
| • Design & Interiors: Sofie Howard, the founder of a fine-art talent agency, said when she bought her cottage in Venice Beach she “reimagined who I was going to be.” [The New York Times] | • Design & Interiors: Sofie Howard, the founder of a fine-art talent agency, said when she bought her cottage in Venice Beach she “reimagined who I was going to be.” [The New York Times] |
| • A drone video captured a blue whale nursing its calf just off the Orange County coast, a behavior rarely seen. [The Mercury News] | • A drone video captured a blue whale nursing its calf just off the Orange County coast, a behavior rarely seen. [The Mercury News] |
| It’s an often heard lament: “California has no seasons.” | It’s an often heard lament: “California has no seasons.” |
| It’s also wrong. | It’s also wrong. |
| Just as they do every year, California trees have been breaking out in spectacular hues of crimson and gold since September. | Just as they do every year, California trees have been breaking out in spectacular hues of crimson and gold since September. |
| If they aren’t noticed, it’s because more of the state’s residents tend to live near the temperate coastline, said John Poimiroo, a travel writer who runs the website californiafallcolor.com. | If they aren’t noticed, it’s because more of the state’s residents tend to live near the temperate coastline, said John Poimiroo, a travel writer who runs the website californiafallcolor.com. |
| It doesn’t happen there,” he said. “It happens in the mountains.” | It doesn’t happen there,” he said. “It happens in the mountains.” |
| In contrast to New England, where the shades of autumn roll like a wave from north to south, California’s colors begin at about 10,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and descend gradually by elevation. | In contrast to New England, where the shades of autumn roll like a wave from north to south, California’s colors begin at about 10,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and descend gradually by elevation. |
| In the last few days, the fall foliage line has been between about 7,000 and 8,000 feet, Mr. Poimiroo said. | In the last few days, the fall foliage line has been between about 7,000 and 8,000 feet, Mr. Poimiroo said. |
| Even if the yearslong drought has caused trees to put on less vivid displays in some places, leaf spotters have been reporting color across the state. | Even if the yearslong drought has caused trees to put on less vivid displays in some places, leaf spotters have been reporting color across the state. |
| “Everything, everywhere” is peaking in Mono County on the east side of the Sierra Nevada, Alicia Vennos, the county’s economic development director, reported on Wednesday. Further south, in the San Bernardino Mountains, the black oak, bigleaf maple and aspen trees were starting to pop with orange and lime green, spotters said. | “Everything, everywhere” is peaking in Mono County on the east side of the Sierra Nevada, Alicia Vennos, the county’s economic development director, reported on Wednesday. Further south, in the San Bernardino Mountains, the black oak, bigleaf maple and aspen trees were starting to pop with orange and lime green, spotters said. |
| Asked to name his favorite autumn destination, Mr. Poimiroo hesitated, then called it a nearly impossible question. | Asked to name his favorite autumn destination, Mr. Poimiroo hesitated, then called it a nearly impossible question. |
| He mentioned the Indian Rhubarb plants in the Northern Sierra and the 100-feet tall technicolor Aspen trees that are set against the peaks of the Eastern Sierra region. | He mentioned the Indian Rhubarb plants in the Northern Sierra and the 100-feet tall technicolor Aspen trees that are set against the peaks of the Eastern Sierra region. |
| That’s California’s big difference, he said. “New England has architectural charm and the color, and we have grand landscapes and the color.” | That’s California’s big difference, he said. “New England has architectural charm and the color, and we have grand landscapes and the color.” |
| For the latest updates on the fall foliage, check out Mr. Poimiroo’s website, which collects reports from a small army of volunteers. | For the latest updates on the fall foliage, check out Mr. Poimiroo’s website, which collects reports from a small army of volunteers. |
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