THE BASIC premise of the California public records act is that it forces government officials to release data to whoever asks for it.

The city of Dublin launched the video-on-demand feature on its Web site, www.ci.dublin.ca.us, earlier this month as a way for residents, council members and even city staff members to view or review portions of council meetings without having to sit throu

Social Compact presented the results of its "drill-down" study of Oakland’s Fruitvale, Lower San Antonio, East Oakland and West Oakland neighborhoods. The nonprofit market researcher has used other studies to bring businesses and jobs to communities in Ch

A long vacant field abutting a shopping center in northwest Santa Rosa is being developed into affordable apartments, part of the city’s plan to encourage more housing on less land.

His relative calm stems from research with two other economists indicating that the main reason house prices have flown aloft in the past 20 or 30 years, particularly on the two coasts, is the increasing difficulty in getting regulatory approval to build

A city task force Monday asked staffers to explore the financial ramifications of building homes at the same time as or even before employers move into the 7,000-acre valley.

The City Council has approved a plan that could give a new commercial or industrial development $5,000 for every job it provides that pays at least $86,000 per year — not counting benefits.

Fees that developers pay for the city to build neighborhood parks won’t be raised until home builders are satisfied that the money is being spent where it should be.