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MARCH 15, 2010
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Court Strikes Down Pleasanton Housing Cap, Orders Rezoning For Housing Near Jobs, Transit

Pleasanton, CA — In a major affordable housing victory, Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch has ruled that the City of Pleasanton’s Housing Cap violates state law. In the first ruling of its kind, the court also ordered the city to complete re-zoning that is required by state law so that it can meet its share of the region’s affordable housing.

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)  -- Despite some dramatic improvements in Bay Area air quality over the last 20 years, pollution remains a significant factor in thousands of premature deaths every year.

Ruling bars city from issuing building permits to commercial builders, but gives home builders freeer rein
By Jeb Bing

The Pleasanton City Council delayed any action last night in response to an Alameda County court ruling that invalidated the city's 14-year-old housing cap.

The ruling immediately halted all commercial building in Pleasanton after Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch determined that the cap, which had limited the total number of homes and apartments allowed to be built in the city to no more than 29,000 units, violates state law and is invalid.

By Denis Cuff

Organizers said many students face a financial hardship paying for bus fares or passes to ride to and from school.

In the East Bay, AC Transit charges youths $1 per bus ride or $15 for a monthly bus pass, while many other agencies charge more.