Bay Area Market
Inventory, pricing, and demand trends across the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
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Weekly Housing Trends: U.S. Market Update (Week Ending Sept. 26, 2026)
Get the latest U.S. housing market trends, including inventory shifts, listing activity, prices, and buyer-seller dynamics, with fresh weekly data and insights.
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New California reparations law requires companies to disclose past profits from slavery
Companies with more than $100 million in annual worldwide gross receipts will be required to search their records and submit sworn disclosures about slavery-related transactions.
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California will need more than a ‘kill switch’ to keep AI under control
After hundreds of AI “agents” participated in a cyber attack, industry leaders began seeking guardrails. California is beginning to set some.
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Californians are in a sour mood but don’t want to change the political status quo
Californians are dissatisfied with the present and sour on the future, but the Democratic Party can comfortably expect to maintain its hegemony.
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Fact check: Could California lawmakers expand the billionaire tax to everyone?
Prop. 40 opponents say the billionaire tax allows lawmakers to change the measure with a two-thirds vote.
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California colleges don’t have enough housing for students. Will these 4 new laws help?
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills to reduce barriers and incentivize building affordable student housing in California. He has also signed a bill giving on-campus housing priority to students experiencing homelessness or who have been in foster care.
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Would-be Pelosi successors debate who’s more progressive in San Francisco congressional race
Regulating artificial intelligence emerged as a central issue in the first of two pre-election debates between the two Democrats vying to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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‘High-ranking’ officer illegally snooped on officials with police network
A whistleblower pointed state investigators to an unnamed, high-ranking law enforcement officer who was using California’s statewide law enforcement telecommunication network to find the home addresses and vehicle information of a deputy district attorney, a county supervisor and six of his employees. The officer’s illegal use of the network was among the findings in a…
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Lyft to pay $272 million in record-breaking settlement over drivers’ compensation
Thousands of Lyft drivers will be eligible to get paid for lost wages and benefits from 2016 to 2020, when they would have been considered employees under California labor law.
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CalMatters College Journalism Network program welcomes 2026-27 fellows
The program gives college journalists an opportunity to show the impact of state policy on their communities.









