- Yes, rains so far up here have been brief and disappointing. But there could still be a whole lot of wet coming our way in January and February in what's officially being called the strongest El Niño on record, and it has disaster officials scrambling. [Curbed Ski, Chronicle]
- Rents are still super high in SF and we and Oakland apparently just experienced the largest rent increases in the nation between 2011 and 2014. [Zumper, SmartAsset]
- But actually, SF's rents may have peaked already, and came down slightly in November due to all the increased supply of new luxe rentals downtown competing for tenants, while they still keep rising in Oakland. [Business Times]
- The residents of Telegraph Hill can always be counted on to fight tooth and nail to protect their city and bay views from new development, and they're doing it again. [KRON 4]
- Uber drivers who speak out publicly about improving worker conditions get promptly "deactivated." [The American Prospect]
- The city's Planning Department keeps changing the threshold for what's considered "demonstrably unaffordable" when it comes to for-sale housing, and that has now been raised to $1.63 million, up from $1.51 million a year ago. [SocketSite]
- Rideshare cars have made the area around Caltrain a traffic nightmare, and they're trying to solve this with "rideshare zones." [Hoodline]
- The tech industry has officially pushed back at Dianne Feinstein and other government officials who call for them to be responsible for terrorism monitoring. [SF Business Times, Earlier]
- An SF-based online lender, Prosper, admits that they gave a $28,500 loan to the San Bernardino shooters just weeks before the attack. [Fortune]
- A judge halved the maximum fine prosecutors can seek for the infamous San Bruno blast. [Chron]
- Why poor people have the worst commutes into SF. [Chron]
