College of San Mateo

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Pacific Masters Long Course Championship

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Japan Seeks to Squelch Its Tiny Cars – NYTimes.com.

Saying the nation’s automakers are too focused on a niche market, the government has sharply raised taxes on the tiny vehicles, prompting an outcry.

Town Hall

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Little Nepal Restaurant

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In theory, this takes power from generally unpopular developers and places it in the hands of the public instead. In reality, however, it yanks influence from a very different group: city professionals whose full-time job it is to weigh the insanely intricate implications of new development for affordable housing, property-tax coffers, economic development, public benefits, transportation infrastructure and more.

via Voters in one of America’s most expensive cities just came up with another way to block new housing.

During the next 15 years, Mountain View’s plans allow fewer than 8,000 housing units to be added within its city limits. Within the same time frame, more than 20,000 new jobs are expected to be created – an imbalance that’s sure to exacerbate the strains on a community where monthly rents on the newest one-bedroom apartments start at $3,400.

This problem isn’t unique to Mountain View: Almost every municipality in Silicon Valley wants to grab a share of the tech economy while pretending that the workers don’t need places to live.

via Mountain View stuck in past when it comes to housing policy – San Francisco Chronicle.

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Hong Kong East Ocean Seafood Restaurant

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