2. The BART Board of Directors approved a new policy that requires 20 percent of new housing units built on agency property to be affordable, the Bay Area News Group$ reports. Affordable housing advocates had pushed hard for the new policy. In an effort to reduce greenhouse gases emissions from cars, the state has earmarked funding for more housing next to BART stations and other mass transit hubs.
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4. A deadly pest infestation has triggered the quarantine of citrus trees in Southern Alameda County, along with portions of Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco counties, the Chron reports. The pest, Asian citrus psyllid, is already threatening Southern California’s $2.3 billion citrus industry.
5. And Mokka, a coffee shop on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, is closing after ten years in business, Berkeleyside reports. The cafe’s owners are blaming the city’s minimum wage increase for the closure.