Alyse DiNapoli

Reporter | San Mateo Daily Journal [email protected]

[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

In just 6 months, Peninsula residents have opposed services for dyslexia education, drug treatment and public assistance. The refrains are similar to housing opposition — that is, ‘we support it but not here.’
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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

A $1.4 million contract with an interim Caltrain leader — over 3x the salary of the top paid executive — brings to light longstanding concerns over the agency’s consulting and financial practices as it deals with massive long-term deficits.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

Barely any new housing has been built on the Peninsula in the last 1.5 years. Even the county’s ~6% YoY rent growth isn’t enough to underwrite multifamily loans as construction costs keep rising and lenders can choose cheaper places to finance projects.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

Countywide median rent increased 6% YoY to $3,368. Foster City and Menlo Park have the highest rents due to more luxury-style apartments + hardly any new housing construction. Cities with older stock, like South SSF, are seeing rents stay flat.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

Early last year, at 17 years old, Peninsula residents Sahar and Roqaia left their families to escape the Taliban. That was before a travel ban and Nat’l Guard shooting that’s making it harder for Afghans, even those w/ legal status, to stay in the U.S.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

A lucrative AI boom and constrained supply keeps median home prices in county the highest in CA. But instead of buying in traditionally affluent areas, wealthy buyers are going for property in modest neighborhoods so they can demolish/expand them.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

Gubernatorial candidate and billionaire Tom Steyer kicked off a bus tour in Redwood City, discussing plans to boost housing production and close a real estate tax “loophole.” Unsurprisingly, Republican candidate Steve Hilton, a county resident, disagrees.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

New data confirms the east side of South City has some of the worst air quality in the Bay Area, but there’s been little effort to understand why. Residents are more recently starting to connect the dots btwn pollution and their kids’ asthma/allergies.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

@FmrRepMTG Zero states allow kids to medically transition w/o parental consent. Even in CA. Until recently CA teachers didn’t have to tell parents their kids are trans but that’s VERY different than allowing kids to medically transition w/o parental consent. The misinfo on this is wild.

[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

About a week ago, volunteers counted the # of unsheltered folks in the county. Since the last count, jurisdictions have cracked down on encampments, expanded outreach programs and opened a new shelter. Residents will soon find out how well it all worked

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

After 2 rocky years, the Peninsula’s life science market’s looking up, with 3 of the biggest global biopharma deals coming from the county. But a high number of mega-rounds still signals small risk appetite and less investment in early-stage innovation.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

Shared-equity programs, which help middle-income earners access homeownership, have been largely abandoned by the private sector. CA also scaled their program down, but it could offer valuable lessons for future housing initiatives.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

@walterkirn @megynkelly How fragile your masculinity must be if a woman acting “smiley and girly” triggers you so much that you murder her (or justify it). How fragile your masculinity must be if an unarmed woman turning her steering wheel AWAY from you and slowly veering away scares you that much.

[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

Despite high demand for affordable housing, mobile home parks are declining, and the limited financing options can be predatory. Some low-income households are hoping to take advantage of new, creative solutions.

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[Tim Draper @TimDraper]

Had a great conversation with @ap_dinapoli Alyse DiNapoli from the San Mateo Daily Journal.

We talked about the future, clones, lie detectors, and what I call the "it" factor in founders.

The technology that seemed impossible 10 years ago is now being built in garages across Silicon Valley.

And the founders who will win aren’t the ones with the perfect pitch deck.

They're the ones who see a problem everyone else ignores.

Here's what I told Alyse: The best investments I've made weren't because the idea was obvious. They were because the founder had something I couldn't teach… a conviction that bordered on delusion, but backed by relentless execution.

@Skype. @Tesla. Hotmail. Baidu.

None of them made sense to most people at the time.

But the founders saw it, felt it, and couldn't NOT do it.

That's the "it" factor.

You can read the full interview here:
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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

State and federal leaders have criticized the impacts of private equity and corporate ownership of single family homes. But how much does that impact housing prices on the Peninsula?

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

Prop 36 advocates hoped that the prospect of long jail sentences would push more ppl to treatment. But out of >300 eligible drug cases, only about a dozen in the county have gone to treatment, prompting new concerns on how to incentivize rehab over jail.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

VCs use AI but Tim Draper takes it further, creating a digital clone that advises startup founders and using tools that evaluate personalities based on facial expressions. Now, he’s working on detecting successful entrepreneurs simply from their voice.

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

‘We need to get over ourselves.’

How San Mateo County leaders’ longstanding contention toward BART may impact much-needed Caltrain funding

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[Alyse DiNapoli @ap_dinapoli]

“After fighting to get resources, it felt like they were taking them away from me so quickly.”

StarVista clients discuss the impact on the behavioral health provider’s abrupt closure and the five days’ notice to vacate their shelter.

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