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Bay Area malls getting overhauls
These regional shopping centers had plans to add housing, offices or creative new retail space before the pandemic struck. Some are moving forward while others are on hold.
By Shwanika Naryan and J.K. Dineen |
Feb. 7, 2021 |
Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 11:44 AM
Developers seemed like they had a winning formula for breathing new life into the Bay Area s ailing malls: Add housing and offices and turn conventional retail space into room for experiences. Then the pandemic changed the equation. Some mall owners are moving forward with ambitious renovations or reconstructions, while others have delayed or modified their plans while they try to get a handle on demand for housing, shopping and even office space.
State watchdog fines San Jose Water executive, Cupertino political committee for campaign violations
The state Capitol in Sacramento. Image by glenngould is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
The state’s political watchdog has fined a Silicon Valley political action committee and San Jose Water Chief Administrative Officer Andrew Walters $5,000 for failing to file campaign finance reports on time.
The Cupertino Chamber PAC and Walters, who was the committee’s treasurer at the time, failed to timely file two expenditure reports disclosing a total of $11,021 and two campaign contribution reports disclosing a total of $12,474 during the November 2016 election cycle, according to the Fair Political Practices Commission. The reports were related to three mailers the PAC sent out less than two weeks before the election.
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