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BerkeleysideReportingBy Nico Savidge
Newsom signs law prompted by Berkeley housing projects that dodged labor standards

An architect’s rendering of a 23-story housing development proposed for 2029 University Ave. Credit: Stackhouse De La Peña Trachtenberg Architects " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-13-at-10.16.54-AM.png?fit=780%2C505&ssl=1" /> The law bars developers of big projects from using California’s “density bonus” law to exempt themselves from local labor mandates.

BerkeleysideReportingBy Nico Savidge
$125M for Golden Gate Fields park clears Legislature

Golden Gate Fields is shown in a 2024 file photo. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/Catchlight " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/large-Natera_20240420_GGF_-45.jpg?fit=780%2C585&ssl=1" /> Lawmakers signed off on a plan to use $125 million from a state parks and climate bond to help buy the former horse racing track in Berkeley and Albany. Newsom is expected to approve it.