Now trending: Livermore.
The growing city in the East Bay appears to be on its way to becoming the next destination for prime housing, according to real-estate gurus.
RedFin.com, a real-estate website ranks Livermore No. 5 on a list of neighborhoods they predict will be the hottest in 2013. And no, we're not talking about the scorching summer temperatures the area is known for.
A San Francisco Chronicle blog post describes the RedFin.com real-estate rankings:
They looked for “shrinking selection, increasing sales, and increasing prices — often at rates far above the metro areas that contain them...In Livermore, listings are down 71 percent, sales are up 13 percent and prices up 20 percent.
Further information provided in this Huffington Post article.
Livermore currently boasts a thriving downtown, a historic wine country, a new outlets shopping center and a deep science and technology hub.
But that's not all.
The area's profile also is rising in the film industry, with commercials and movie scenes recently shot in town.
Do your thing, Livermore. Do your thing.
What do you enjoy most about Livermore and what are your thoughts on the RedFin.com rankings? Tell us in the comments section below.
What people say they will accept, and what they actually accept are two different things.
"In April, 2007, AG Jerry Brown joined an environmental law suit against fast-growing San Bernardino County because its general plan didn't take into account the greenhouse gas emissions that result from sprawl development." http://www.planetizen.com/node/23989 and here http://www.planetizen.com/node/39568 where it talk about Pleasanton.
Brown alleges that the cap on housing forces workers to live elsewhere, thereby adding to suburban sprawl and worsening greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2009/06/25/jerry-brown-sues-pleasanton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_attorney_general http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_legislature_%28United_States%29
Okay. You are correct. The legislature makes these stupid laws. Jerry Brown "chose" to enforce it. He was not obligated by law to do so. He just joined the lawsuit. And I can only assume there is some stupid law, because Pleasanton "chose" not to fight it.From NAAG: The Attorney General’s brief also noted that the Attorney General, as chief legal officer for the state, “is the only person to whom authority is given by law to appear for the people in this Court.” The Attorney General is also vested with discretion, and part of that discretion “is to decide, with respect to asserting the interest of the state in litigation, what is and what is not in the public interest. http://www.naag.org/decisions-affecting-the-powers-and-duties-of-attorneys-general1.php
It would behoove you to stick with the facts and correct information in place of spouting off the top of your head. For example when you said that Orchard Hardware did not pay sales tax on their "We Pay The Sales Tax Weekend".
Why are you changing the subject. Do you agree, or not agree, the AG has discretion?
"Property values are still 150-200k behind other tri-valley cities"... Property values ARE 150-200k, in the nice part of town, here. (Yes, I know about cost of living.) Although, I think that yalls tax dollars buy you more benefit, in Livermore, than in a New Mexico town. But probably not enough to justify the headache of being a civil-minded resident. That's an easy job, here. My point is this: It's easy to forget just how insular the environment of a small community bubble really is, even if it includes an online community.