How federal housing bill could impact the Bay Area

• inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, while underlying price pressures also cooled more than expected. • Prices dropped 0.4% in June from May, the largest monthly drop in four years, the Labor Department said Tuesday. • On a yearly basis, inflation declined to 3.5%, down from a year-over-year gain of 4.2% in May and lower than many economists expected.

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• A bid to end the biannual practice of changing clocks and make daylight saving time permanent moved one step closer to becoming law on Tuesday. • The House voted 308-117 to pass the bill, known as The Sunshine Protection Act, a day after it cleared a key hurdle in the House Rules Committee. • The measure, which has bipartisan support and the backing of President Donald Trump, would allow states to make daylight saving time permanent, with the option to opt out. • The legislation aims to permanently end the twice-annual changing of clocks and establish daylight saving time as the national standard. • There will be no turning back the clock if the US House has its way. • The House passed a bill on Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent.

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• The plan aims to cover the city’s response to homelessness over the next two years. • The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing has set a price tag of $23.1 million for 2026-2027 and $23.4 million for the following year. • The investment exceeds the typical $11.9 million cap, requiring a vote for approval.

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• San Francisco supervisors will vote Tuesday on a proposal requiring new supportive housing sites to be drug‑free, drawing support from Supervisor Matt Dorsey and opposition from homelessness advocates.