SF Ballot Measure Proposes Saturday Voting
Elections in California have always been on Tuesdays. But there's a push in San Francisco to change that. This past weekend volunteers began collecting signatures for a November ballot measure that would allow voters to cast ballots in next year's mayoral election on either Tuesday November 8th or the Saturday before.
Home Buyers Competing With Investors for Foreclosures
There's still a glut of distressed and foreclosed homes in California with even more hitting the market soon. Those homes represent plenty of opportunities for aspiring homeowners looking for bargain-basement prices. Or so it would seem. But house-flippers and other professional investors are flocking to California's most depressed housing markets, creating tough competition for people looking to buy an affordable home.