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Washington Post: While the Bay Area shelters in place, construction on mansions and luxury condos continues

Nitasha Tiku of the Washington Post reports that the construction of mansions and other luxury housing is continuing in the S.F. Bay Area despite the shelter in place order intended to slow the spread of the novel Coronavirus.  Public Advocates’ Michelle Pariset is quoted in the article.

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