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San Jose makes it legal to sell your ADU separately from your home
San Jose has become the first city to allow homeowners to spin off backyard cottages as condos.
Kate Talerico is a Bay Area News Group reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Before that, she covered growth and development at the Idaho Statesman, and lived in France for two years, teaching English to high school students. Kate graduated from Brown University with a BA degree in urban studies. She can talk for hours about urban planning, architecture, and design — and don't get her started on parking.