Grannies Gone Wild

San Francisco Magazine Candace Jackson Courtesy of the Companies Concerns over affordability and sustainability are making this the golden age of the additional backyard dwelling unit. A guide to going big by building small. Could the solution to the Bay Area’s housing crisis be right in our own backyards? That’s where Jake Decker, an Oakland labor union representative, recently built a 392-square-foot one-bedroom cottage that he rents for $1,500 a month to friends who relocated from Washing...