New legislation would try to give both cities and developers something they want, while putting guardrails on builder's remedy projects. Meanwhile, HCD revoked Portola Valley's housing element approval.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation aims to purchase properties on Los Angeles' Skid Row, primarily old single-room occupancy hotels, owned by the financially troubled Skid Row Housing Trust
A private gun club leasing land from the City of Ukiah in Mendocino County expanded -- with ministerial review from the city and no review at all from the county. An appellate court has decided that's not okay.
Concluding that the Attorney General's Office is likely to win its case against the recalcitrant city, the judge granted both temporary relief and a preliminary injunction while the case moves forward.
Grant program would focus on commercial-to-residential conversions, community land trusts social housing, and more. Whether the idea will get through Congress is another story -- but it's part of a big Biden effort on housing supply and affordability.
CEQA lawsuit claims county's mitigation measures on land use, agricultural mitigation and other issues are vague, unenforceable and will induce sprawl.
The California Forever project in Solano County released aerial views and renderings of the proposed New Urbanist-influenced city, showcasing tens of thousands of homes, open spaces and renewable energy sources
Fresno County supervisors adopted a contentious update to the general plan, paving the way for significant development along the Kings and San Joaquin Rivers
But in a mixed bag of ballot measures on the March ballot, Santa Cruz shot down a slow-growth policy in the downtown, while Chico defeated two ballot measures that would have permitted a new development, and Mountain House voters OK'd cityhood.
