CEQA Judge's Lament: "Something Is Very Wrong With This Picture"

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The Coastal Commission officially voted against Poseidon Water's desalination plant proposal in Huntington Beach. >>read more 

The focus on zoning reform in particular could complement California's recent housing production laws. >>read more

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer has introduced his One Fresno Housing Strategy intended to improve housing affordability in response to the county's increasingly hot housing market. >>read more

The City Councilmembers appointed themselves the final arbiter of whether a project met SB 35 requirements. Then they overruled their own staff. But in the end, it was really just about vagueness and inconsistency between the general plan and the zoning ordinance. >>read more

AIDS Heathcare Foundation and Redondo Beach get nowhere in their argument that city councils can't override local ballot measures. >>read more

State Senate leaders have proposed several plans for spending California's budget surplus, which has blown past the projected $29 billion figure to $68 billion. >>read more

AHF attempted to increase affordable housing in a neighboring project by invoking the repealed redevelopment law. >>read more

The City of Anaheim and the Department of Housing and Community Development have reached a settlement over Anaheim's violation of the Surplus Land Act.  >>read more

Sandwiched between Berkeley and Oakland, city aims to exceed RHNA target by 50%. >>read more