According report from the Department of Finance, California's population increased by 108,000 people in 2024, reaching 39.5 million residents as of Jan. 1, marking the state's second consecutive year of growth since the pandemic

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Valero Energy Corp. is exploring the potential closure or transformation of its 900-acre oil refinery in Benicia

The name of California’s most storied economic region — Silicon Valley — betrays reality. The San Francisco Peninsula does not mine silicon. And, really, it’s not even a valley.

But the ruling is not all bad news for LA Metro, as future development plans for stadium's parking lots do not have rto be considered.

The San Diego City Council unanimously adopted a long-awaited mobility master plan that includes 380 proposed projects aimed at reducing car dependence

Wiener's bill to give transit agencies great power over development on their land got pushback at the Housing Committee but passed. Another Wiener bill that would have expanded his previous bills was killed. 

Proposed rule would eliminate critical habitat from protection under the federal law. But how will it affect existing federal habitat conservation plans, many of which are embedded in local general plans?

The CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 4 April 2025 Report

Two small cities in Solano County, Suisun City and Rio Vista, have entered into a joint memorandum of understanding to annex a portion of the 60,000 acres owned by Flannery Associates

The owner of the Los Angeles Rams is launching a $10-billion, 100-acre development project in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Warner Center

His new executive order -- targting California in particular -- could try to disrupt 20 years of state climate policy, as well as SB 375, SB 743, SB 1000, and local climate action plans.