Affluent Communities Still Fight Builder's Remedy Projects

by William Fulton on Nov 29, 2025

Mountain View approves 15-story project but Menlo Park and Beverly Hills resist.

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CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 11 November 2025 Report
CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 11 November 2025 Report

by CP&DR Staff on Nov 25, 2025

Report

The CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 11 November 2025 Report

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CP&DR News Briefs November 25, 2025: San Diego Measure C Litigation; Wildfire Rebuilding; Menlo Park Ballot Measure; and More
CP&DR News Briefs November 25, 2025: San Diego Measure C Litigation; Wildfire Rebuilding; Menlo Park Ballot Measure; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt and Jacob Madley on Nov 25, 2025

Five years after its approval by voters, litigation over San Diego's Measure C hotel tax has concluded with California's Fourth District Court of Appeals ruling in favor of the measure

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Newport Beach Housing Initiative Qualifies For Ballot
Newport Beach Housing Initiative Qualifies For Ballot

by Josh Stephens on Nov 24, 2025

Ballot Measures, Housing, Newport Beach

Measure would reduce allowable new housing below the target required by the city's Housing Element.

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Trump Administration Begins Rollback of Wetlands, Endangered Species Regulation
Trump Administration Begins Rollback of Wetlands, Endangered Species Regulation

by William Fulton on Nov 23, 2025

Endangered Species, Wetlands

But California law is likely to control regulation in the state -- at least on private land. Federal land is another story.

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CP&DR News Briefs November 18, 2025: L.A. Rent Control; Offshore Drilling; Malibu Fire Danger; and More
CP&DR News Briefs November 18, 2025: L.A. Rent Control; Offshore Drilling; Malibu Fire Danger; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt and Jacob Madley on Nov 18, 2025

With a city council vote last week, Los Angeles will reduce its cap on annual rent increases for rent-stabilized apartments from 3-8% to 1-4%, the first change to rent stabilization in LA in 40 years

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Despite AB 130, Glendale Rejects Sears Redevelopment Design
Despite AB 130, Glendale Rejects Sears Redevelopment Design

by Josh Stephens on Nov 15, 2025

AB 130, Glendale, Housing, Housing Accountability Act, Objective Design Standards

The 682-unit project was declared exempt from CEQA and apparently met the city's objective design standards. The city council voted against it anyway.

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Constitutionality of SB 9 Will Be Reconsidered
Constitutionality of SB 9 Will Be Reconsidered

by William Fulton on Nov 15, 2025

Charter Cities, Redondo Beach, SB 9

Passage of SB 450 means L.A. judge will look again at whether the lot-split law applies to charter cities. 

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CP&DR News Briefs November 11, 2025: Los Angeles Homelessness Emergency; Shafter vs. High Speed Rail; L.A. County Population Loss; and More
CP&DR News Briefs November 11, 2025: Los Angeles Homelessness Emergency; Shafter vs. High Speed Rail; L.A. County Population Loss; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt and Jacob Madley on Nov 11, 2025

Mayor Karen Bass announced that Los Angeles will lift its homelessness state of emergency, marking the end of the executive powers that enabled rapid action through measures like Inside Safe and Executive Directive 1

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La Cañada Flintridge Approves Controversial Builder's Remedy Project
La Cañada Flintridge Approves Controversial Builder's Remedy Project

by William Fulton on Nov 10, 2025

Builder's Remedy, Housing Element, La Cañada Flintridge

City backed off of appeal after judge ordered that a $14 million bond be posted. 

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Santa Barbara Developer Sues in Federal Court, Claiming It Is Singled Out By New State Law
Santa Barbara Developer Sues in Federal Court, Claiming It Is Singled Out By New State Law

by William Fulton on Nov 8, 2025

CEQA, Housing Element, Infill, Santa Barbara Mission

SB 158, which lifts the CEQA exemption for some projects, apparently applies only to one project in the entire state: a proposed eight-story apartment building behind the iconic Santa Barbara Mission.

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Measures to Comply with Housing Law Pass in Santa Cruz, Sausalito
Measures to Comply with Housing Law Pass in Santa Cruz, Sausalito

by Josh Stephens on Nov 8, 2025

Ballot Measures, Housing, Santa Cruz, Sausalito

A pair of measures passed in Sausalito and the more ambitious of two housing measures passed in Santa Cruz

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CP&DR News Briefs November 4, 2025: San Francisco
CP&DR News Briefs November 4, 2025: San Francisco "Family Zoning;" Housing Costs; Los Angeles Co. Depopulation; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt and Jacob Madley on Nov 4, 2025

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie's proposed "Family Zoning" is facing criticism from the City Controller's office, which contends that economic conditions will produce less than half the intended number of units

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