This year's edition of the conference of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association arrives in a subdued version of Los Angeles

he Inland Empire suburb of Montclair is suing the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) after the agency withdrew funding for the planned A Line light-rail extension to Montclair

The move means that a ruling requiring CEQA analysis on the removal of each indnividual historic resoruce may now be used as precedent in future court cases.

In a case from Menifee, an appellate court rules that a project's sound wall was a mitigation and therefore the Class 32 exemption can't be applied.

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Governor said the legislation had too many bells and whistles on it.

The San Jose City Council approved, on a 8-3 vote, zoning changes that could allow for apartment buildings, triplexes and fourplexes in low-density single-family neighborhoods which make up about 85% of the city's total residential area.

Prohousing lawyers file lawsuits against SANDAG and the cities of San Diego, San Francisco, and Montebello

The bill declaring CEQA analysis on a big San Diego project "good enough" may create a new path for politically influential projects.

Tulare County, Hanford, Visalia, San Joaquin County and Coachella are among the California communities taking steps to restrict or ban data center development amid growing concerns about conservation and public health

In case from Los Gatos, appellate court says acceptance of land dedication is discretionary -- meaning the lot -ine adjustment is subject to CEQA