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2022 Legislation Doesn't Inspire As Much Passion
With the intense battles over housing production years in recent years now past, the Legislature appears ready to take a more low-key approach to bills this year.

Josh Stephens
Mar 13, 2022
Update: Enrollment Increases Are No Longer A Project Under CEQA
The new law UC Berkeley breathing space from the recent court ruling limiting admissions. But it would also change the nature of analysis on campus Long-Range Development Plans. And it's unlikely to slop over into General Plans.

William Fulton
Mar 13, 2022
Stadium Sites Present Opportunities in Sacramento, Oakland
Redevelopment of Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento appears to be moving forward, but plans to redevelop the Oakland Coliseum and Oracle Arena lag behind.
Larry Sokoloff
Feb 28, 2022
Cities Struggle to Comply With Tougher Housing Element Rules
HCD says 70% of draft elements don't meet the state's enhanced requirements.

Josh Stephens
Feb 14, 2022
Ballot Initiative Seeks to Override Recent State Housing Laws
Proponents Must Submit 1 Million Signatures By May.

Josh Stephens
Jan 27, 2022
Details of the Governor's Housing Package
Major reforms of RHNA process and housing element enforcement are proposed.
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Jan 22, 2022
Newsom Promises More Action on State Land, Housing Streamling
Without providing specifics, the governor's budget says he will redouble efforts to increase housing production. Some new programs are funded as well.

William Fulton
Jan 18, 2022
Cities Move Quickly to Regulate SB 9 Housing Units
Some cities are welcoming the units, but others appear to be adopting regulations designed to put up barriers.

Josh Stephens
Jan 10, 2022
CP&DR's Top Stories Of 2021
What is it about duplexes that make them such a popular topic? And why did only one CEQA case make the top five legal stories of the year?

Josh Stephens
Dec 20, 2021


Are Market-Rate Units Unwelcome In San Francisco?
The recent rejection of 469 Stevenson reveals rifts -- both philosophical and political -- in a city that no longer seems to trust the private market.

Josh Stephens
Nov 22, 2021


Sam Assefa Arrives At OPR
The former Seattle and Boulder planning director returns to California after a 20-year absence to run Gov. Gavin Newsom's Office of Planning & Research. What's his take on California's planning issues? What did he learn in California that he took elsewhere -- and what has he lear

Josh Stephens
Nov 9, 2021
Housing Developers Look To Retail and Office Locations
Despite the fact that legislative bills targeting the process didn't pass, non-residential land is viewed as a potentially major source of new housing.

Josh Stephens
Oct 25, 2021
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