Simi Valley may appel superior Court ruling on 108-unit project, claiming it is a commercial enterprise not a residential use.

Cities across California are eliminating parking minimums in order to reduce automobile dependency and promote better urban design. The state legislature is getting in on the act too.

Transit agencies say guidelines intended to encourage affordable housing may actually stifle affordable development.

The new database will help cities and counties with their environmental justice elements for their general plans, as required by SB 1000.

Surrounded by farmland, the small city of Davis has long been a fitting setting for its namesake University of California campus, which, among other things, is known as one of the top agricultural and veterinary universities in the world. But even UC Davis has urban ambitions: Th

The California Legislature has come roaring back in 2021 with a whole new set of bills affecting planning and development.

The council vote was unanimous, but now comes the hard part: Implementing an upzoning in a city with strong homeowner advocacy and fire-prone hillside neighborhoods.

Except for two minor adjustments, all cities lose their appeals. Half of Orange County cities appealed.

The former Modesto mayor was a passionate advocate for the Central Valley -- and regionalism in general.

Council has taken first vote, but it will be several more months at least before the new policy allowing up to four units on every parcel is formally adopted. >>read more

The fast-tracked approval of a 74-unit affordable housing apartment complex in Marin City, an unincorporated community in Marin County, has again stoked concerns about loss of local control over housing developments approved under Senate Bill 35. Enacted in 2018, the bill allows

Throughout California and beyond, distant suburbs and resort towns are seeing a surge in population -- and home sales. But will the trend stick after the pandemic?