As the coronavirus shuts down California, planning departments across the state are adapting and staying on-task.

Huntington Beach settled a lawsuit over housing with the state by tweaking a specific plan. More battles, and an allocation of 13,000 new units, loom.

Slow-growth forces won land-use ballot measures all over the state in the March primary election.

A typical jumble of land-use measures -- but they suggest California's future direction.

To cut down on discretionary review, new housing laws require cities to approve housing projects so long as they conform to "objective" design standards. Cities are scrambling to draft standards that promote housing and promote desired aesthetic goals.

The oldest city in California, Monterey dates back to 1770. But it’s population has declined 10% since 1990 and water restrictions placed on the city have substantially curbed its ability to develop new housing. According to the state’s Demographic Research Unit, Monterey has onl

After coming out of the box aggressively last year with changes to the RHNA process, the governor chooses this year to focus on homelessness.

While many Bay Area cities resist growth, El Cerrito is booming with transit oriented plan on San Pablo Avenue.

The Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council voted to accept 1,344,770 new housing units in the six-county region.

The tangle of highways and freeways that cover California may effectively connect Californians to each other. But they also create barriers for other residents of the state – especially four-footed ones. Countless roads in the state’s rural and suburban areas cut through importan

The Santa Clara project is to include 5.4 million square feet of office space, about 1,700 apartments, and 1 million square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment.

The California Chapter of the  American Planning Association announced its 2019 planning awards at its conference in Santa Barbara.