Profileration of facilities in residential neighborhoods create clash with cities, especially in Orange County.

More affordable housing requirements, a lower height requirement, and more.

Apartment building gets fast-tracked as a result.

Old Vallco Shopping Center in Cupertino may show the way on how to use the controversial new law.

More than 100 jurisdictions are thought to be crafting regulations for all aspects of the industry

Action comes after brawl between city and anti-growth groups.

One downtown L.A. developer is having trouble finding tenants for his new project. Is this proof that the market needs to work -- or that it can't work no matter what?

Acknowledging that the massive project will eventually be construct, most environmental groups agree to strike a deal. But there's still one holdout

The housing-focused state senator says the politics of housing have flipped and he's willing to take the heat. >>read more

If marijuana shops are resisted because of ethics, what about other land uses?

VMT will soon replace LOS as standard traffic analysis tool.

Planners thought strategy to protecting wetlands and promoting development was good enough -- but enviros thought otherwise. >>read more