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Most bills have to do with housing, seeking to further sweep away regulations that restrict housing approvals. One new law would subject cities to attorney's fees and additional fines if they violate housing reform laws.

Our publication has been a staple of the California land use community since the 1980s. In this retrospective, Bill Fulton recalls how we got started -- and how we have evolved.

Planners from the Monterey area welcome their counterparts from around the state for the conference of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association, held in Monterey Sept. 28 - Oct. 1. 

It won't affect everywhere in the state. But most metro areas with rail or bus rapid transit service will have to grapple with the new law.

The bill takes significant land use authority around major transit stops away from cities and counties. Here's how it will work -- and how local governments need to prepare.

Eight years ago, the legislature adopted legislation to permit “Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts,” which would have used tax-increment financing to facilitate tricky developments that jurisdictions considered important. Arguably, few infill projects in the state are mo

Following on Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order, the local governments suspended the lot-splitting law in the Palisades and Altadena. But YIMBY Law is threatening to sue, saying additional density is not a fire hazard.

The "Our Neighbor Voices" effort, which began in North County San Diego, would call for a constitutional amendment returning most land use power to local governments.

An appellate court upheld El Dorado County's "averaging" system for calculating a traffic impact fee. But with an appeal inevitable, will the decision hold up?

Hollister's incumbent council was voted out, then passed a vast expansion of the city's sphere of influence as lame ducks. An referendum was threatened and, after three months, the new council pulled the plug -- threatening the city's ability to meet its RHNA obligations.

The fact of the matter is that nobody quite knows. Will developers be required to pay into the state's new fund? Will regional VMT mitigation banks emerge? How do you measure the mitigation? It's on LCI -- formerly OPR -- to figure it all out.

From infill housing exemptions to streamlined approval under the Permit Streamlining Act to a reduced administrative record, here's what you need know about the Legislature's sweeping actions.