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Their jurisdictions are different. But their problems are pretty similar -- especially on housing.

Santa Monica's Gleam Davis unabashedly endorses more housing.

As a piece of urbanism, Newsom’s revised experiment in high speed rail will be fascinating, and perhaps revelatory. >>read more

Brown should also be remembered as a land-use governor par excellence who was willing to take political heat for projects that may not pay off for the public for years or even decades, writes Morris Newman

Amazon isn't worth the price for any city, no matter what. >>read more

Sure, California has problems. "ThreeCAs" was not and will not be not the solution.

The split roll idea has a lot of pluses -- but it could harm the retailers, especially small ones, who often give an urban area vitality.

Eviction is heartbreaking -- but so is homeless, overcrowding, high rent, and other problems created by California's housing shortage.

Maybe everybody on both sides was right. Even so, it wasn't fun.

While other tech companies have steered clear of California's housing debate, the CEO of Yelp has unabashedly supported housing development. What's different about Yelp?

Wiener's bill failed -- but the contrast to his successful bill last year may point the way toward success in the future.

Eric Parfrey responds to Josh Stephens' recent blog post about the Club's position on AB 827.