Insight

Recent legislation focuses on beefing up the housing element process, but how can California make sure that better housing elements actually lead to more housing?

And if so, will cities -- and their citizens -- still find ways to restrain the private real estate market?

Will oppportunity zones help underserved neighborhoods -- or accelerate gentrification?

Exemptions and ministerial processes are changing CEQA practice, end-running the law.

Thanks to SB 375, we have all kinds of transportation and land use policies designed to reduce driving. It's time to start figuring out whether they work.

Paradise turns all of our ideas about wildfire management upside down.

Exemption for historic landmarks could limit law's use in exactly the locations where housing should be built.

Two important bills would make important methodology changes. And HCD is cracking down on enforcement.

How the Supreme Court nominee interprets the Endangered Species Act is likely to have a profound impact on land-use patterns in California.

After 40 years, some pieces of the initiative are baked into California's political DNA. But reforms could help alleviate the housing crisis.

The housing crisis requires both-and solutions -- not either-or solutions. Rent control might be part of the answer, but much more is required.

Will Scott Wiener figure out how to make common cause with liberals who don't trust the private development market?