Insight

The frame is different, but Jerry Brown is using climate change to pursue the same goals he laid out in the 1970s.

Cities need fiscal incentives to approve more housing.

Counties are putting more structures in harm's way in wildfires. And nobody wants to pay for it.

Forget comprehensive CEQA reform. In Sacramento and cities across California, the end-run is the thing.

Who pitted local governments against voters in the first place?

The environmental review law often runs along a completely separate track from planning and policy processes -- thus causing a lot of confusion.

Case from Wisconsin is based on quirky facts -- just like practically every takings case the Supreme Court deals with.

The new transportation package is great -- but the state should acknowledge that the two issues are linked.

The Supreme Court nominee takes a narrow view of administrative agencies' power -- but is likely to apply that view in a nonpartisan way.

End of signature Obama policy could put more pressure on California state environmental laws.

There's momentum in Sacramento, but not for comprehensive reform.

There are two Californias: The dense one and the sprawling one. Can they get along? >>read more