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?

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.