News Briefs

The Coastal Commission unanimously approved a significant settlement with San Diego's Paradise Point resort, addressing Coastal Act violations that hindered public access to city-owned waterfront

The (likely) departing Oakland A’s turned down an offer from a local Black-owned development group to purchase their share of the Oakland Coliseum site

The City of Concord selected Brookfield Properties as the master developer for the transformation of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station into a massive mixed-use community

Over the past five years, a company called Flannery Associates has been acquiring over $800 million of open and agricultural land near Fairfield in Solano County, with apparent ambitions to build a new city.

The California Department of Housing and Community Development released its 2023-2024 Notice of Funding Availability calendar -- for $2.8 billion

A report from UC Berkeley's Terner Center for Housing Innovation studies the impact of Senate Bill 35 five years after its statewide approval

New projections from the California Department of Finance suggest the state's long-term population growth is slowing

A coalition of housing advocates collected enough signatures to place an initiative to repeal a major restriction on rent control on the November 2024 statewide ballot

Developers and open space advocates are likely to battle over a soon-to-be-closed Bay Area racetrack. Meanwhile, the Coastal Commission is opposing a Santa Cruz project because the number of affordable units isn't high enough.

Governor Newsom signed a package of bills into law, taking effect immediately, to hasten lawsuits for solar farms and reservoirs while loosening protections for three-dozen wildlife species in order to facilitate development of infrastructure.

The state announced more than $352 million in the first round of funding from the Regional Early Action Planning grants program

HCD released a list of 42 cities and counties that have met their Regional Housing Needs Assessment for affordable housing and no longer subject to the state's streamlined ministerial approval process under SB 35.