The San Jose City Council approved plans for Google’s 80-acre mixed-use mega-campus, Downtown West.

An estimated $100 billion windfall yields generous proposed investments in land use in Gov. Newsom's May Revise.

In what may be a preview of a strongly pro-housing 2021 legislative season, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 7, which extends expedited California Environmental Quality Act review for key developments.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $12-billion proposal to create affordable housing, increase mental health services, and fund other programs to get people off the street

A legislative package introduced in the U.S. Senate could add 600,000 new acres of federally protected wilderness in California.

The Governor's Office of Planning and Research developed the ResilientCA Adaptation Planning Map, an open data tool, to inventory local government climate risk, adaptation, and resiliency planning efforts.

A federal judge ordered Los Angeles city and county to provide shelter or housing for the entire homeless population of Skid Row. Read more: https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2021-04-20/judge-carter-la-city-county-shelter-skid-row-homeless-fall

Redwood City Salt Plant, LLC, an affiliate of Cargill Incorporated, abandoned its latest attempt to sell off salt ponds on the San Francisco Bay. Read more: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/cargill-gives-nonsensical-legal-challenge-salt-ponds-ruling

A judge blocked the construction of a controversial development in the hills of southern Kern County known as Tejon Ranch

President Biden’s recently released $2 trillion infrastructure plan addresses exclusionary zoning laws and includes major rail upgrades, among other initiatives. Read more: https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/biden-infrastructure-major-league-baseball

The California Geological Survey released a series of seven maps created to evaluate tsunami risk along the California coast

Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined lawsuits against two proposed developments in San Diego that were approved by the San Diego Board of Supervisors.