The latest news from around the state includes a new study of California's water future ... the governor's signing of a Bay Bridge funding bill ... a slow-growth initiative in Santa Paula that has been blocked from the ballot ... San Diego corruption ... and more .

This month's selection of In Brief items includes: Local initiative in Napa County copies Oregon's Measure 37; Fresno County Grand Jury recommends a building moratorium pending the location of proven water sources; Marin County sues the state Department of Corrections over constr

This month's selection of In Brief items includes: California awards $45 million to victims of 1997 Feather River levee break; Dept. of Water Resources releases draft of new California Water Plan; San Jose and Santa Clara County race to build a performing arts hall; Roadless area

This month's selection of In Brief items includes: Legislative Analyst's Office suggests the state consider wildfire threats when planning developments near wilderness; Santa Ana voters support plans for Orange County's would-be tallest building; Private investors back away from

This month's selection of In Brief items includes: purchase of El Toro Marine Corps base; failed slow-growth initiative in Santee; Malibu land use controversy resolved; Orange County light rail project in trouble; and more...

This month's selection of In Brief items includes: a land use corruption case in Stockton; a recommendation from the Legislative Analyst's Office for state lawmakers to beef up mitigation of coastal development; an ordinance created by the City of Turlock aimed at opposing plans

This month's selection of In Brief items includes: a Santa Barbara County jury awards landowner $5.6 million in damages; a Bush administration settlement infuriates enviornmentalists; Riverside County approves revised plan for large subdivision; and more...

This month's selection of In Brief items includes: surplus state property recommendations, audits of LA City's Community Redevelopment Agency, limits on development in the Santa Monica Mountains, housing shortfalls in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, approval of the Rancho Missi

This month's selection of In Brief items includes the Governor's action on several important housing bills, an invalidated urban water management plan in Castaic, and a conflict between a condominium tower and a multi-modal transportation depot in downtown San Francisco, among ot

This month's selection of In Brief items includes Nut Tree redevelopment, a shopping center referendum in Glendale, campaign contibution restrictions for Ventura County developers, and competition for a cargo base in the Inland Empire.

The City of Los Angeles will require economic impact studies for proposed Wal-Mart supercenters and certain other big box stores. The studies are intended to determine the effect of a new big box store on a neighborhood's existing jobs, wages and businesses.

Sutter County voters may get to relive the ballot-box growth wars of the early 1990s. In July, county officials began preparing an advisory measure for the November ballot regarding the potential development of at least 8,000 acres in the south end of the mostly rural county, nea