In a provocative ruling, an appellate court said that because federal law makes marijuana illegal, Santa Barbara County's approval of an easement to permit transportation of the substance cannot stand.

President Joe Biden is set to designate two new national monuments in California: the Chuckwalla National Monument south of Joshua Tree National Park and the Sáttítla National Monument nearby the Oregon border

The latest legal news in short bursts: Coastal Commission can't allow seawalls on projects built after 1976, ED1 revisions don't apply prospectively, and La Cañada Flintridge housing element appeal is moot.

City will get more funds to build infrastructure in Southeast Development Area. But the county will get a bigger slice of the pie elsewhere.

Appellate court rejected the idea that the hotel is too tall but agreed that fire protection is lacking.

CP&DR Vol. 39 No. 12 December 2024 Report

Nothing went viral. But most of the popular stories had to do with housing and housing legislation. Curiously missing were CEQA stories.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the Western monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

The Citywide Housing Incentive Program may be the most important zoning reform in L.A. in decades. But it still may not be enough.

Reversing a trial judge, an appellate court ruled that a seawall can be built to protect an apartment complex built in 1972 -- but not an adjacent condo building built in 1984, eight years after the Coastal Act was passed.

The 2023 law makes it easier for religious institutions and some colleges to build affordable housing. Some local jurisdictions are easing the path as well.

Gov. Newsom announced new tools and funding to accelerate the development of permanent supportive housing for veterans and others in need, addressing homelessness and housing affordability