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CEQA Ruling Could Make Segmenting Easier
The First District Court of Appeal published a ruling that favored the City of Eureka over opponents of an affordable housing project downtown. The city had separated the surplusing of the land from the selection of the affordable housing developer.

William Fulton
Jun 15, 2025


Mobility Hubs Hold Promise for Small-Scale TOD
Regional planning agencies are promoting "mobility hubs" to encourage multimodal transit. Development opportunities may follow.

Josh Stephens
Jun 10, 2025
CP&DR News Briefs June 10, 2025: California Forever; SB 79 Progress; Trump vs. High Speed Rail; and More
Jan Sramek, founder and CEO of California Forever, revealed a new vision for the company's proposed "new city" in Solano County

Ella Morner-Ritt
Jun 9, 2025
Split Decision on Permit Streamlining Act v. CEQA
Appellate court rules that county can't condition permit completeness on additional environmental information not on the checklist -- but can do so if the checklist is more complete.

William Fulton
Jun 7, 2025
What's Actually In SB 79
The Wiener bill, which squeaked through the Senate last week, would effectively take away land use authority from local governments -- and hand it to transit agencies, at least for the land they own. It's maybe Wiener's most aggressive bill yet -- but he has shown a willingness t

William Fulton
Jun 7, 2025
Major CEQA Reform Bill Runs Into Trouble
Environmentalists, unions force Wiener to back off of SB 607. It's unclear what the final bill will look like.

William Fulton
Jun 2, 2025
CP&DR News Briefs June 3, 2025: Newport Beach Housing; NEPA Ruling; Oceanside Warehouse Pushback; and More
The Orange County Superior Court has granted the Newsom administration and Attorney General Bonta permission to file amicus briefs supporting the City of Newport Beach

Ella Morner-Ritt
Jun 1, 2025
How Will The Supreme Court's NEPA Ruling Affect CEQA?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling involving the National Environmental Policy Act does not directly affect California’s environmental review process. But the NEPA ruling is likely, some lawyers say, to expand the gulf between NEPA and the California Environmental Quality Act.

William Fulton
Jun 1, 2025


CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 5 May 2025 Report
CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 5 May 2025 Report
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May 29, 2025


Why Hollywood and the Housing Industry Need Each Other
For the past century or so, two industries have both fueled Los Angeles’s local economy and defined its civic image: Hollywood and real estate. Now that both are faltering, it's worth thinking about their communalities -- and their woeful

Josh Stephens
May 27, 2025
CP&DR News Briefs May 27, 2025: Self-Certification in L.A. County; S.F. Commercial Vacancies; Menlo Park Ballot Measure; and More
Los Angeles County has introduced a pilot initiative allowing licensed architects and engineers to self-certify that their building plans comply with county codes

Ella Morner-Ritt
May 26, 2025
Newsom Proposes Statewide VMT Mitigation Fee
LCI would set mitigation fees and funds would likely to become another state source of affordable housing money.

William Fulton
May 25, 2025
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