When it's an in-lieu fee for affordable housing.

This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to  California Planning & Development Report . You can subscribe to  CP&DR  by clicking  here . You can sign up for  CP&DR ’s free weekly newsletter  here . State Fire Marshall Weighs in on Safety of "Single-Stair" Buildings A new report from California’s Office of the State Fire Marshal examines  whether the state should allow mid-rise apartment buildings with only a single staircase, a design common in many o

Bill moving forward would clarify that Amtrak service should be included when calculating qualifying service

This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to  California Planning & Development Report . You can subscribe to  CP&DR  by clicking  here . You can sign up for  CP&DR ’s free weekly newsletter  here . Supreme Court Declines to Hear Huntington Beach Housing Case The US Supreme Court declined  to hear the City of Huntington Beach’s lawsuit against the state. Huntington Beach leaders argued that charter cities shouldn’t have to comply with California’s stat

A $127,000 Quimby Fee for an SB 9 lot split in Menlo Park suggests that a reckoning is coming for impact fees.

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This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to  California Planning & Development Report . You can subscribe to  CP&DR  by clicking  here . You can sign up for  CP&DR ’s free weekly newsletter  here . State Planning Survey Finds Local Departments Clamoring for State Assistance The Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) released  its 2025 Annual Planning Survey Report. Many jurisdictions reported needing increased funding, staff capa

As the global economy has wobbled in the face of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, the California logistics industry has followed suit. The promise of jobs and economic development has pushed jurisdictions to embrace warehouses by the millions of square feet -- totaling over 1.17 billion square feet of warehouse space in southern Calfornia alone.

All through COVID, the massive population losses being experienced in coastal California – especially in Los Angeles County – were being offset by some population growth in inland counties from Sacramento to the Inland Empire.

The Los Angeles Department of City Planning launched the Missing Middle LA program to expand housing options by making it easier to build smaller, neighborhood-scale homes such as accessory dwelling units, duplexes, townhomes, and other “missing middle” housing types across the city’s residential zones

The Ventura panel of the Second District Court of Appeal has issued two unpublished opinions, both favoring a city in Ventura County over claims made by local residents and property owners.

An attempt to challenge the Density Bonus Law and L.A.'s ED1 in federal court on constitutional grounds failed.