Using a clever combination of local and state housing incentives, Costco is getting into the housing business in South Los Angeles.

The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have punched another hole in the California Environmental Quality Act – this time in order to move along construction of a new annex to the State Capitol in Sacramento.

HUD awarded $85 million in grants for the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. California jurisdictions received a total of $15 million and four of the 20 grants awarded nationwide

The state's environmental agencies may be insulated from the new ruling stripping federal administrative agencies of power -- and they're picking up the slack. But do they have the capacity and expertise to do the job?

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Affordability is tightened up slightly but allowable density is reduced. Plus, West Hollywood believes it's so prohousing it will seek legislation exempting it from the builder's remedy.

The REAP 2.0 grants got reinstated -- but MPOs must obligate the funds by September. Meanwhile, affordable housing lost $1 billion.

Even though part of the medical center's Parnassus Heights expansion was for business purposes, the university is still covered because it is pursuing its educational mission.

The Department of Insurance has drafted regulations that would allow insurance companies to use predictive catastrophe models if, and only if, they increase writing of policies in wildfire distressed areas

The Sites Reservoir, the state's largest water storage venture in nearly five decades, overcame environmental challenges in court, with the Yolo County Superior Court ruling favor of the project

Appellate court strikes down Anti-SLAPP motion, opening the door for an inverse condemnation lawsuit. Meanwhile, litigation over builder's remedy application continues.

In allowing People's Park housing project to go forward, high court defers to the Legislature's action to override a lower court ruling that drunken noisy students can be a significant impact under CEQA.