Led by HCD's Housing Accountability Unit, the state has filed a lawsuit against the city of Norwalk, claiming that its moratorium on new homeless shelters and supportive housing violates multiple housing laws

The second Trump Administration is likely to back off of zoning reform, environmental protection, and transit funding. Will the state's own laws and policies serve as a firewall against these changes?

Yes, the rooftop deck near the University of Southern California doesn't create a significant impact under CEQA, as per the People's Park case. But the City of Los Angeles still must find that the project conforms with an old redevelopment plan.

San Francisco has earned the state's Prohousing Designation, reflecting the city's compliance with 18 required actions aimed at resolving legal inconsistencies and enhancing housing production

Cities are considering a colorful California cities are considering a colorful range of ballot measures related to land use November 5

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A new development project called "Esmeralda," resembling a rustic Italian village, is proposed for a 267-acre site near Cloverdale in Sonoma County

The small North Coast city is seeing an expensive battle over whether to develop downtown parking lots are required by the Housing Element and try to shift housing elsewhere and retain current downtown parking.

<p>If it includes a disposition and development agreement with a specific development program, the answer is yes, according to a San Diego judge.</p>

Local governments, property owners, and environmental justice advocates all have issues with AB 98. It could invite more litigation over warehouses.

California wildlife officials have designated the Western burrowing owl as a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act

Six months after it came, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Sheetz case is beginning to have an impact on land use planning in California. But – typical of Supreme Court rulings these days – Sheetz leaves a lot of question unanswered and practicing planners and land use lawyers are still wondering, or maybe hoping, that future court rulings will clarify things.