After losing in appellate court and with a trial looming, the Fresno-area city reaches a wide-ranging settlement agreement including upzoning, inclusionary housing, a housing trust fund, and more.

Four lots in Los Osos were already on local water and sewer. San Luis Obispo County approved creating three new lots that already had sewer laterals and water meters. But the Coastal Commission said no and, in an unpublished ruling, an appellate court has agreed.

<p>The Los Angeles firefighters union's opposition to Measure HLA has actually isolated them from ... well, practically everybody else.</p>

The United States Supreme Court rejected a significant property-rights challenge to rent control laws in New York City and California

City agrees to move project forward without required vote, while developer agrees to increase affordable housing from 20% to 25% of project and agree to an EIR.

The City of Berkeley got hammered in court for violating SB 35 and the HAA by denying a project to be built on a parking lot on Native American shellmound property. Now the city has to pay the developer $2.6 million -- plus attorneys fees.

In the latest ruling on this emerging topic, an appellate court shot down the San Diego County board's decision to require an EIR for a recycling plant -- even though county's own staff, zoning administrator, and planning commission all said an exemption was warranted.

Caltrans released its long-awaited guidelines for the design of complete streets last month; they are effective immediately

Seven California jurisdictions -- the cities of Eureka, Healdsburg, Mountain View, Petaluma, San Luis Obispo and Santa Monica as well as Tulare County -- have been designated as Prohousing by the state

A major project near Honda Arena and the ARTIC transit center in Anaheim is in the works, while another is planned for Santa Ana.

An unpublished appellate ruling upholding a preliminary injunction in Lake Arrowhead suggests that private entities must define short-term rentals precisely and can't rely on government definitions.

Brightline West, the high speed rail line from the Inland Empire to Las Vegas, may be operational by 2027 -- long before the state high speed rail system. Cities along the line are eager to capitalize on this potential transportation revolution;