Gov. Gavin Newsom issued final warnings to 15 California cities and counties that have failed to comply with state housing laws requiring plans for residents of all income levels

The city chose the least aggressive of three options in seeking to forestall SB 79 implementation until 2030.

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California intends to place at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters, about 7% of the state, under Indigenous tribal stewardship

SB 79 goes into effect July 1, bringing massive upzoning that could, at full build-out, more than double the populations of many cities.

Links to labor unions were too speculative to prove potential financial benefit -- and Housing Accountability Act argument also failed.

A developer plans to transform the 20-acre Caltrain rail yard at Fourth and King streets in San Francisco into a dense new neighborhood with thousands of homes and several high-rise towers

The Road To Housing Act would tie CDBG to pro-housing policies and production

New housing laws have shifted their responsibility from the project level to the plan level.

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

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