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HCD Proposes Sweeping RHNA Changes, Including Adding Homelessness
Combination of legislation and administrative changes would expand state housing agency's oversight and power over local government housing elements in many significant ways.

William Fulton
Apr 30, 2024
Big California Cities Speed Up Housing Approvals
All four of California's largest cities -- L.A., San Francisco, San Diego, and San Jose -- have taken steps to dramatically expedite housing projects, especially affordable housing projects.

Josh Stephens
Apr 30, 2024
CP&DR News Briefs April 30, 2024: Los Angeles Housing Donations; State Homelessness Funding; National Monument Proposed; and More
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's newest housing initiative, LA4LA, urges wealthy residents to make private donations and loans to help finance the purchase of apartments

Ella Morner-Ritt
Apr 29, 2024
Judge Declares SB 9 Unconstitutional For Charter Cities
The law says it's supposed to promote "affordable housing," but L.A. judge throws the lot-split law out because it doesn't guarantee deed-restricted below-market rate units.

William Fulton
Apr 26, 2024
CP&DR Vol. 39 No. 4 April 2024 Report
CP&DR Vol. 39 No. 4 April 2024 Report:
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Apr 25, 2024
CP&DR News Briefs April 23, 2024: Disneyland Expansion; New Prohousing Jurisdictions; RHNA Effectiveness; and More
The Anaheim City Council unanimously approved Disneyland’s dollar expansion plan, allowing the theme park to add new attractions

Ella Morner-Ritt
Apr 22, 2024
Berkeley Considers Massive Upzoning
The staff recommended upzoning half the the city, excluding the fire-prone Berkeley Hills. But the planning commission has recommended rezoning all of Berkeley including the hills.
Larry Sokoloff
Apr 21, 2024
CP&DR News Briefs April 16, 2024: Affordable Housing Production; Homelessness Spending; California YIMBY Setback; and More
The Department of Housing and Community Developed released its annual update on the state's progress towards housing goals, highlighting each jurisdictions' applications, entitlements, building permits and completions

Ella Morner-Ritt
Apr 15, 2024
Lower Impact Fees -- Or Just More Nexus Studies?
The U.S. Supreme Court's exactions ruling left a lot of things up in the air. Most important: Does California's typical "fair share" methodology for general plan-level exactions meet the court's "rough proportionality" rule?

William Fulton
Apr 14, 2024
The End of Ehrlich
U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously that California's unique exactions rule is unconstitutional. But will it really require California cities and counties to scale back on exactions?

William Fulton
Apr 13, 2024
California: Where Prosperity Means Decline
The difference between California and, sadly, many other states is that our decli

Josh Stephens
Apr 8, 2024
Constitutionality of SB 10 Upheld
Locals officials are agents of the state when they are adopting an SB 10 ordinance, thus allowing them to overrule density caps imposed by voters, judges say.

William Fulton
Apr 8, 2024
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