In latest Fanita Ranch skirmish, appellate court says conservation easements and better land management are sufficient mitigation for lost gnatcatcher habitat.

The proposed Solano County new town got more publicity than any planning story in recent memory -- despite being barely a proposal. But maybe California could learn a little from the visionary nature of the whole enterprise.

Some important bills passed this year. But unless the Legislature is willing to take on CEQA directly, there may not be a whole lot more to do on the land use front to encourage more housing production.

An appellate court strikes down the notion that an Airbnb unit requires a coastal development permit.

Tsakopoulos Challenges Competitor's EIR on Climate Change -- And Loses.

Lots more housing bills, nibbling around the edges on CEQA, and some more parking reforms.

The Coastal Commission unanimously approved a significant settlement with San Diego's Paradise Point resort, addressing Coastal Act violations that hindered public access to city-owned waterfront

As planners from around the state gather in Fresno this coming weekend, CP&DR talked to four Central Valley planning directors about planning, growth, housing, and economic development.

But San Francisco Bay island project faces a very different market than it would have a few years ago.

Salinas school districts argued that they'd never be able to build planned schools and so additional environmental analysis needed to be conducted about the impact. They lost.

The (likely) departing Oakland A’s turned down an offer from a local Black-owned development group to purchase their share of the Oakland Coliseum site

City claims it just didn't have enough planning capacity to meet RHNA deadlines.