San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Joel Engardio proposed new legislation that would eliminate Planning Commission meeting hearings delaying development by months or even years.

The city claimed that because the entire 8,800-square-foot property had been conveyed as one more than 75 years ago, the original 25-foot-wide parcels from 1851 were not legal. An appellate court disagreed.

Like some 60 other cities in California, Davis has a voter-approved requirement that some development projects require a vote before they can move forward.

The office of Attorney General Rob Bonta, amended the state's existing lawsuit against Huntington Beach to focus on the city's failure to adopt a housing element due back in October 2021.

Appellate court says overlay zone doesn't meet state's minimum density requirements because underlying zoning allows less -- and as a result discrimination laws were violated as well.

Save Livermore Downtown filed a petition to the California Supreme Court to review the appellate court's published decision in favor of a housing development.

Even as cities strain under the weight of new housing regulations, legislators are trying new ideas and resurrecting old ones.

City makes novel arguments like violation of First Amendment and Commerce Clause, but also argues that its charter city rights are violated and the relationship between the RHNA and CEQA puts it in an untenable position.

Appellate court shoots down a litany of CEQA arguments, finding fault only with wind impacts. But the stadium's sponsors are still looking for more funding for infrastructure.

A new SB 330 pre-application project in Palo Alto would include nine units of affordable housing out of a proposed 45-unit building, with plans to invoke the “builder’s remedy.

CP&DR Vol. 38 No. 3 March 2023 Report

Palo Alto claimed that in in-lieu downtown parking fee wasn't really a fee under the Mitigation Fee Act. But an appellate court ruled the other way -- and now Palo Alto developer Chop Keenan stands get almost $1 million back.