In the first half of the 20th century, Beach Boulevard served day trippers traveling from inland Orange County to Huntington Beach, earning it the nickname “The Road to Summer.” Even today, most drivers are likely to want to get through the boulevard as quickly as possible, bypas

Mootness ruling in CEQA case doesn't prevent challenge to business license.

State policymakers are planning to take some of the pressure off of Los Angeles and other large Southern California cities to meet state housing goals.

But small housing amount disappoints advocates.

Appellate court rules that 2018 reduction in water supply was done under a set of 2010 leases between the city's Department of Water & Power and leasing ranches in Mono County.

The Department of Housing and Community Development announced updated SB 35 determinations identifying California cities and counties subject to streamlined housing approval rules. Read more: https://www.hcd.ca.gov/community-development/accountability-enforcement/statutory-determinations.shtml

The justices have taken aim at the "substantive due process" argument -- which landowners have always tried to use to overturn land use decisions they don't like.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance allowing fourplexes citywide and six-unit homes on all corner lots. Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/single-family-zoning-17269644.php

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YIMBY Law filed a lawsuit against the City of Burbank for illegally blocking a project seemingly compliant with SB 35.

Transportation bond fails in San Francisco, while Santa Cruz voters apparently favor rails over trails. Meanwhile, Chino voters approved a housing element update.

In a case from San Diego, an appellate court reaffirms a 13-year old ruling that says the legislature has barred RHNA allocation lawsuits by COG members.