In Santa Cruz, nobody quite knows whether a planned development is supposed to follow slope regulations or is supposed to evade them.

Without providing specifics, the governor's budget says he will redouble efforts to increase housing production. Some new programs are funded as well.

Despite concern about "transition" and "architectural fit," appellate court reverse judge's ruling that Trackside violates city policies. The court noted that there weren't really any objective standards to measure the project against.

The Port of San Francisco is considering raising the Ferry Building by several feet in one of its 23 plans for defending the Embarcadero from climate disasters.

A judge found the EIR for a huge wine resort inadequate -- because it didn't analyze the impact of additional people on current residents' ability to evacuate during a wildfire.

Some cities are welcoming the units, but others appear to be adopting regulations designed to put up barriers.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has filed suit to obstruct Los Angeles’s new 500,000-unit Housing Element, arguing officials did not adequately address key concerns. Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-03/la-housing-plan-aids-healthcare-foundation-lawsuit

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What is it about duplexes that make them such a popular topic? And why did only one CEQA case make the top five legal stories of the year?

The San Diego Association of Governments’ Board of Directors voted to adopt its 2021 Regional Transportation Plan. Read more: https://www.sandag.org/index.asp?newsid=1322&fuseaction=news.detail

California's plans for increasing the housing supply does not make up for decades of undersupply with population growth, according to analysis from the Public Policy Institute of California.

<p>The famously low-rise city had to approve a six-story apartment building to get out from under an unfavorable 20-year-old land lease.</p>