Federal agency pre-empts actual licensing of hydroelectric system, but CEQA still applies to some state actions.

Three bills considered game-changers by housing advocates have been approved by both houses of the legislature and are headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.

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The High-Speed Rail Authority board unanimously approved the environmental analysis of a high-speed rail route from San Francisco to San Jose.

The state's MPOs will be sitting large amounts of cash to implement sustainable communities strategies -- a boon to local governments and planning consultants alike.

A group of Los Gatos residents is launching a ballot-box challenge to the town's 2040 General Plan for planning for too many housing units.

<p>Visalia put an ag mitigation program in its general plan -- then abandoned it. Does the city have to study the impact of that policy choice? A judge in Tulare County says yes.</p>

Agency official says HCD has more open complaints about San Francisco than any other city in the state.

Property owners can't be require to pay full cost of Broad Beach improvements, court rules.

if upheld on appeal, L.A. judge's ruling could completely upend the way cities interpret the consistence between general plans and zoning.

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an initiative placing an option on the ballot to request an official study. Read more: https://www.sbsun.com/2022/08/03/san-bernardino-county-secession-measure-advances-to-november-2022-ballot/

Was Stanford the right place for John Doerr to park $1 billion for climate change? For that matter, are technological solutions the answer at all?