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.

The Department of Housing and Community Development approved a San Diego affordable housing proposal allowing taller apartment buildings in coastal areas. Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/story/2022-06-15/state-opens-door-to-apartment-buildings-over-30-feet-in-san-diegos-coastal-zone

<p>Angels Stadium in Anaheim could have become Orange County's most impressive infill redevelopment. If not for corruption, contentiousness, and the Surplus Land Act.</p>

The Berkeley City Council voted to approve several seven-story buildings totaling about 2,400 housing units near North Berkeley BART stations. Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Berkeley-BART-stations-could-see-up-to-3-600-17218128.php

In preparing the new edition of&amp;nbsp; Guide to California Plannin g , it became more clear to me than ever that there&#039;s tension between the urban California we live in and the suburban California the planning system is designed to create.

San Francisco's plan to bring housing units, commercial development, and green spaces to the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard space fails to consider the potential impact of hazardous chemicals at the site, according to a new grand jury report.

When it doesn't allow the environmental impact report to analyze anything except the project that was proposed -- in this case, a Crystal Geyser bottling plant near Mount Shasta.