Angels owner Arte Moreno's development company has agreed to abandon the redevelopment of the the Angel Stadium site.

CP&DR Vol. 37 No. 5 May 2022

Court sides with developer in 48-year-old case from Tiburon but judge goes off on CEQA. Meanwhile, Marin County negotiates with developer to purchase the property for open space.

The Coastal Commission officially voted against Poseidon Water's desalination plant proposal in Huntington Beach.

The focus on zoning reform in particular could complement California's recent housing production laws.

The City Councilmembers appointed themselves the final arbiter of whether a project met SB 35 requirements. Then they overruled their own staff. But in the end, it was really just about vagueness and inconsistency between the general plan and the zoning ordinance.

AIDS Heathcare Foundation and Redondo Beach get nowhere in their argument that city councils can't override local ballot measures.

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer has introduced his One Fresno Housing Strategy intended to improve housing affordability in response to the county's increasingly hot housing market.

AHF attempted to increase affordable housing in a neighboring project by invoking the repealed redevelopment law.

State Senate leaders have proposed several plans for spending California’s budget surplus, which has grown far beyond the originally projected $29 billion. Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/28/californias-budget-surplus-has-exploded-to-68b-00028680

Sandwiched between Berkeley and Oakland, city aims to exceed RHNA target by 50%.

The City of Anaheim and the Department of Housing and Community Development have reached a settlement over Anaheim's violation of the Surplus Land Act.