The Governor's Office of Planning and Research developed the ResilientCA Adaptation Planning Map, an open data tool, to inventory local government climate risk, adaptation, and resiliency planning efforts.

Methodological differences are not CEQA issues, court rules.

CP&DR Vol. 36 No. 4 April 2021

Transit agencies say guidelines intended to encourage affordable housing may actually stifle affordable development.

A federal judge ordered Los Angeles city and county to provide shelter or housing for the entire homeless population of Skid Row. Read more: https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2021-04-20/judge-carter-la-city-county-shelter-skid-row-homeless-fall

First District says SB 35 doesn't interfere with local powers and trumps Berkeley's historic preservation law regarding the West Berkeley Shellmound.

Redwood City Salt Plant, LLC, an affiliate of Cargill Incorporated, abandoned its latest attempt to sell off salt ponds on the San Francisco Bay. Read more: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/cargill-gives-nonsensical-legal-challenge-salt-ponds-ruling

A judge blocked the construction of a controversial development in the hills of southern Kern County known as Tejon Ranch

Progressives who have long protected community power over developers are praising Biden's proposed new program, while Republicans are calling it a war on the suburbs

Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens break down the biggest trend in local planning -- the abolition of single-unit zoning -- and a few of the key land-use bills, out of many, that the legislature is considering. >>Listen Now

President Biden’s recently released $2 trillion infrastructure plan addresses exclusionary zoning laws and includes major rail upgrades, among other initiatives. Read more: https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/biden-infrastructure-major-league-baseball

T'he Blackstone Group and their ilk may be evil and exploitative. But they are not to blame for California's housing crisis.