The Strategic Growth Council (SGC) adopted the Round 6 Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program Guidelines; applications are due in June.

CP&DR Vol. 36 No. 2 February 2021

Except for two minor adjustments, all cities lose their appeals. Half of Orange County cities appealed.

The former Modesto mayor was a passionate advocate for the Central Valley -- and regionalism in general.

California, despite a housing shortage in the millions of units, saw only a modest year-over-year bump in new permits.

A new multiyear planning process by BART and regional rail providers, dubbed Link21, will a case for greater integration of rail servi

Council has taken first vote, but it will be several more months at least before the new policy allowing up to four units on every parcel is formally adopted. >>read more

There's no remedy in the law when a lead agency fails to notify an interested party, even though it's against the law.

As CP&DR has written repeatedly over the last couple of years, SB 35 is turning project-level housing review upside down, especially in the Bay Area. But by and large, SB 35 – which limits cities to ministerial review over housing projects in some circumstances – has been used to promote market-rate projects in upscale locations like Berkeley, Cupertino, and Los Altos.

YIMBY groups have filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging that the state agency ignored the law requiring the state to plan for a "jobs-housing balance"

A YIMBY lawsuit seeks to increase the Bay Area's housing allocation, but a court's schedule may not match up with the strict timeline set by the Dept. of Housing and Community Development.

The fast-tracked approval of a 74-unit affordable housing apartment complex in Marin City, an unincorporated community in Marin County, has again stoked concerns about loss of local control over housing developments approved under Senate Bill 35. Enacted in 2018, the bill allows