Reversing lower court, First District rules San Mateo's "stepback" requirement was not specific enough and required discretion to apply.

The recently-formed North Coast Railroad Company, LLC filed a pleading with the Surface Transportation Board hoping to secretively build infrastructure that could support coal shipment.

<p>New Census analysis shows that all metro areas across the state are increasing their densities.</p>

After the Alameda County Supervisors decided it will not vote this month on helping Oakland fund the proposed A's development at Howard Terminal, the fate of the entire project in jeopardy due to insufficient financial support

In a weird way, they actually increase local control. Planners have their work cut out for them.

Latest decision in long-running Encinitas housing element battle is sure to be appealed.

CP&DR Vol. 36 No. 8 August 2021

In an unusual CEQA suit, an Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled that UC Berkeley must keep next year's enrollment at the same limit as last year's.

In ruling on San Gabriel Mountains case, justice says repeatedly: “It is not the project’s ‘impacts on parking’ that matter; it is the impact of the project’s reduced parking on the environment that matters.”

As with SCAG, Bay Area jurisdictions are appealing their housing targets in large numbers. Unsurprisingly, the most challengers are coming from Marin County.

In turning down a 48-unit condominium project near Beach Boulevard, did Huntington Beach violate the Housing Accountability Act's requirement that findings be based on objective standards? Or will a fire expert's 11th-hour conclusion that one standard was violated be enough to

The Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against Moreno Valley, maintaining that the city's 2021 General Plan Update violates the CEQA.