The California Chapter of the American Planning Association announced its annual awards in September at its virtual conference.

CP&DR Vol. 35 No. 10 October 2020

Newport Beach and Huntington Beach have announced they will appeal their Regional Housing Needs Assessments

Affordable housing, extension of vote requirements, several development projects all on ballots around the state.

Based on the new judges' dissent, an important San Francisco property "takings" case may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Self-storage facilities, which often include blank streetfronts and generate essentially zero pedestrian activity, are not exactly ideal uses in dense urban areas. But, in a bid to expand an existing facility, Public Storage offered up an unorthodox public benefit the City of Mou

Four of San Diego Association of Governments' member cities are suing the agency for what they claim is an inequitable use of a weighted vote.

Governor Gavin Newsom is seeking to set aside 30 percent of the state's land for conservation and agriculture.

Even as the single-family home maintains its grip on the American Dream, alternatives are emerging. Author Diana Lind explores the future of housing in her new book Brave New Home. >>read more

Southern California and Bay Area MPOs must get more aggressive to meet RHNA goals and SB 375 goals.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that phases out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035--the most aggressive clean-car policy in the United States.

Most involve incremental change, however, as major zoning reform bills all failed.