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

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

The new database will help cities and counties with their environmental justice elements for their general plans, as required by SB 1000.

The California Geological Survey released a series of seven maps created to evaluate tsunami risk along the California coast

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Flat denial of blufftop house meant the "futility exception" was in play. Cost to the city: $3.4 million and counting.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined lawsuits against two proposed developments in San Diego that were approved by the San Diego Board of Supervisors.

The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that would allow as many as 2,700 new oil wells a year--more than 40,000 new wells over the next 15 years.

Surrounded by farmland, the small city of Davis has long been a fitting setting for its namesake University of California campus, which, among other things, is known as one of the top agricultural and veterinary universities in the world. But even UC Davis has urban ambitions: Th

For Sacramento and Berkeley, the hard part is still coming: How to create a development code that will encourage rather than block other small-scale housing products.