It's no surprise that the inland areas are still growing. But the big shocker is that the Bay Area is hanging on -- and L.A. is not.

In a case from Santa Barbara, an appellate court ruled that such regulations are a "development" that must be dealt with in the Local Coastal Plan or through a Coastal Development Permit.

Court also concludes the requirement calling for all roads to be built before any private development is constructed runs afoul of the

A legislative package introduced in the U.S. Senate could add 600,000 new acres of federally protected wilderness in California.

<p>The great irony of the philanthropist's life was that he made his billions on sprawl -- and then poured it into making Los Angeles a more urban city.</p>

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.

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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