California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA) has filed a lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach.

In the first of three excerpts from , Bill Fulton -- former Mayor of Ventura -- recalls how difficult it was during the last recession to make the tough choices when the chips were down.

Murrieta properly imposed WRCOG's "TUMF" fee while map was still in effect, court rules.

A San Diego policy to effectively wipe out parking requirements for new housing projects built near mass transit cleared a key hurdle.

Planners often focus on the minutiae of their cities. But cities are greater than the sum of their parts. CP&DR Contributing Editor Josh Stephens explains how the parts fit together in California.

<p>He fought planners and other bureaucrats for years to get the permits required to build pieces of public arts that vanished in a matter of days. He was messing with us.</p>

Most bills emphasize ministerial approval, thus providing an end-run around the CEQA process.

Low-cost transformation of streets to public -- and restaurant -- spaces may help enliven city neighborhoods and revive their sales tax bases.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing waiving CEQA regulations for cities and counties that want to convert hotels into homeless housing.

In his new book, Josh Stephens plumbs the depths of California's good and bad -- and tries to find the reason why urban life there is so oddly compelling.

Josh Stephens speaks with California APA President Julia Lave Johnston.

CP&DR Vol. 35 No. 5 May 2020