Does the Embarcadero Institute's push to lower the state's housing need from 2 million to 1 million really change anything?

Embarcadero Institute says RHNA numbers are too high and the state should focus on affordable housing. The truth is we need both: more housing

Attorney General Xavier Becerra is urging the San Diego County Supervisors to deny, at least temporarily, approval of a large South County development because of concerns about impacts to wildlife

In the 20 or so cities where growth and development was on the ballot, voters mostly sided with anti-development forces. San Diego and Monterey Park were the exceptions.

A coalition of environmental groups including the Sierra Club is suing the East Bay city of Richmond over its approval of a mixed-use project

Already an epic-scale tragedy, California's wildfires--consuming a record 4 million acres this year--are effectively shrinking the amount of land available for housing and prompting planners to make tough choices between growth and safety.

The Southern California Association of Governments reports that 50 jurisdictions have filed objects to their RHNA allocations

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.