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California intends to place at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters, about 7% of the state, under Indigenous tribal stewardship

SB 79 goes into effect July 1, bringing massive upzoning that could, at full build-out, more than double the populations of many cities.

Links to labor unions were too speculative to prove potential financial benefit -- and Housing Accountability Act argument also failed.

A developer plans to transform the 20-acre Caltrain rail yard at Fourth and King streets in San Francisco into a dense new neighborhood with thousands of homes and several high-rise towers

The Road To Housing Act would tie CDBG to pro-housing policies and production

New housing laws have shifted their responsibility from the project level to the plan level.

When it's an in-lieu fee for affordable housing.

This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report . You can subscribe to CP&DR by clicking here . You can sign up for CP&DR ’s free weekly newsletter here . State Fire Marshall Weighs in on Safety of "Single-Stair" Buildings A new report from California’s Office of the State Fire Marshal examines whether the state should allow mid-rise apartment buildings with only a single staircase, a design common in many o

Bill moving forward would clarify that Amtrak service should be included when calculating qualifying service

This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report . You can subscribe to CP&DR by clicking here . You can sign up for CP&DR ’s free weekly newsletter here . Supreme Court Declines to Hear Huntington Beach Housing Case The US Supreme Court declined to hear the City of Huntington Beach’s lawsuit against the state. Huntington Beach leaders argued that charter cities shouldn’t have to comply with California’s stat

A $127,000 Quimby Fee for an SB 9 lot split in Menlo Park suggests that a reckoning is coming for impact fees.