Planners from the Monterey area welcome their counterparts from around the state for the conference of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association, held in Monterey Sept. 28 - Oct. 1. 

It won't affect everywhere in the state. But most metro areas with rail or bus rapid transit service will have to grapple with the new law.

The bill takes significant land use authority around major transit stops away from cities and counties. Here's how it will work -- and how local governments need to prepare.

Eight years ago, the legislature adopted legislation to permit “Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts,” which would have used tax-increment financing to facilitate tricky developments that jurisdictions considered important. Arguably, few infill projects in the state are mo

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced six new legislative reforms, including eliminating the screen or fence requirement for driveways to allow people to park in their own driveways, loosening restrictions on historic building usage to keep spaces occupied and avoid disinves

A judge found SB 9 unconstitutional for charter cities. But an appellate court has now said the same argument doesn't apply to general law cities.

The Yucaipa City Council narrowly approved an update to the Freeway Corridor Specific Plan, clearing the way for the Pacific Oaks Commerce Center, a two-million-square-foot warehouse and office project

Fairfield agreed to treat water for a project outside its urban limit line. An appellate court said that's not a "land use decision".

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Following on Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order, the local governments suspended the lot-splitting law in the Palisades and Altadena. But YIMBY Law is threatening to sue, saying additional density is not a fire hazard.

The state has adopted its first-ever conservation blueprint to protect the western Joshua tree, hoping to safeguard the species from climate change and development pressures

Philips 66 filed redevelopment plans for its 440-acre refinery in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles, anticipating the plant's closure at the end of the year