Visual depictions of projects remain an issue -- though accessibility might actually be improved for some. Brown Act has been loosened for the duration of COVID-19.

Well, it took COVID-19 to knock the housing crisis off the front page of California’s newspapers. Or, maybe more to the point, COVID-19 has caused coverage of the housing crisis to morph into additional coverage of the virus, with a focus not on NIMBY v. YIMBY but on housing the homeless, banning evictions, and desperate families squatting in vacant houses.

California's iconic Joshua tree is a step closer to permanent protected status after securing a recommendation from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife

As sales and hotel bed tax revenues crater throughout California because of the COVID-19 shutdown, local governments and their planning departments are facing an almost-unprecedented budget shortfalls . Already, cities and counties throughout the state are taking an axe to their

Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens discuss this week's planning news, including effects of COVID19 pandemic on housing production and planning departments' budgets

In an oil refinery case, a split appellate court said using 98th percentile instead of "average" pollution is okay.

The state Judicial Council issued new rules designed to halt evictions and foreclosures for court cases in California for the duration of Gov. Newsom’s emergency shelter-in-place orders

Even entitled buildings won't be built unless they have financing.

California’s local governments have already been struggling to move their planning processes online – a difficult trick given that many planning projects require approval of appointed or elected officials at in-person meetings. But now, cities and counties are about to face an ev

Governor Newsom announced three appointments that impact housing

Appellate court says landowners didn't provide any compelling reason for the Coastal Commission not to prohibit them.

We're supposed to hate Solvang's kitsch. But it's got great bones -- for several blocks in all directions.