Two important bills would make important methodology changes. And HCD is cracking down on enforcement.

But will investors do what cities need them to do?

Referendum that repeals zoning ordinance cannot be knocked off the ballot of a city has the ability to quickly reconcile the inconsistency.

Appellate court says negotiation with local government is an essential part of the process.

The Strategic Growth Council has opened Round II of the Transformative Climate Communities Program

Objections to townhome project were not just opinion, appellate court rules -- thus opening the way for an environmental impact report.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management under the Trump administration have taken the first step of opening 1.6 million acres of California public land to fracking and conventional oil drilling

But can S.F.'s lessons be translated to other cities?

The Legislative Analyst’s Office summarized Proposition 10 , the proposed measure that would expand local governments' authority to enact rent control

In a blow to enviromentalists, appellate court says groundwater supply issues must be dealt with under state groundwater act, not well permits designed to deal with water quality.

The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a statewide survey, called Californians and the Environment

CP&DR Vol. 33 No. 7 July 2018