Transit agencies say guidelines intended to encourage affordable housing may actually stifle affordable development. >>read more

Appellate court rejects all of a Malibu property owners arguments in dispute over a gate and structure located on a Coastal Conservancy easement. >>read more

The new database will help cities and counties with their environmental justice elements for their general plans, as required by SB 1000. >>read more

Billion-dollar UC Davis project will be located adjacent to Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood. Residents have filed a CEQA lawsuit, while the city has committed 20% of EIFD money to affordable housing. >>read more

The California Legislature has come roaring back in 2021 with a whole new set of bills affecting planning and development. >>read more

The council vote was unanimous, but now comes the hard part: Implementing an upzoning in a city with strong homeowner advocacy and fire-prone hillside neighborhoods. >>read more

Except for two minor adjustments, all cities lose their appeals. Half of Orange County cities appealed. >>read more

The former Modesto mayor was a passionate advocate for the Central Valley -- and regionalism in general. >>read more

Council has taken first vote, but it will be several more months at least before the new policy allowing up to four units on every parcel is formally adopted. >>read more

Marin County is elite, but Marin City is not. Yet that's where the county's first SB 35 project is going. >>read more