The Coastal Commission officially voted against Poseidon Water's desalination plant proposal in Huntington Beach. >>read more 

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer has introduced his One Fresno Housing Strategy intended to improve housing affordability in response to the county's increasingly hot housing market. >>read more

State Senate leaders have proposed several plans for spending California's budget surplus, which has blown past the projected $29 billion figure to $68 billion. >>read more

The City of Anaheim and the Department of Housing and Community Development have reached a settlement over Anaheim's violation of the Surplus Land Act.  >>read more

A nonprofit organization connected to the California Association of Realtors, sued six cities located in Los Angeles and Orange counties, for failing to meet meet a deadline to approve updated housing elements. >>read more

President Biden has proposed a $10 billion state and local grant program that would work to roll back single-family zoning laws. >>read more

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted the Safety Element Update to the county’s general plan, which will limit new development in wildfire hazard zones. >>read more

Four mostly suburban cities in Los Angeles County have filed suit against the state to block provisions of recently adopted Senate Bill 9. >>read more

 A new report from the state Auditor's Office argues that the state must make better use of available property to build more housing. >>read more

Attorney General Rob Bonta notified the City of Pasadena that its urgency ordinance restricting the implementation of SB 9 violates state law. >>read more