One of the first cities to update its a housing element under the new RHNA cycle--and its significantly increased housing targets--the City of San Diego recently adopted a housing element. >>read more

The board of the Orange County Council of Governments voted, 15-0, to sue the Department of Housing and Community Development. >>read more

The San Jose City Council approved plans for Google’s 80-acre mixed-use mega-campus, Downtown West. >>read more

In what may be a preview of a strongly pro-housing 2021 legislative season, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 7, which extends expedited California Environmental Quality Act review for key developments.  >>read more

An estimated $100 billion windfall yields generous proposed investments in land use in Gov. Newsom's May Revise. >>read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $12-billion proposal to create affordable housing, increase mental health services, and fund other programs to get people off the street  >>read more

A legislative package introduced in the U.S. Senate could add 600,000 new acres of federally protected wilderness in California.  >>read more

The Governor's Office of Planning and Research developed the ResilientCA Adaptation Planning Map, an open data tool, to inventory local government climate risk, adaptation, and resiliency planning efforts. >>read more

A federal judge ordered Los Angeles, both city and county, to shelter or house the entire homeless population of Skid Row. >>read more 

Redwood City Salt Plant, LLC, an affiliate of Cargill Incorporated, abandoned its latest attempt to facilitate selling off its salt ponds on the San Francisco Bay for development of up to 12,000 homes >>read more