San Jose city officials released a development plan that would add 13,000 residential units, up to 13.7 million square feet of office space. >>read more
Diana Lind's new book Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing, Lind explores the varieties of housing beyond the traditional single-family home.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra is urging the San Diego County Supervisors to deny, at least temporarily, approval of a large South County development because of concerns about impacts to wildlife >>read more
Embarcadero Institute says RHNA numbers are too high and the state should focus on affordable housing. The truth is we need both: more housing and more affordable housing.
A coalition of environmental groups including the Sierra Club is suing the East Bay city of Richmond over its approval of a mixed-use project >>read more
In the 20 or so cities where growth and development was on the ballot, voters mostly sided with anti-development forces. San Diego and Monterey Park were the exceptions.
Already an epic-scale tragedy, California's wildfires--consuming a record 4 million acres this year--are effectively shrinking the amount of land available for housing and prompting planners to make tough choices between growth and safety.
