The population is going down for the first time ever. But California planning -- and its entire local government structure -- is based on the assumption of growth.
Four of San Diego Association of Governments' member cities are suing the agency for what they claim is an inequitable use of a weighted vote. >>read more
Storage and housing facilities in urban areas are often seen is competing with one another. But Public Storage and Alta Housing joined forces to push seven-story project through in Mountain View.
Even as the single-family home maintains its grip on the American Dream, alternatives are emerging. Author Diana Lind explores the future of housing in her new book Brave New Home. >>read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that phases out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035--the most aggressive clean-car policy in the United States. >>read more
The Los Angeles County Metro Board of Directors approved an updated 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan, a $400-billion, 30-year transportation blueprint for the county. >>read more
In a case a month ago involving the Obama Presidential Center, she rejected citizen activists' very expansive claims of a taking of property under the Fifth Amendment.
