California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Bay Area conservation groups separately sued the federal EPA for its failure to protect Redwood City’s salt ponds.
The San Diego City Council adopted a new 30-year community plan that rezones the entire region and allows for more housing and commercial development near transit.
A Los Angeles anti-development group filed a petition in Los Angeles Supreme Court targeting the city’s aims to increase affordable housing and density near transit >>read more
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that 85 percent of coastal estuaries along the West Coast have been destroyed by development >>read more
A local environmental group is suing the City of Healdsburg for failing to account for the greenhouse gas emissions of what could be the city’s largest housing project >>read more
As part of a multi-pronged effort to “sue the suburbs” and push for development of new housing, a housing advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Los Altos >>read more
California needs to build more apartments to close its housing gap, according to a new report from the UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation >>read more
A record-high 86 percent of cities have submitted their housing development progress updates, but almost all are falling short of their goals >>read more
The Strategic Growth Council has awarded $402 million in 25 community development projects under the Affordable Housing Sustainability Communities program >>read more
Google pledged $1 billion to create 20,000 new homes in the Bay Area – in an unprecedented move to solve the housing crisis that many believe it helped cause >>read more
