News Briefs

Bay Area transportation officials are considering a cross-regional transportation overhaul tax measure to raise over $100 billion over several decades >>read more

Sixty-two percent of Californians are in favor of forcing cities to permit apartments in areas currently zoned for single-family homes near transit >>read more

Environmental groups are suing the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for approving the controversial 12,000-acre Centennial Tejon Ranch development >>read more

The California High Speed Rail Authority is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation over its decision to pull a $929 million grant. >>read more

The Cupertino City Council tossed an alternative plan for a massive mixed-use project at the Vallco Shopping Mall property, effectively green-lighting a previously proposed plan at the site >>read more

The Sacramento City Council unanimously approved Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s proposal for a $47 million revamp of the city’s historic waterfront >>read more

The Trump administration released plans to open more than five million acres of public and private land in California to fracking >>read more

The Trump Administration is suing the California State Water Resources Board for alleged failure to comply with California Environmental Quality Act  >>read more

Revamped SB 50 reduces obligations for small counties but adds a provision to allow mulitple units on single-family lots >>read more

Settling a court battle, downtown San Diego’s semi-independent planning agency, Civic San Diego, will lose much of its authority >>read more

The Southern California Association of Governments has identified a 4.3-square-mile are of West Los Angeles as the possible location of the state's first congestion pricing scheme >>read more

As part of a possible push to restructure the state’s Active Transportation Plan (ATP) budget, the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) released the first comprehensive review of the ATP >>read more