Recent Articles in Insight

Will Slow Population Growth Help Housing Affordability?

by William Fulton on May 26, 2019
Housing, Los Angeles County, Population, Riverside County, San Francisco

Population growth has fallen off a cliff, while housing production is steady. But housing prices are still through the roof. >>read more

Inland Growth Exceeds Coastal Growth At Last

by William Fulton on Apr 21, 2019
Central Valley, Housing, Inland Empire, Orange County, Population, Riverside County, Sacramento

More people have been added to the inland population since 2015 than to the coastal population. That's the first time that's ever happened. >>read more

Gentrification On Steroids?

by William Fulton on Feb 25, 2019
Los Angeles, Opportunity Zones

Will oppportunity zones help underserved neighborhoods -- or accelerate gentrification? >>read more

The Real CEQA Reform

by William Fulton on Jan 27, 2019
BerkeleyScott Wiener, CEQA, St. Helena

Exemptions and ministerial processes are changing CEQA practice, end-running the law. >>read more

How Do All These Policies Reduce Driving?

by William Fulton on Dec 2, 2018
California Air Resources Board, SB 375, Sustainable Communities Strategies

Thanks to SB 375, we have all kinds of transportation and land use policies designed to reduce driving. It's time to start figuring out whether they work. >>read more

How Do We Reconcile Density and Fire Risk?

by William Fulton on Nov 26, 2018
Paradise, Wildfires

Paradise turns all of our ideas about wildfire management upside down. >>read more

Insight: What Berkeley Case Tells Us About SB 35

by William Fulton on Sep 16, 2018
Berkeley, CEQA, Housing, SB 35

Exemption for historic landmarks could limit law's use in exactly the locations where housing should be built. >>read more

Insight: The State Gets Tough On Housing Elements

by William Fulton on Aug 26, 2018
Housing Element, Regional Housing Needs Assessment

Two important bills would make important methodology changes. And HCD is cracking down on enforcement. >>read more

Justice Kavanaugh's Strike Zone

by William Fulton on Jul 24, 2018
Endangered Species, Otay Mesa, Supreme Court, Wetlands

How the Supreme Court nominee interprets the Endangered Species Act is likely to have a profound impact on land-use patterns in California. >>read more

How To Fix Proposition 13

by William Fulton on Jun 25, 2018
Housing, Proposition 13

After 40 years, some pieces of the initiative are baked into California's political DNA. But reforms could help alleviate the housing crisis. >>read more