The justices have taken aim at the "substantive due process" argument -- which landowners have always tried to use to overturn land use decisions they don't like. >>read more
It ends single-family zoning and clips the wings of local governments. But the bottom line is probably thousands of units, not hundreds of thousands of units. >>read more
CP&DR webinar highlights nuts-and-bolts of how cities will deal with eliminating single-family zoning. The panel was co-sponsored by the Terner Center and California APA. >>read more
Progressives who have long protected community power over developers are praising Biden's proposed new program, while Republicans are calling it a war on the suburbs. >>read more
Council has taken first vote, but it will be several more months at least before the new policy allowing up to four units on every parcel is formally adopted. >>read more
In Dana Point case, appellate court rules that three residences housing people involved in a drug treatment program are not exempt from the municipal code. >>read more