Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's newest housing initiative, LA4LA, urges wealthy residents to make private donations and loans to help finance the purchase of apartments

All four of California's largest cities -- L.A., San Francisco, San Diego, and San Jose -- have taken steps to dramatically expedite housing projects, especially affordable housing projects. 

The law says it's supposed to promote "affordable housing," but L.A. judge throws the lot-split law out because it doesn't guarantee deed-restricted below-market rate units.

The CP&DR Vol. 39 No. 4 April 2024 Report

The Anaheim City Council unanimously approved Disneyland’s dollar expansion plan, allowing the theme park to add new attractions

The Department of Housing and Community Developed released its annual update on the state's progress towards housing goals, highlighting each jurisdictions' applications, entitlements, building permits and completions  

The U.S. Supreme Court's exactions ruling left a lot of things up in the air. Most important: Does California's typical "fair share" methodology for general plan-level exactions meet the court's "rough proportionality" rule?

U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously that California's unique exactions rule is unconstitutional. But will it really require California cities and counties to scale back on exactions?

The Town of Portola Valley has lost its housing element certification from the state due to its failure to approve changes allowing denser housing and more multifamily development

The difference between California and, sadly, many other states is that our decline is taking place by choice.

Locals officials are agents of the state when they are adopting an SB 10 ordinance, thus allowing them to overrule density caps imposed by voters, judges say.

New legislation would try to give both cities and developers something they want, while putting guardrails on builder's remedy projects. Meanwhile, HCD revoked Portola Valley's housing element approval.