A property owner who built without a permit claimed the Coastal Commission didn't review the project with objective standards. An appellate court said subjective standards are embedded in the law -- especially with regard to views. 

One Vancouver-based professor says no. But there's evidence that keeping densities low helps either.

The San Diego City Council rejected Mayor Todd Gloria's Housing Action Package 2.0, initially perceived as uncontroversial

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has issued Executive Directive 7, which aims to reassess the city's site plan review process for market-rate housing developments with 50 or more net new units

Mining interests challenged Ventura County's new ordinance. But an appellate court said projects subject to CEQA exemptions 7 and 8 don't have to protect the entire environment, only specific natural resources. 

The City of Fresno is on the verge of approving a 45,000-home, 9,000-acre development area that is equal parts smart growth and sprawl

Eight builder's remedy projects in San Jose are downsizing because of the market. Can the city allow the projects to go forward and still meet its RHNA targets? 

City offers density bonuses and concessions beyond state law to encourage new housing in strip mall. But many landowners are not interested.

Mountain House, a new master-planned community west of Tracy in San Joaquin County, will become the county's incorporated eighth city if voters approve in March 2024

A yearlong investigation by state housing officials reveals that San Francisco's housing approval process is excessively long and violates housing laws

Culver City's anti-mansionization ordinance reduced floor-area ratio for large lots. That ran afoul of SB 330.

In ruling from Los Angeles, appellate court says that "local control has not been abrogated by the HAA.”