Emeryville Emerges As Bay Area Pro-Housing Leader

The City Councilmembers appointed themselves the final arbiter of whether a project met SB 35 requirements. Then they overruled their own staff. But in the end, it was really just about vagueness and inconsistency between the general plan and the zoning ordinance. 

AIDS Heathcare Foundation and Redondo Beach get nowhere in their argument that city councils can't override local ballot measures.

State Senate leaders have proposed several plans for spending California's budget surplus, which has blown past the projected $29 billion figure to $68 billion. >>read more

AHF attempted to increase affordable housing in a neighboring project by invoking the repealed redevelopment law. >>read more

The City of Anaheim and the Department of Housing and Community Development have reached a settlement over Anaheim's violation of the Surplus Land Act.  >>read more

Assistant Director – Planning & Development Services, City of Palo Alto >>read more

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A nonprofit organization connected to the California Association of Realtors, sued six cities located in Los Angeles and Orange counties, for failing to meet meet a deadline to approve updated housing elements. >>read more

A new report finds that Californians -- and especially Angelenos -- live in their homes longer than people anywhere else in the country. That's one of the many reasons why California has a housing crisis. >>read more

Manhattan Beach tried to retrofit an old ordinance to cover short-term rentals without Coastal Commission approval. It didn't work. >>read more