Appellate court concludes that subdivision was just a residential development in disguise and therefore in violation of the Williamson Act. >>read more
California needs to build more apartments to close its housing gap, according to a new report from the UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation >>read more
Lake Arrowhead CSD had argued that state law pre-empted local land-use authority over a proposed solar panel project. The Court of Appeal disagreed. >>read more
A record-high 86 percent of cities have submitted their housing development progress updates, but almost all are falling short of their goals >>read more
Recent legislation focuses on beefing up the housing element process, but how can California make sure that better housing elements actually lead to more housing? >>read more
The Strategic Growth Council has awarded $402 million in 25 community development projects under the Affordable Housing Sustainability Communities program >>read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom allocated $2.7 billion for housing and homelessness — the most ever in a California budget — and policies to prod cities into complying with RHNA >>read more
Google pledged $1 billion to create 20,000 new homes in the Bay Area – in an unprecedented move to solve the housing crisis that many believe it helped cause >>read more