The San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation (SFBARF) is suing the City of Berkeley City Council over allegations that the council has repeatedly violated California’s Housing Accountability Act  >>read more

The FTA abruptly reversed course last week to approve a $647 million grant to electrify Caltrain tracks. >>read more

Journalist Peter Moskowitz has written a passionate -- but misguided and divisive -- analysis of the effects and causes of gentrification. >>read more

The new draft Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program Guidelines is being revised by the Strategic Growth Council with a few significant changes. >>read more

For all their popularity, setbacks have no basis in engineering or architecture. They are simply regulatory whims. >>read more

The Strategic Growth Council Sustainable Communities Planning Grants & Incentives Best Practices Pilot Program awarded $250,000 in Proposition 84 monies to six projects statewide. >>read more

According to a new State Population Report from the Department of Finance, California grew by 0.85 percent or 335,000 people in 2016. >> read more

The experiences of both Rebuild LA and the CRA suggest that the social and economic problems are too deep to respond to real estate solutions by themselves. Physical planning can provide improvements in mobility and housing. The fundamental problem remains economic. >> read more

The American Planning Association announced its 12 National Planning Achievement Awards for 2017 in advance of its national conference in New York City. >>read more