The fact of the matter is that nobody quite knows. Will developers be required to pay into the state's new fund? Will regional VMT mitigation banks emerge? How do you measure the mitigation? It's on LCI -- formerly OPR -- to figure it all out.
by Ella Morner-Ritt and Jacob Madley on Jul 1, 2025
The Berkeley City Council unanimously adopted a landmark Middle Housing ordinance ending a century-old single-family zoning policy, allowing small apartment buildings across most of the city
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed major infill housing reform with the budget, meaning the changes take place immediately. But on the non-residential side, it's still "Swiss-cheese CEQA," and there's no relief for greenfield proejcts.
In a CEQA case involving a Tejon Ranch project in the Antelope Valley, an appellate court concluded that a land use project is not a "covered entity" under the cap-and-trade law the way an oil refinery is.
by Ella Morner-Ritt and Jacob Madley on Jun 24, 2025
Senate Republicans have introduced a proposal for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell up to to 3.3 million acres of federal land in 11 western states, including parcels near California landmarks
The First District Court of Appeal published a ruling that favored the City of Eureka over opponents of an affordable housing project downtown. The city had separated the surplusing of the land from the selection of the affordable housing developer.
