Embarcadero Institute says RHNA numbers are too high and the state should focus on affordable housing. The truth is we need both: more housing and more affordable housing.
A coalition of environmental groups including the Sierra Club is suing the East Bay city of Richmond over its approval of a mixed-use project >>read more
In the 20 or so cities where growth and development was on the ballot, voters mostly sided with anti-development forces. San Diego and Monterey Park were the exceptions.
Already an epic-scale tragedy, California's wildfires--consuming a record 4 million acres this year--are effectively shrinking the amount of land available for housing and prompting planners to make tough choices between growth and safety.
The population is going down for the first time ever. But California planning -- and its entire local government structure -- is based on the assumption of growth.
Four of San Diego Association of Governments' member cities are suing the agency for what they claim is an inequitable use of a weighted vote. >>read more
Storage and housing facilities in urban areas are often seen is competing with one another. But Public Storage and Alta Housing joined forces to push seven-story project through in Mountain View.