Or is one Huntington Beach City Councilmember's attempt to decertify the Beach and Edinger Specific Plan EIR simply a sideways attempt to repeal the plan?

Only two jurisdictions are considering implementing the law so far -- the City of San Diego and Humboldt County. But others may have to use SB 10 in order to implement their housing elements >> read more

Especially in the Bay Area, cities are beginning to tax vacant units and vacant land in an attempt to bring more housing onto the market.

Even as cities strain under the weight of new housing regulations, legislators are trying new ideas and resurrecting old ones.

Both cities claim that their Housing Elements are compliant, even though HCD has not yet approved them. Sonoma also claimed an apartment proposals application was deficient.

Five of the 12 Bay Area jurisdictions sued over non-compliant housing elements are in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Meanwhile, Builder's Remedy applications begin to pop up. 

San Diego County's major suburban transit district is getting in on transit-oriented development -- in some cities that are historically wary of housing.

Coming just days after the region's RHNA deadline the lawsuits suggest pitched battle ahead over the Bay Area's housing targets -- and maybe even a Builder's Remedy battle or two.

Seven cities will now get preference for state housing programs -- and more cities will soon be designated.

Drillers claim city should have done a full environmental impact report and misinterpreted CEQA guidance on mineral resources.

SB 9 implementation, Builder's Remedy, the Berkeley enrollment case and more highlighted this year's planning and development news.

Inflation, high interest rates, and other rising costs of construction threaten to nullify recently adopted laws and policies meant to alleviate California's housing crisis.

But measures calling for increased housing development potential met decidedly mixed results.

The Builder's Remedy could help transform a moribund power station into over 2,200 oceanside units.