It depends on which standards are in play in a particular situation, the California Supreme Court rules in a case from Stanislaus County.

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SB 1120, which would ease duplex zoning and lot splits, is the most important land use/housing bill still likely to pass.

OPR issues guidelines for implementing SB 1000, which requires local governments to address EJ directly in planning for the first time.

After messy hearing in the Assembly Local Government Committee, other bills in the Senate housing package move forward as legislature faces month-end deadline.

New HCD data shows California knows how to build for the top of the market -- and nobody else.

Social justice will be a major part of SCAG's agenda this year under new Regional Council President Rex Richardson, of Long Beach.

City did nothing with historic bank building for 10 years -- except rent it out for filming.

City did nothing with historic bank building for 10 years -- except rent it out for filming.

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Stakeholders in San Francisco's industrial Dogpatch neighborhood welcome mixed-use, 2,400-unit redevelopment of former gas-fired power station

State-federal transportation and infrastructure projects likely won't be analyzed under federal law. But new rule could be reversed if Biden wins.

New traffic analysis mechanism finally takes effect this week.

UC Berkeley erred in adding five times as many students as EIR analyzed, court rules.

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In places like Los Angeles's Westside, equity needs to be an issue on the table.

L.A.'s approval of four large projects along Sunset Boulevard doesn't form the basis for a claim under the Fair Housing Act

Court rules that vague carbon offsets approach for new development violates CEQA and invalidate the Climate Action Plan.

Murrieta properly imposed WRCOG's "TUMF" fee while map was still in effect, court rules. 

Most bills emphasize ministerial approval, thus providing an end-run around the CEQA process.