Is San Jose again bearing Silicon Valley's housing burden? >>read more

3d district sounds weary in rejecting housing advocates' arguments. >>read more

Administration's menu of policy options for housing development contains many familiar ideas. >>read more

Neighborhood character in Venice was a legitimate coastal issue, appellate court rules. >>read more

But housing remains a big issue in remaining bills headed to Gov. Brown's desk. >>read more

As California cities agonize over how to house everyone, they are missing out on a typology with countless reasons to recommend it. Fundamentally, no typology so exquisitely balances the urban virtue of efficiency with the American virtue of individualism. >>read more

Jerry Brown's the only person who can take it on. And it's his last chance. >>read more

For all the appeal that “streamlining” would seem to offer, Gov. Jerry Brown's housing proposal has drawn stiff criticism – including some from traditional proponents of affordable housing. >>read more

Amid all the alarming news about housing in California, here’s the one piece of information that really stands out for me: 

The average home price in the United States is about $180,000. The average home price in California is about $440,000. Not just in San Francisco, or Oakland, or Los Angeles, or Orange County, or San Diego. The entire state. >>read more

Like a monster that’s been hiding in the basement for decades, rent control is rearing its head in the Bay Area. Whether it is an ugly countenance or a smiling face is a matter of perspective. >>read more