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Budget Draft Includes Policy Principles, but Little Money, for Housing

by Josh Stephens on Jan 11, 2017

Budget, Housing , Jerry Brown

Brown proposes major moves to increase housing production -- without more state money. >>read more

Calexit in Reverse

by Josh Stephens on Nov 10, 2016

Ballot Measures, Calexit, Housing, Trump

Instead of thinking about secession, let's think about the opposite: Showing Americans what California does best and bring them along with us. >>read more

McKinsey's Prescription for California's Housing Ills

by Josh Stephens on Oct 27, 2016

Housing, RHNA

Yesterday, McKinsey and Co. released A Tool Kit to Close California’s Housing Gap, which offers its take on California’s housing crisis. >>read more

Insight: Bifurcated California

by William Fulton on Oct 23, 2016

Coastal, Housing, Inland

There are two Californias: The dense one and the sprawling one. Can they get along? >>read more

Massive Development Sparks Border War between San Jose, Santa Clara

by Josh Stephens on Oct 10, 2016

CEQA, Housing, San Jose, Santa Clara, Silicon Valley

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

Future Redevelopment Housing Setaside Payments Can't Be Honored

by William Fulton on Oct 10, 2016

Housing, Redevelopment

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

Obama Housing Toolkit Takes Cues From California

by Josh Stephens on Oct 4, 2016

Housing, Infill , NIMBY, Obama

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

Coastal Act Trumps Density Bonus Act

by William Fulton on Oct 3, 2016

Coastal Act, Density Bonus, Housing, Los Angeles

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

Brown's Housing Bill Goes Down

by CP&DR Staff on Aug 30, 2016

Housing, Legislation

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

A Philadelphia Solution to California's Housing Woes

by Josh Stephens on Jul 27, 2016

Housing, Parking Requirements, Philadelphia, Rowhouses

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

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