In a weird way, they actually increase local control. Planners have their work cut out for them. >>read more

Latest decision in long-running Encinitas housing element battle is sure to be appealed. >>read more

As with SCAG, Bay Area jurisdictions are appealing their housing targets in large numbers. Unsurprisingly, the most challengers are coming from Marin County. >>read more

In turning down a 48-unit condominium project near Beach Boulevard, did Huntington Beach violate the Housing Accountability Act's requirement that findings be based on objective standards? Or will a fire expert's 11th-hour conclusion that one standard was violated be enough to save the city's case? >>read more 

Additional incentives on two Westside projects don't exceed Planning Department's power under Measure JJJ. >>read more

CP&DR spoke with HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez about whether the new Prohousing program can turn jurisdictions that are anti-housing into pro-housing communities.  >>read more

The designation will give "prohousing" jurisdictions a leg up on some housing grant programs. But will it fundamentally change how any cities approach the housing question? >>read more

The high court's ruling appears to clear the way for construction of a 260-unit apartment building in the Spengler's parking lot in Berkeley. >>read more

 Rick Cole, the consummate California urbanist, is the new executive director of the Congress for the New Urbanism. >>read more

During the pandemic year, apartments and condominiums in those two markets surged. Everywhere else, housing permits went down.