Following on Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order, the local governments suspended the lot-splitting law in the Palisades and Altadena. But YIMBY Law is threatening to sue, saying additional density is not a fire hazard.

The law says it's supposed to promote "affordable housing," but L.A. judge throws the lot-split law out because it doesn't guarantee deed-restricted below-market rate units.

Concluding that the Attorney General's Office is likely to win its case against the recalcitrant city, the judge granted both temporary relief and a preliminary injunction while the case moves forward.

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

The experience with both the builder's remedy and SB 9 suggest that we may have too many laws going in too many different directions at the moment.

Some cities are welcoming the units, but others appear to be adopting regulations designed to put up barriers.

It ends single-family zoning and clips the wings of local governments. But the bottom line is probably thousands of units, not hundreds of thousands of units.