The closest ski hill to Los Angeles recently sold to an investment group with big plans. But can those ideas work amid catastrophic climate threats that continue to plague the mountain?
With the signing of Assembly Bill 98 last month, they may get it. But, it will potentially come at the cost of curtailing one of the state’s few post-pandemic economic development success stories. It may also give the state’s planners serious headaches.
The state passed a law protecting the species after the Fish & Game Commission deadlocked on listing it. Critics say the mitigation fee of $300 to $2,500 per plant will make housing projects infeasible
Insurance in wildfire areas is becoming harder to get — which should be a good thing for the state’s growth management policies. But it’s getting in the way of meeting the state’s housing targets
The vast majority of bills related to housing, planning, and transportation improvements are charging ahead this session. May 24 was the last day for bills to pass out of their respective houses of origin.
Around 250,000 voters in Solano County will decide whether to welcome as many as 400,000 new neighbors. It is likely to be a serious test of “yes in my backyard” sentiment in California — or, in the case of Solano County — yes in my pasture, field, or rangeland.
Many cities have already upzoned. Now, they’re trying to speed up the development process.
This year’s bills, though, exhibit pragmatic approaches. Rather than seek headlines (and draw ire of slow-growth advocates), this year’s bills largely address nuances that, perhaps, only developers could love. At least, that’s the hope of many legislators.
Rancho Cucamonga and Apple Valley are eager to capitalize on the country’s first true high speed rail line.
The high-desert outpost of Bishop, California, seeks to redefine the small-town downtown
Despite the region’s demand for housing, Long Beach’s planners are not assuming that development will naturally follow up-zoning. Even with their statutory work done, they are engaging in an unusually aggressive campaign to actually promote development.
Post-pandemic, some California downtowns are up. Some are way down…
Crenshaw Line brings mass transit to the center of LA’s Black community.
Even as cities strain under the weight of new housing regulations, legislators are trying new ideas and resurrecting old ones.
Housing advocates are lawyering up to force Bay Area cities to produce more housing.
Coming just days after the region’s RHNA deadline the lawsuits suggest pitched battle ahead over the Bay Area’s housing targets — and maybe even a Builder’s Remedy battle or two.
Attempting to ease tensions between cities and the state, HCD is given out the planning equivalent of gold stars.