48 Hills
Under the radar, a Wicks-Bonta housing bill changes the standards for projects in a way that undermines any professional planning standards. AB 1893, authored... … more »
Los Angeles Superior Court
On March 29, 2022, the cities of Carson, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Del Mar, and Whitter (City of Redondo Beach, et al) filed a petition for writ of mandate in Los A... … more »
Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
Our new housing laws and policies were sold as boosting affordable housing production, but what I’m seeing is an explosion of market rate units statewide. With r... … more »
Amy Kalish, photo taken in San Mateo
The state of California has assigned a large number of housing units — 14,405 — to be sited, and seen built, in Marin County. This is in keeping with eight year h... … more »
Michael Barnes
On the cover of the December 4, 2023, print issue of Time Magazine, State Senator Scott Wiener was listed among “the 100 most influential leaders driving business ... … more »
HCD
As more people wake up to the fact that new housing laws have forever changed the way our communities will grow and reduced the say California residents have in th... … more »
48 Hills
Why should cities and counties guarantee profits for builders and push the costs of growth onto local taxpayers? Yimbyism famously blames the housing affordabilit... … more »
catalystsca.org
More than 60 elected officials and community leaders fanned out during the week of October 16-20 in Catalysts’ first statewide In-district Lobby Day Campaign. Elev... … more »
catalystsca.org
Atlantic, fair use
Is it better to crumple under threats from the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) in Sacramento or be reassured by Attorney General Ron Bonta? ... … more »