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.
Los Angeles-based planner Max Podemski authors A Paradise of Small Houses, celebrating the history and future of working-class housing from row houses to triple-deckers to the dingbat.
by Ella Morner-Ritt and Alexandra Friedman on Jul 2, 2024
HUD awarded $85 million in grants for the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. California jurisdictions received a total of $15 million and four of the 20 grants awarded nationwide
The state's environmental agencies may be insulated from the new ruling stripping federal administrative agencies of power -- and they're picking up the slack. But do they have the capacity and expertise to do the job?
Affordability is tightened up slightly but allowable density is reduced. Plus, West Hollywood believes it's so prohousing it will seek legislation exempting it from the builder's remedy.
by Ella Morner-Ritt and Alexandra Friedman on Jun 18, 2024
The Department of Insurance has drafted regulations that would allow insurance companies to use predictive catastrophe models if, and only if, they increase writing of policies in wildfire distressed areas
Even though part of the medical center's Parnassus Heights expansion was for business purposes, the university is still covered because it is pursuing its educational mission.
by Ella Morner-Ritt and Alexandra Friedman on Jun 11, 2024
The Sites Reservoir, the state's largest water storage venture in nearly five decades, overcame environmental challenges in court, with the Yolo County Superior Court ruling favor of the project
Appellate court strikes down Anti-SLAPP motion, opening the door for an inverse condemnation lawsuit. Meanwhile, litigation over builder's remedy application continues.
