There's momentum in Sacramento, but not for comprehensive reform. >>read more

Chipotle is a place, more or less. But the loss of local restaurants is a problem for cities. >>read more

An audit of the City of Los Angeles’ affordably-priced housing program and density bonus program finds that they have been relatively ineffectual. >>read more

The Sierra Club, Cleveland National Forest Foundation, and Save Our Forest and Ranchlands filed a lawsuit in the San Diego Superior Court against San Diego County... >>read more

Several Los Angeles City Council members are proposing legislation to ban donations from real estate developers during and shortly after city reviews of their building projects. >>read more

Brown proposes major moves to increase housing production -- without more state money. >>read more

The California Department of Housing and Community Development released the 2025 Statewide Housing Assessment Public Draft, entitled "California’s Housing Future: Challenges and Opportunities." >>read more

Nasty as it sounds, Green Acres 'Farm' in Kern County is an apt symbol of the symbiosis between rural and urban areas. >>read more

The state released a 90,000-page environmental review of the $15.7 billion water tunnel project proposed for the Sacramento Bay-Delta. >>read more

This year, while NIMBY's were tittering about LULU’s, the “drill baby drill” crowd was marshaling its forces. >>read more

If ever a year produced a greater variety of land use news in California than 2016 did, we at CP&DR can’t name it. >>read more