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The designation will give "prohousing" jurisdictions a leg up on some housing grant programs. But will it fundamentally change how any cities approach the housing question?

During the pandemic year, apartments and condominiums in those two markets surged. Everywhere else, housing permits went down. 

Bills to allow "plexes" and apartments near transit by right move forward, as does bill to eliminate parking requirements near transit.

CP&DR webinar highlights nuts-and-bolts of how cities will deal with eliminating single-family zoning. The panel was co-sponsored by the Terner Center and California APA.

Amid pressure from community groups, Inland Empire cities reconsider benefits of big warehouses.

Major auto testing and technology center likely to move forward -- even though the plan has been shot down by the voters once.

Simi Valley may appel superior Court ruling on 108-unit project, claiming it is a commercial enterprise not a residential use.

Cities across California are eliminating parking minimums in order to reduce automobile dependency and promote better urban design. The state legislature is getting in on the act too. 

Transit agencies say guidelines intended to encourage affordable housing may actually stifle affordable development.

Appellate court rejects all of a Malibu property owners arguments in dispute over a gate and structure located on a Coastal Conservancy easement.

The new database will help cities and counties with their environmental justice elements for their general plans, as required by SB 1000.

Billion-dollar UC Davis project will be located adjacent to Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood. Residents have filed a CEQA lawsuit, while the city has committed 20% of EIFD money to affordable housing.