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Slow-growth forces won land-use ballot measures all over the state in the March primary election.

To cut down on discretionary review, new housing laws require cities to approve housing projects so long as they conform to "objective" design standards. Cities are scrambling to draft standards that promote housing and promote desired aesthetic goals.

Limited by a ban on water hookups, the tourist city recycles commercial and industrial land for workforce housing units.

But California backstop will maintain expansive definition of wetlands in the state.

After coming out of the box aggressively last year with changes to the RHNA process, the governor chooses this year to focus on homelessness.

While many Bay Area cities resist growth, El Cerrito is booming with transit oriented plan on San Pablo Avenue.

The Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council voted to accept 1,344,770 new housing units in the six-county region.

Natural infrastructure projects would repair habitats ruptured by urban sprawl.

The Santa Clara project is to include 5.4 million square feet of office space, about 1,700 apartments, and 1 million square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment.

What will he sign?

HCD assigned SCAG a far more aggressive housing target than it had asked for: 1,344,770.