The San Diego Association of Governments agreed tosettlethe remainder of a lawsuit challenging the environmental review of its 2050 Regional Transportation Plan >>read more
The Lewis Center at UCLA released research suggesting that new housing developments in Los Angeles are, in general, not displacing older, affordable units >>read more
Several environmental groups are suing the County of San Diego for its plans to usecarbon creditsto offset greenhouse gas emissions from new housing and commercial developments >>read more
Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders agreed to a$4 billion bondthat would fund low-income housing and subsidize home loans for California veterans >>read more
The City of Los Angeles released its first citywide Resilience Strategy to help prepare for natural disasters and other stresses that the city might face >>read more
The San Francisco Planning Department introduced a zoning ordinance to significantly up-zone a 17-block portion of the South of Market Neighborhood to take advantage of the new Central Subway >>read more
A study from UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation found that bureaucratic impediments constitute the main reason San Francisco is the world’s second-most expensive city in which to build a home >> read more
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke indicated that the agency will allow mining on 1.3 million acres of formerly protected California desert >>read more
The California Department of Housing and Community Development released a list of cities and counties that are subject to streamlined housing development through Senate Bill 35. >>read more
MTC’s Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) approved a resolution to place a $4.45 billion package of transportation projects known as Regional Measure 3 (RM3) on the June 5 ballot >>read more
The estimated cost of constructing 119 miles of high-speed rail track in the Central Valley has increased by $2.8 billion to a total of $10.6 billion. >>read more