Facebook announced it will commit over $1 billion over the next decade to offset its contributions to California’s affordable housing shortage >>read more
California will likely miss its emissions reductions goals for the next decade, in part due to unprecedented carbon dioxide emissions from the 2018 wildfire seasons.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Bay Area conservation groups separately sued the federal EPA for its failure to protect Redwood City’s salt ponds.
The San Diego City Council adopted a new 30-year community plan that rezones the entire region and allows for more housing and commercial development near transit.
A Los Angeles anti-development group filed a petition in Los Angeles Supreme Court targeting the city’s aims to increase affordable housing and density near transit >>read more
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that 85 percent of coastal estuaries along the West Coast have been destroyed by development >>read more
A local environmental group is suing the City of Healdsburg for failing to account for the greenhouse gas emissions of what could be the city’s largest housing project >>read more
As part of a multi-pronged effort to “sue the suburbs” and push for development of new housing, a housing advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Los Altos >>read more