News Briefs

The California APA presented 30 awards in 16 categories on October 3.

San Diego County and the City of San Diego approved a plan to add 10,000 affordable units to the housing stock by 2030.

The San Diego City Council approved reforms intended to improve diversity and organization within 42 neighborhood planning groups.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2097, which significantly restricts cities' ability to impose parking minimums on new developments.

The winning plan to redevelop the San Diego Sports arena site includes bringing over 4,000 housing units, 20 acres of open space, and a new arena to the Midway district.

The Oakland A's waterfront ballpark plan is inching forward after a judge upheld Oakland's environmental review.

Orange County may have acted in violation of the Surplus Land Act when it chose to move forward with plans to construct up to 632 units of market-rate housing on county-owned land. 

Three bills considered game-changers by housing advocates have been approved by both houses of the legislature and are headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.

The High-Speed Rail Authority board unanimously approved the environmental analysis of a high-speed rail route from San Francisco to San Jose.

A group of Los Gatos residents is launching a ballot-box challenge to the town's 2040 General Plan for planning for too many housing units.

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an initiative that places the option to request that officials study funding and the potential of secession on the ballot.

A controversial proposed ordinance that would do away with single-family zoning throughout San Francisco San Francisco is effectively dead -- for now.

Trust for Public Land completed the final purchase phase of 6,000 acres of Los Angeles County ranch land.

State policymakers are planning to take some of the pressure off of Los Angeles and other large Southern California cities to meet state housing goals.