by Robin Glover and Mckenzie Locke on May 25, 2021
In what may be a preview of a strongly pro-housing 2021 legislative season, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 7, which extends expedited California Environmental Quality Act review for key developments. >>read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $12-billion proposal to create affordable housing, increase mental health services, and fund other programs to get people off the street >>read more
The Governor's Office of Planning and Research developed the ResilientCA Adaptation Planning Map, an open data tool, to inventory local government climate risk, adaptation, and resiliency planning efforts. >>read more
Redwood City Salt Plant, LLC, an affiliate of Cargill Incorporated, abandoned its latest attempt to facilitate selling off its salt ponds on the San Francisco Bay for development of up to 12,000 homes >>read more
President Biden’s recently released $2 trillion infrastructure plan addresses, among many other needs, exclusionary zoning laws; to include major rail upgrades in California >>read more
Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined lawsuits against two proposed developments in San Diego that were approved by the San Diego Board of Supervisors >>read more
The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that would allow as many as 2,700 new oil wells a year--more than 40,000 new wells over the next 15 years. >>read more
The U.S. EPA recently abandoned its appeal of a federal judge's ruling last year holding that a sprawling collection of Redwood City salt ponds is protected from development. >>read more
