SB 1120, the duplex bill, almost passed but ran out of time. None of the five bills proposed last spring by Senate leader Toni Atkins made it to the governor.

SB 1120, which would ease duplex zoning and lot splits, is the most important land use/housing bill still likely to pass.

New HCD data shows California knows how to build for the top of the market -- and nobody else.

Social justice will be a major part of SCAG's agenda this year under new Regional Council President Rex Richardson, of Long Beach.

Only 29 jurisdictions statewide are completely exempt from the new law -- including several small affluent cities.

Stakeholders in San Francisco's industrial Dogpatch neighborhood welcome mixed-use, 2,400-unit redevelopment of former gas-fired power station.

In places like Los Angeles's Westside, equity needs to be an issue on the table.

Most bills emphasize ministerial approval, thus providing an end-run around the CEQA process.

The recent Vallco and Los Altos court decisions show that cities have to be very careful in handling SB 35 applications -- and can't rely on vague references to discretionary standards, as they have often done in the past.