The Wiener bill, which squeaked through the Senate last week, would effectively take away land use authority from local governments -- and hand it to transit agencies, at least for the land they own. It's maybe Wiener's most aggressive bill yet -- but he has shown a willingness to compromise to get it through. 

Local governments, property owners, and environmental justice advocates all have issues with AB 98. It could invite more litigation over warehouses.

A "technical year" in Sacramento is yielding a wide variety of small changes in the major housing bills over the past several years.

This year's land use and housing bills may focus on refining recent overwhelming policy change rather than pushing new policies forward.

CEQA lawsuit claims county's mitigation measures on land use, agricultural mitigation and other issues are vague, unenforceable and  will induce sprawl. 

Generally speaking, however, 2022 is a legislative year of incremental change not sweeping reform.