Altogether the governor signed more than 40 planning and development bills, vetoing only one bill designed to encourage conversion of old office buildings to housing, apparently because off the labor standards contained in the bill.

Two bills sitting on the governor's desk would make it more difficult for cities and counties to claim that their housing element is compliant just because their elected officials approved it. Those are among the 30 so or planning and development bills approved by the Legislature this year.

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.

Two pending bills would limit the ability to build large warehouses near residences, schools, health-care facilities, and other "sensitive receptors".

Our review of CP&DR's most-read stories show that housing again dominated the news -- including builder's remedy, new legislation, and L.A.'s Measure ULA.

Governor agrees to SB 4, SB 423, and various CEQA and density bonus reforms without vetoing any bills. He also signed the "CEQA stall" bill.

But governor has not yet acted on most land use and housing bills. Deadline is Saturday.

At a recent conference panel, four prominent state legislators talked about whether their bills are making the housing situation better -- and how the effectiveness of that legislation can be improved.