Bills, Legislation, Politics
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs one of the budget trailer bills at Sacramento City College in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, July 1, 2019. Looking on, from left, is Assembly Budget Chairman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, of Lakewood, second from...
Housing, Legislation, Opinion
BY THOMAS D. ELIAS In California’s 172 years as an American state, relations between its government and the more than 400 cities within state boundaries have never been as contested and hostile and litigated as now. Dozens of cities in most parts of...
Housing, Legislation, Litigation
BY BRANDON PHO May 17, 2023 Apartment complexes in Santa Ana on May 18, 2020. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC Officials in one of Orange County’s most progressive cities might be poised to exempt themselves from state housing mandates. While neighboring towns like...
Housing, Legislation, Litigation
CALIFORNIA FOCUS FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023, BY THOMAS D. ELIAS Immediately after state legislators passed the landmark SB 9 and 10 in 2021, taking most local land-use decisions away from city councils and county supervisors, resentful local officials vowed to run a...
Feature, Legislation, Meetings
Early tomorrow morning, residents of numerous California counties will congregate in Sacramento to demand legislators rethink everything about state land use policy. Thanks to the impressive orchestration efforts of Catalysts, a grassroots network based in Mill...
