Legislation, Media, Opinion, Uncategorized
By Karen Anderson | The Coast News Group 04-07-2023 https://thecoastnews.com/commentary-9th-circuit-issues-scathing-rebuke-of-lorena-gonzalez/ https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/olson-vs-california-ninth-circuit-opinion.pdf Judge...
Feature, Housing, Legislation, Opinion
By Zelda Bronstein When Gavin Newsom was running for California governor in 2017, he famously vowed to “lead the effort to build the 3.5 million new housing units we need by 2025.” Newsom conceded that the goal was “audacious” but argued that “our solutions must be as...
Bills, Housing, Legislation, Litigation
Construction workers work on a home at a housing development in Novato. Justin Sullivan/TNS As cities across California try to avoid complying with new state housing laws, Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking state legislators to give him another tool to rein in...
Housing, Legislation, Litigation
Mayor suggests ambitious targets make it impossible for cities to achieve affordable-housing goals by Gennady Sheyner / Palo Alto Weekly Uploaded: Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 11:50 pm 12 Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou speaks at the State of the City event at the Palo Alto Art...
Housing, Legislation, Opinion
By JACKSON STROMBERG | March 3, 2023 at 1:35 p.m. Let’s indulge in a fantasy. Imagine the California legislators and bureaucrats working on housing could see eight years into the future, when the next set of housing element plans are due. Maybe they can see 16 years...
Housing, Legislation, Opinion
As we all do about what is built next door GUEST OPINION BY LYDIA KOU Palo Alto Daily PostFebruary 6, 2023 Basketball legend Steph Curry recently sent a letter to local officials expressing concerns about how a new housing development near his Atherton home...
