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, Litigation, Opinion
The California state Capitol building. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images) By SUSAN KIRSCH | April 21, 2023 at 3:43 p.m. You don’t think of the typical Californian giving in to a mantra of “there’s nothing we can do” or “our hands are tied.” But the threats of a...
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...
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...
