CITY-STATE RELATIONS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW
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...Power Players’ Problematic Playbook For Housing
Posted by: Sharon Rushton – May 19, 2023 – 7:27pm Since 2008 and accelerating in 2016, State lawmakers have been following the same playbook, which has been largely written by the lobbying efforts of Big Real Estate, Big Tech, and Big Wall Street...The state housing secrecy just keeps getting worse and worse
Crucial planning decisions are made behind closed-doors, with Yimby stakeholders—and the public can’t even get the basic records. By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Ben Metcalf directed the California Department of Housing and Community Development from November 2015 to...Opinion: Are any of California’s housing laws actually working?
The numbers don’t tell the whole story. In fact, many of the recently passed laws have had a clear, positive effect A design for an auxiliary dwelling unit (ADU) to be built in Oakland through the Keys to Equity program. The number of permits for ADUs has grown...New housing laws vs. renewable energy mandates
California has a bunch of new housing laws, several taking effect in each of the last few years. Tom Elias California Focus California has a bunch of new housing laws, several taking effect in each of the last few years. They eliminate most single-family R-1...Donate
