Local News Featured San Mateo updates historic ordinance: New policy establishes owner consent thresholds for new districts, while allowing city to nominate some structures By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated May 15, 2026 The San Mateo City Council approved an updated historic preservation policy that would add an additional layer of local review for potential h…
Local News Featured Steyer kicks off bus tour in Redwood City: Democratic gubernatorial candidate talks housing, affordability and environment with city, county leaders By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff May 2, 2026 As the primary election approaches, California’s gubernatorial candidates are making campaign stops around the state, with candidate Tom Steye…
Editorials Editorial: San Mateo’s historic ordinance dangerously incomplete EditorialUpdated May 6, 2026 The city of San Mateo’s newly written historic context statement is beautifully done. It paints a picture of the history of the city, how it m…
Local News Featured San Mateo Planning Commission updates historic preservation policies By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated May 6, 2026 The San Mateo Planning Commission approved updates to the city’s historic preservation policies, which would formalize the local designation p…
Local News Big changes for housing By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Dec 29, 2025 Statewide efforts to boost housing have been ramping up for the better part of a decade, but many are calling this year the most impactful yea…
Guest Perspectives Lessons from the East Wing By Tom McCuneUpdated Dec 2, 2025 A few days ago a friend said to me: “You’re an architect. What do you think about this whole East Wing flap?”
Columnists New California law to make housing projects easier can also make them cost more By Dan Walters Sep 5, 2025 Two months ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators from both parties celebrated enacting landmark legislation to remove the California Environm…
Local News Featured Legal challenges for new developments could start declining in San Mateo County By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated Apr 29, 2026 Legal challenges for new developments could start declining on the Peninsula, as recent legislation expanded exemptions for a 55-year-old law …
Local News CEQA reform prompts debate By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Updated Aug 13, 2025 There’s no shortage of opinions on California’s newly-passed state budget bill — and the sweeping housing reforms and new environmental regula…
Columnists Lawmakers finally achieve ‘Holy Grail’ reform of state’s key environmental law By Dan Walters Jul 3, 2025 Jerry Brown once described reform of the California Environmental Quality Act as “the lord’s work” but he, like other recent governors, was no…
