Political California cranked up for the new year Monday.
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At first the plan for the property a block from UC Berkeley was modest: build a two-unit accessory dwelling behind a pair of small apartment b…
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Imagine you’ve finally taken your car to the mechanic to investigate that mysterious warning light that’s been flashing on your dashboard for …
Over the last half-century, California has had seven governors — counting Jerry Brown twice — who varied widely in temperament, ideology and e…
Jerry Brown once described reform of the California Environmental Quality Act as “the lord’s work” but he, like other recent governors, was no…
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that will remake California's landmark environmental protection rules. Newsom says the overhaul is essential to address the state's housing shortage and resulting homelessness crisis. Newsom had threatened to reject the state budget passed last Friday unless lawmakers overhauled the California Environmental Quality Act. The 1970s law requires strict examination of any new development for its impact on the environment. The governor and housing advocates maintain that the environmental rules were well-intentioned but put up bureaucratic roadblocks that have made it increasingly difficult to build housing in the state.
The first quarter of the 21st century has been, in a sense, a test of whether California — a state enormously blessed but enormously troubled …
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One of the most controversial housing bills of the year has lived to be voted upon another day, but only by surviving the Legislative equivale…
Overwhelmingly Californians rate the intertwined issues of housing supply, living costs and homelessness as the state’s most pressing issues, …
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In 2016, Half Moon Bay homeowner Bill Palmer encountered a dilemma familiar to millions of families as time goes on: How does a couple create …
