Guest Perspectives What the new ADU rules mean for single-family lots By Anna Alekseyeva 5 hrs ago Nearly half — 48% — of all new housing units permitted in San Mateo County last year were accessory dwelling units. This is more the double th…
Local News Featured State warns Half Moon Bay violating housing law: City has a conditionally certified housing element and continues to work with California By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Updated Apr 22, 2026 Half Moon Bay is one of 15 cities across the state who’ve been issued a final warning for failing to meet housing standards, however, City Man…
Local News Featured San Mateo hitting housing goals By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated Mar 31, 2026 Less than two years after adopting its housing element and passing a consequential zoning update, San Mateo’s development pipeline has reached…
Local News Featured Mobile homes could make a comeback on the Peninsula By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Dec 29, 2025 Jaime Prieto and Migdal Ibarra have moved multiple times over the last several years, from the Peninsula to Manteca, Newark and back to San Ma…
Local News Featured ADUs are set to pop up on large developments By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated 15 hrs ago Peninsula apartment dwellers may start seeing small homes pop up around their buildings as developers take advantage of legislation that incen…
Local News Featured State wants Half Moon Bay to update its rules on housing growth By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Updated Feb 10, 2026 Half Moon Bay has gone nearly two years without an approved housing element for the 2023-31 cycle — and in the latest round of edits, the stat…
Local News Featured Liccardo wants to make ADUs easier for people to build By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Updated Dec 19, 2025 Accessory Dwelling Units — smaller, secondary housing units built onto existing homes and properties — have become a popular suggestion among …
Local News San Carlos inches toward housing goals
 By Ana Mata, Daily Journal staff Updated Mar 17, 2026 San Carlos granted building permits for 32 net housing units in 2024, all in the market rate category, inching slowly toward its development g…
State ‘Limited to no impact’ By Ben Christopher CalMattersUpdated Apr 10, 2025 One California law was supposed to flip defunct strip malls across California into apartment-lined corridors.
Local News Featured Foster City keeps prevailing wage for ADUs By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated Mar 20, 2025 An in-progress accessory dwelling unit program in Foster City could boost housing production, but there are mixed opinions on whether a prevai…