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California's most significant attempt to supercharge dense homebuilding is closer than ever to passage. Why it matters: The ...
State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill to legalize mid-rise apartments around major transit stops squeezed through the state Senate ...
In the Bay Area, the bill would allow six-story residential buildings to be built within a half-mile of all BART and Caltrain ...
SB 79, a bill authored by Senator Scott Wiener, aims to legalize mid-rise housing near transit stops and on land owned by ...
Two bills endorsed by Gov. Gavin Newsom would be the most transformative changes to the California Environmental Quality Act ...
The U.S. Senate voted to overturn California's strict vehicle emissions standards, which were set to gradually phase out new ...
In the aftermath of the L.A. wildfires, advocates for natural building techniques argue that materials like ... to more than $100,000 (for a typical 2,000-square-foot home in California). Some of ...
Across Los Angeles, rent hikes have led to fewer bus and train riders in an example of how California’s housing crisis is ...
Targeting investors would not make single-family homes more accessible to first-time buyers but would erode the ...
Lawmakers in the California Senate plan to probe reports of a potential settlement between Hollywood giant Paramount and President Trump in connection with his ongoing lawsuit against CBS News.
It’s no secret that the high cost of housing in this county and throughout the state is not helped by local permitting policies and the many tacked-on fees new developments have faced, ...
State leaders bowed to environmentalists and unions when they deep-sixed legislation aiming to lower construction costs.