State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill to legalize mid-rise apartments around major transit stops squeezed through the state Senate ...

California's most significant attempt to supercharge dense homebuilding is closer than ever to passage. Why it matters: The ...

SB 79, a bill authored by Senator Scott Wiener, aims to legalize mid-rise housing near transit stops and on land owned by ...

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, the Abundant & Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, has been passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee and is now ...

The California Senate appeared to double down on making housing development more difficult and costly, shunting a bill aimed ...

The Republican-led Senate moved Wednesday to overturn key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle ...

A bill recently introduced in the California State Senate would have imposed a tax on commercial buildings that have prolonged vacancies, but has been rewritten after facing strong opposition.

But on the whole, the California building code would be set on cruise ... Now it heads to the state Senate. Such smooth legislative sailing notwithstanding, plenty of environmental advocates ...