High-Rise Condos, Apartments Burrow Into State's Housing Market
For more than twenty years, the quintessential formula for the Orange County business park has remained more or less the same: the high-rise office building that affords a good view and a sense of...
View ArticleHousing Element Process Delayed: Southern California, Bay Area Get 2-Year...
The next round of housing element updates will be delayed by two years for all of Southern California outside of San Diego County and for the Bay Area. The two-year postponement might be extended to...
View ArticleFederal Transportation Bill Provides Mixed Bag
President Bush’s signature on the federal transportation bill in August opened the spigot for $21.6 billion in federal money for California. The bill funds hundreds of specific projects, ranging from a...
View ArticlePreservationists, Residents Win And Lose In Conflict Over Venice Project
The Second District Court of Appeal has issued another ruling in the long-running controversy over the proposed demolition of a garden apartment complex in Venice. The latest ruling allowed both sides...
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling Buttresses State Enforcement Of Mining Rules
The director of the state Department of Conservation has standing to sue a local agency over mining and reclamation plans approved by the local agency, the state Supreme Court has ruled unanimously....
View ArticleSan Jose Plan Would Update Suburban Industrial District
The City of San Jose has adopted a plan that seeks to transform the north end of town from a suburban-style industrial park into a transit-oriented district featuring mid-rise office buildings, tens of...
View ArticleIn Brief: Water Rights Dispute At Lake Arrowhead
The latest news from around the state includes water rights dispute stunting growth around Lake Arrowhead...U.S. District Court judge has ordered two lawyers to pay up for racketeering lawsuit......
View ArticleEnergy Bill Doesn't End Controversy Over LNG Ports
After heavy lobbying by the energy industry, the federal government has inserted itself into California’s intensifying debate over proposals to build import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
View ArticleRare Agreement Reached Over Inclusionary Zoning
Few housing policies are as inherently controversial as inclusionary zoning — the requirement that market-rate home builders provide a certain percentage (usually 10% to 20%) of their new units for...
View ArticleLawmakers Threaten to Diminish Eminent Domain Authority
Fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision permitting use of eminent domain to aid private development continues to rain down on the state Capitol. With two weeks remaining before the...
View ArticleKing City 'Loan' For Downtown Development Remains Unresolved
An appellate court panel has overturned a lower court’s decision ordering Community Bank of Central California to return $4.4 million to King City. The city says the money was a deposit, and the city...
View ArticleSubdivision Approval Violated County General Plan, CEQA, Court Rules
Orange County’s approval of a controversial housing project in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains has been overturned by the Fourth District Court of Appeal. read more
View ArticleAnalysis Of Wal-Mart's Impact On Downtown Anderson Survives
A lawsuit challenging a Wal-Mart store on the grounds that it would create downtown urban decay was rejected by the Third District Court of Appeal. The court did rule, however, that the Central Valley...
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