Monday Morning Thoughts: Charter City Is Probably Not a Mechanism to Avoid State Housing Laws
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Can Cities Avoid Housing Laws By Going Charter? Article Suggests Don’t…
AG Files Notice of Appeal to Overturn Superior Court Decision on Senate Bill 9
Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – AG Rob Bonta this week filed a notice of appeal to reverse a judgment by the Los…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Affordable Housing Note, Plus a Significant Change to CEQA through the Courts?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Follow-Up Note on Affordable Housing A note of clarification on the…
Assembly Committee Advances Bill to Strengthen Housing Law Enforcement
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee passed Senator Scott…
Civil Rights Department Supports Reduction of Barriers to Housing for People with Criminal Records
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) became the second major…
AG Bonta Supports Biden Administration Efforts to Reduce Barriers to Affordable Housing for Justice-Involved Individuals
Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta submitted a comment…
Cal Supreme Court Allows People’s Park Project to Move Forward in Berkeley
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – On Thursday, the California Supreme Court issued a…
Majority of Voters Support Affordable Housing Bond on November Ballot
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Earlier this spring, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ office released the result…
Senate Passes Bill to Boost Housing Production in the Coastal Zone
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – On Tuesday, the California Senate passed SB 951, which would…
Senate Passes Bill to Boost Housing Production
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – On Monday, the California Senate passed SB 937, which would…
California Secures Order Holding Huntington Beach Accountable for Flouting Housing Element Laws
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin…
Little Hoover Commission Recommends Preserving but Reforming CEQA
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor While the Little Hoover Commission believes that CEQA (California Environmental Quality…
Golden Together Releases New White Paper on Transforming California’s Business Climate
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento – Golden Together, a 501(c)(4) dedicated to revitalizing the California Dream led…
Guest Commentary: California Needs to Lower Housing Costs
By Louis Mirante Thanks to a recent blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court ruling on excessive and often arbitrary…
Bill to Strengthen Housing Law Enforcement Advances
By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 1037, authored by…
State Reaches Agreement with Malibu on Compliance with State’s Housing Element Law
Malibu to update housing plan by September 2024 for development of 79 additional housing units By Vanguard…
California Recognizes 10 More Prohousing Communities
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – California is recognizing 10 more communities for accelerating housing production,…
Governor Newsom Announces More Funding to Move People out of Encampments; Wraps Homelessness into RHNA Process
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – On Thursday, Governor Newsom announced at a press…
Students Are Taking the Housing Crisis Into Their Own Hands
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Last week, the Student HOMES Coalition held a…
Legislation to Modernize Builder’s Remedy, Encourage Cities to Plan for the Future, and Facilitate Housing for All
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Legislation that would facilitate the construction of housing in cities…
