Governor Gavin Newsom has issued a final warning to 15 cities and counties across California for failing to comply with state housing laws, giving them 30 days to respond or face potential legal action.
YIMBY Law is appealing a Marin County Superior Court decision that upheld Sausalito’s Housing Element, arguing that the ruling leaves unresolved a key legal question about whether Housing Elements must undergo environmental review under state law.
California has quietly shifted its housing policy over the past five years to favor housing production, with CEQA reform, SB 423’s continued streamlining, Prohousing incentives, and an empowered HCD now working to strip away red tape and encourage more housing production.
The Town of Los Gatos is attempting to block two housing projects by using a legal technicality, but housing advocates argue that the state’s housing laws are working as intended to force housing forward and that the town’s actions are a desperate attempt to delay the projects.
The City of Davis must make urgent and far-reaching decisions in its general plan update to address housing shortages, job and transportation mismatches, and the growing effects of climate change, while balancing growth with the protection of agricultural land and open space.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement that will allow a long-stalled affordable housing project in Goleta to move forward, following a ruling by the Santa Barbara County Superior Court siding with the Attorney General and the developer against the city’s refusal to process a revised application for the project.