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With a housing crisis to solve, the state is expecting cities and counties to plan for more housing units, especially at lower income levels. Monterey County’s 12 cities and the county government must plan for 20,295 housing units between 2023…
More than 170,000 people are homeless in California. Some Democrats want to make the state the nation’s first to declare housing a human right with a state constitutional amendment, but opponents worry it would be costly.
All 12 of the cities in Monterey County plus the county government are in the process of updating their housing plans—referred to as housing elements—as required by the state of California. The deadline to submit completed draft elements is Dec.…
‘You small, pathetic man,’ Gavin Newsom wrote in a Twitter post suggesting he’d pursue criminal charges against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over recent migrant flights to Sacramento.
A new interpretation of an old law gives homebuilders leverage over California cities and their zoning codes. They’re using it to push through thousands of new apartments around the state.
A bill to tax Airbnb and other short-term rentals to fund affordable housing projects could be voted on by the Senate as soon as today. The proposal has revived the debate over Airbnb and its role in the housing crisis.
Last September, I recommended that if you’re interested in the future of housing in Monterey County and what your community will look like in the future, now is the time to get involved. Pam Marino here, with a reminder that…
Greenhouses, agricultural properties and homes are all mixed together in the unincorporated North County community of Royal Oaks. County officials say they discovered an illegal convergence of these things on the 1100 block of San Miguel Canyon Road, at Ruvalcaba…
Carmel Valley residents objecting to short-term vacation rentals in their community will have to wait longer for a resolution, after the Monterey County Board of Supervisors rejected an interim ordinance that would have temporarily restricted permits for such rentals in…
By almost any measure, the balance between advancing projects critical to California's future and environmental protection under the California Environmental Quality Act has been lost. The failure to reform CEQA is not for a lack of knowing what the solutions …
How stable is your housing? I know many Monterey County residents who answer that question negatively, because I get calls regularly from people who are either on the cusp of losing their housing or have already lost it.
Pajaro residents who were flooded out of their homes and businesses due to winter storms will not have to worry about facing evictions, after the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, March 28, voted 5-0 for an eviction moratorium…
Pam Marino here, remembering back in the 1980s and ‘90s there was a popular demonstration in the self-help world that was supposed to help you see how to prioritize your life and manage time. It consisted of rocks, pebbles and…
Shopping malls revolutionized how Americans shopped, socialized, and lived. Now, malls face an uncertain future. How did the dream of a new town square go so wrong?
America has become a mostly suburban country, and California is known for its sprawling ’burbs. But what is a suburb? It turns out California may not be as suburban as people believe.
PAJARO—A group of Pajaro neighbors has filed a lawsuit against a developer, the County of Monterey and its Board of Supervisors, challenging an agricultural workforce housing project in Pajaro that would place 45 units on Susan Street, a dead-end road …
The Carmel City Council issued a resounding “no” to fractional vacation home ownership in a 5-0 vote on Tuesday, Feb. 7. It was a major blow to the company Pacaso, an online company that purchased a home in Carmel after…
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County is beginning the process of updating a key document with a focus on planning for adequate housing at all income levels in the unincorporated areas of the county. As part of this project, the county …
For the second time in three years, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is considering building staff housing, an effort aimed at reducing turnover. Administrators say the high cost of living and lack of housing hinders the district’s efforts to…
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