Sacramento County Land Use & Development Digest

A handful of legislators rallied near the state Capitol Thursday to promote what they’re calling an “extremely unsexy,” but important, bipartisan bill package intended to put California’s housing development into overdrive.

Plans include 95 single-family homes and 115 affordable apartments on Fong Ranch Road in South Natomas.

The question about where to park in midtown Sacramento when going to a show at the new Channel 24 event venue has been answered.

A number of bills are making their way through the state legislature with the goal of reducing red tape and fast tracking construction of new housing.

In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown.

CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps. Different colors come with different rules.

Read on to learn more about the vote by the Elk Grove City Council to exempt outdoor dining areas from development fees in a bid to attract more restaurants, breweries and wineries.

Ground was broken on the massive Kaiser Permanente’s Railyards Medical Center in Sacramento. Read on for details about the size of the development and the number of jobs it will generate.

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built in high-danger fire areas.

Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour in, while development continues. Funding has shifted in focus to tourism and traffic projects, while money spent directly on fixing the lake has declined.

Representatives from the company managing the new Channel 24 events venue in midtown Sacramento will be holding a community meeting on March 26 to address neighbor concerns over transportation and parking. Read on to learn how to attend.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said today he will grant State Farm’s request to raise home insurance premiums by 22% on average if the company agrees to certain conditions — and wins approval at a public rate hearing next month.

Read on to learn the story behind the Army Corps of Engineers abrupt release of billions of gallons of water from two California dams despite pushback from water managers and state elected officials.

A vacant parcel owned by the City of Sacramento in North previously planned for a community center may instead be sold for development of affordable housing. Read on for details.

Read on to learn details about wildfire severity zones in Sacramento County according to the recently updated Cal Fire wildfire hazard maps.

Among other issues, there's not always enough office space for state workers ordered back to the office by Governor Newsom. Read on for details.

From pushing for oversight of the FAIR Plan to providing tax breaks for premiums, California lawmakers try to fix insurance market problems.

It’s legal in California to evict tenants for nonpayment even when they can pay all their overdue rent. A proposal pending in the Legislature seeks to change that.

This appears to be the first such injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court let cities crack down on homeless encampments in California and beyond.

Oakland Democrat Buffy Wicks said lawmakers will soon see 20 bills to speed up housing construction, along with more on energy, water and transit.

The governor has proposed spending climate bond money dedicated to wildfire mitigation in various ways. Some lawmakers think a focused strategy would be more effective.

Against a backdrop of system-wide budget cutting, Sacramento State officials are considering revenue generating options for the planned downtown Sacramento campus to help offset costs. Read on to learn more about what's on the table.

Ricardo Lara said he will look at information provided by State Farm before revisiting his previous decision to reject the company’s emergency rate hike.

Feather River College is still reeling from the 2021 Dixie Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes in the surrounding community and warped the housing market. The college is one of many schools that have tried — and failed — to secure state grants to build more student housing.

Each year, legislation aimed at better wildfire mitigation fails – often due to cost or conflict with environmental regulations.

Read on to learn what was discussed at Sacramento's annual State of Downtown event held on February 25.

A passel of recent California laws were supposed to supercharge the construction of desperately needed housing. According to YIMBY Law, they haven’t even come close.

Read on to learn more about Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento and the seven local families who recently took ownership of the houses they helped build.

In a dispute over whether he can convert his three-story condominium’s garage into its own ground-floor apartment, one Carlsbad resident is waging a battle against his homeowners association.

The first phase of the $1.5 billion Aggie Square development in Sacramento is almost complete, with a ribbon cutting ceremony planned for early May. Read on to learn more about this project.

The timing could not have been better — or worse.

In the days and weeks following the January Los Angeles County wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his office moved quickly to manage the response and begin recovery efforts after the blazes were contained. Since then, the governor has been singularly focused on the region, describing his approach as “an extended period of engagement” with L.A. during a press conference in Altadena last week.