Santa Clara County Local News: Land Use & Development

Santa Clara County may need an abundance of lawn mowers if artificial turf is banned on public playing fields.

Cupertino is inches away from securing approval of its state-mandated housing plan more than a year past the deadline — and following a legal battle due to its noncompliance.

Construction began this week on the City of Gilroy’s grant-funded makeover of Gourmet Alley in the downtown, and some business and property owners are concerned about the possible impact the work will have on their operations.

Cupertino pickleballers are fed up with having to share city courts with tennis players — but a solution might be coming.

Cupertino officials had hoped to see revenues funneling in from two hotels — instead they found themselves approving permit extensions.

Even though Campbell has failed to meet its housing requirements over the years, this time around the city plans to construct thousands of new homes in its growing community.

Nearly all the cities in Santa Clara County — including San Jose — are moving so slow in meeting state housing goals that hitting the numbers looks like a pipe dream, a data analysis by San José Spotlight shows.

Some of California’s top lawmakers want to clear up, but also rein in, the “builder’s remedy.”