Santa Clara County Land Use & Development Articles

Santa Clara County’s second largest city just got its housing plans approved by the state, kickstarting 45 programs to increase development and put a dent in the housing crisis.
After three rounds of review by the state’s Department of Housing …

San Jose officials have a daunting task of balancing the budget as they attempt to preserve city services with a $52.1 million shortfall.
The San Jose City Council unanimously approved Mayor Matt Mahan’s March budget message on Tuesday, but not …

The plan to turn a historic-yet-blighted downtown San Jose park into a major event venue as part of the city's revitalization plans faces a major delay.
After a four-year battle over a redesign of St. James Park between the city …

Santa Clara County officials may help finance San Jose’s multimillion-dollar safe parking efforts and set up more sites on unused public property for the region's homeless residents.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed on Tuesday to look into both possibilities …

A Campbell warehouse project is moving forward in a small industrial section of the city, despite neighbors’ insistence that it will create an eyesore in their backyards.
The Campbell City Council last Tuesday voted 3-2 to deny an appeal for …

The VTA megaproject to bring BART to downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, with a cost estimate that's already ballooned to more than two and a half times its original target, is now facing yet another increase and timeline delay. …

There’s a near constant cacophony of hammering, drilling and welding near the Great America Amtrak station as Santa Clara builds up its transit-oriented housing.
The Santa Clara City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a tentative map for another project along …

The Williamson Act, passed in 1965, now keeps more than 16 million acres of farmland out of the hands of developers. Here's how the law puts the brakes on the development of California agricultural properties.

The California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, is both the state’s signature environmental legislation, and is also often named as the villain in the state’s housing shortage. But the story may not be that simple.

In NYT’s “The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted,” we meet a man who wants to build a city in the middle of nowhere, and folks who are slowing him down.

How California’s 10 state conservancies buy up open land and shield it from developers to preserve the natural environment for public use.

California Forever, the company behind a proposed new city in Solano County, will submit a ballot measure seeking an exemption from local laws to allow development on the massive project to proceed.

Shangri-La Construction took loans against state-funded housing projects, moved money into other bank accounts and left projects unfinished.

The state has chosen who will build the 1,200 tiny homes Gov. Gavin Newsom promised the state’s homeless residents. But it remains to be seen when they will be built. Nearly a year ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to deploy …

The highest court in the land will soon decide how much leeway cities and counties have in offsetting new construction with fees to pay for infrastructure.

The El Dorado County case before the state's highest court about impact fees could have huge consequences for new housing construction in California.