Santa Clara County Land Use & Development Digest

Following several years of effort, the Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaborative announced the completion of wildfire mitigations and forest health treatment to over 1,000 acres of open space in Los Gatos and Saratoga.

In their April 8 meeting, the Mountain View City Council approved a seven-story 80-unit condo development project on Tyrella Avenue submitted under the "builders' remedy" provision in state housing law.

Two lawsuits have been filed against the City of Cupertino alleging violations of state housing laws in the denial of several building projects.

A six-story 100-unit condominium development has been proposed for construction on an empty parcel on El Camino Real in Palo Alto.

The Delta faces a funding crisis to repair and maintain an aging network of 1,100 miles of levees. These earthen berms, mostly on private land, could rupture and endanger half a million people and flood thousands of acres of farmland.

It's now easier and faster to launch a small business or build a home in Mountain View.

A 174-unit affordable apartment project is being proposed for downtown San Jose on an empty parcel on The Alameda.

A look at the three-story 204-unit transitional housing built on what was once a homeless encampment hotspot in San Jose's Branham Lane and Monterey Road neighborhood.

Work is underway on a 1.4-mile section of California Street in Mountain View to increase pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments

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.

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

A look at the Geng Road safe parking facility in Palo Alto.

In their March 25 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council approved the 1,792-unit Santa Clara Park housing project.

The first all-affordable housing development in Los Altos is set to break ground and begin construction this summer.

Seeking to restrict growth, Los Altos Hills is exploring amendments to its housing element.

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

In their March 20 meeting, the Mountain View Whisman school board approved $29 million for the purchase of the land upon which it built its 144-unit teacher housing project. Read on for details.

Read on for details behind the new infrastructure and service deal between the City of San Jose and PG&E.

Read on for more information about the proposed CityView project to build a housing highrise, new retail, and reconfigure an office building in downtown San Jose.

Read on for the options to redevelop Moffett Boulevard under consideration by officials in Mountain View.

Read on to learn more about a fee waiver incentive program being applied to a large multifamily project underway near Penitencia Creelk in San Jose.

Read on for details about the proposal to build housing adjacent to data centers in branded as a transformation of downtown San Jose into a "green energy hub."

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.

In their March 11 meeting, the Los Altos City Council voted to proceed with the library courtyard project despite concerns about the impact on the adjacent Los Altos Heritage Orchard.

The City of Mountain View is considering options for building multifamily affordable housing on parcels south of El Camino Real. Read on for details.

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.

In their March 13 meeting, the Mountain View City Council approved the Magnussen Toyota plan to build a new 40,000 square foot auto center on Old Middlefield Way. Read on to learn more about the project, and why it's moving forward over objection of nearby residents.

It's been a frustrating multi-year process of getting a 66-unit mixed-use development through the Palo Alto planning commission, and the developers might choose the builder's remedy solution. Read on to learn more.

Read on to learn about the seven-story builder's remedy project advancing through the Mountain View planning department and heading to the City Council for a final vote.

Read on to learn why environmentalists and nearby residents are concerned that rapid development in the Ravenswood Business District in Palo Alto will fail to properly address contamination in known toxic sites.