Santa Clara County Housing Digest

As the first tenants move into recently completed staff housing, the Mountain View Wiseman board considered tough choices about how to allocate funds for the project and other needs in a two and a half hour meeting on March 6. Read on for details.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to see tangible results from the $6.4 billion mental health bond voters approved last year. Moving fast carries a risk of neglecting under-resourced communities.

Read on to learn more about the area on San Antonio Road being eyed by the City of Palo Alto for 2,000 new housing units.

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

A "transit village" of several units of housing is being proposed near Tamien Station in San Jose. Read on for details.

In their March 3 meeting, the Palo Alto City Council approved changes to zoning ordinances to encourage housing in commercial areas. Read on for details.

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 more about a 500+ apartment project proposed for 3896 Stevens Creek Boulevard currently moving through the San Jose planning process

Read on for details about the default of a proposed 708-unit downtown San Jose housing highrise, and what comes next.

Read on for details about a report on the 2-year Yolo County Basic Income Program which ended in April 2024.

Read on to learn more about the proposed development of 596 units of housing in the Twin Oaks area of Los Alto Hills.

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.

The Planning Commission for the City of Mountain View is considering how to update city zoning codes to spur development of higher density housing. Read on to learn what they're thinking about.

Plans for a housing development near Japantown have changed, with the number of affordable apartments being significantly reduced. The San Jose Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday, with Commissioners Melissa Bickford and Pierluigi Oliverio absent, to recommend the City Council approve a 7-story, 118-home multifamily apartment complex with six affordable homes instead of 18 as initially proposed.

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 timing could not have been better — or worse.

More than 100 homes could displace a longstanding, landmark hotel in Los Gatos. The Los Gatos Planning Commission unanimously recommended a proposed 155-townhome development Wednesday that would replace the Los Gatos Lodge.

Against the recommendation of his staff experts, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara denied a request from State Farm to green light “emergency” rate increases for insurance policy holders.

In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, State Farm asked for an “emergency” premium increase of 22% on average for California homeowners. Lara today denied the request pending more information.

Read on to learn more about planned zoning changes in Mountain View to advance housing growth goals, and the concerns about possible adverse effects on small businesses.

In their February 10 meeting, the Palo Alto City Council unanimously approved a teacher housing development on El Camino Real. Read on for more information about the project and why its so controversial.

State Farm, which already has rate increase requests pending, asked state officials to approve more insurance price increases.

Read on to learn about the obstacles encountered by residents trying to rebuild in the aftermath of 2020's CZU Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Read on for information about the new Clara District under development near Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

Read on for more information about the development of a new neighborhood of over 1,000 homes to begin construction in North San Jose.

In their January 28 meeting, the Mountain View City Council approved new mobile home park rent control rules. Read on to learn what's changed.

A 260-unit affordable housing project is in the works for Berryessa Road in San Jose. Read on for more information.

Damages in the ongoing Southern California wildfires are topping $250 billion, on track for the costliest disaster in US history. Read on to learn more.

A look at how the rebuilding effort is going in the California town of Paradise, wiped out in a 2018 fire, and how it offers insights for the tough road ahead for residents in neighborhoods destroyed in the fires of Southern California.

In their January 21 meeting, the Palo Alto City Council approved moving forward with a seven-story all-affordable apartment development on a Lytton Avenue parking lot. Read on to learn more.

Two year after the state deadline, Santa Clara County is close to a final, compliant, General Plan housing element. Read on to learn the latest.