Statewide Region Local News: Land Use & Development

Zoning laws create segregation, inequality and unsustainability. So why do we keep them?

Developers use a loophole to push through thousands of new apartments.

Ezra Klein talks to state Sen. Scott Wiener about why progressive policies have failed in a state with no Republicans in power.

By almost any measure, the balance between advancing projects critical to California's future and environmental protection under the California Environmental Quality Act has been lost. The failure to reform CEQA is not for a lack of knowing what the solutions are.

A new Assembly committee looks to undo the harm wrought during the rampant highway construction of the ’50s and ’60s.

How the mall helped define the landscape of California, and the country.

Developers are no longer required to include parking with many new housing projects.

Curbside recycling, biking to work, building greener—it’s all part of EA’s fight against the climate crisis.

Three-year-old law attempts to remove local politics from affordable housing development.

What’s a LAFCO? That’s the odd-sounding acronym for the independent boards that get a grip on suburban sprawl and government inefficiency.

What is California’s Forest Management Task Force and what does it do?