General Plans, mandated by the state and carried out by local counties, cities, and other municipalities, serve as a locality’s ‘constitution'.
Like the 33 million acres of forest in California, the nearly 15 million units of housing in the state are tended and managed with future generations in mind. Meet the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
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.
Zoning laws determine what can be built and where. These laws have shaped California, but are they really just tools for social engineering? The history of zoning is closely tied to racial segregation, as well as the state's shortage of …
California has some of the worst economic inequality in the United States. Is the housing crisis a cause?
As California insurance companies have revoked the fire policies of thousands of homeowners, the state has taken steps to get them covered again.
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We take a closer look at ambitious plans to build a new community of up to 400,000 residents in Solano County.
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Jan Sramek disavows techno-libertarian 'Network State,' explains why master-planned cities are All-American, and talks of his love for walkable communities.
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Unless California solves its housing crisis, the state will lose more congressional seats and could shift the political alignment of the whole country
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Despite predictions that the party on the West Coast is winding down, California’s population increased last year for the first time since 2020.
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Some of California’s top lawmakers want to clear up, but also rein in, the “builder’s remedy.”
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Prop 1 was designed to help unhoused people get off the streets by forcing them into treatment. That’s one reason it took two weeks of vote-counting to pass.
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Camp Resolution, a self-governed, city-sanctioned homeless encampment, was supposed to be a model for future sites. Now it’s under threat of prosecution.
