Yolo County Land Use & Development Digest

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

In their April 1 meeting, the Davis City Council heard ominous warnings from Davis Joint Unified School District Superintendent Best about consequences of not building more housing as soon as possible.

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.

A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a new pavilion at Woodland Regional Park Preserve was held on March 25, with special honors paid to the Woodland Sunrise Rotary Club and other contributing Rotary clubs.

Topics of the conversation include affordable housing, homelessness and loss of federal funding.

A number of bills are making their way through the state legislature with the goal of reducing red tape and fast tracking construction of new housing.

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

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

Finding a previous location unsuitable, the Woodland City Council is working with the Yolo Transportation District to identify an alternate location. Read on for details.

Read on to learn more about a Davis City Council approved study into the feasibility of redevelopment of the city corporation yard into housing.

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.

Read on for more information about the 50 trees planted by Woodland Tree Foundation volunteers along just opened County Road 25A on March 15.

Read on to learn more about recent Davis City Council resource and budget considerations of how the city conducts homeless encampment cleanups and addresses public safety issues.

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.

Read on to learn the story behind the Army Corps of Engineers abrupt release of billions of gallons of water from two California dams despite pushback from water managers and state elected officials.

Construction of the Walnut Park Library in Davis will commence with a groundbreaking on April 18. Read on to learn more about this project.

From pushing for oversight of the FAIR Plan to providing tax breaks for premiums, California lawmakers try to fix insurance market problems.

It’s legal in California to evict tenants for nonpayment even when they can pay all their overdue rent. A proposal pending in the Legislature seeks to change that.

According to the just released City of Davis Housing Element Annual Progress Report, the city is falling behind in construction of affordable housing across multiple categories. Read on for a summary of the report.

Read on for details about a Sacramento Area Council of Governments presentation to the Davis City Council about the long term land use and transportation "Blueprint 2050" for the Capitol Region.

This appears to be the first such injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court let cities crack down on homeless encampments in California and beyond.

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

Read on to learn what 225 Davis residents who participated in 13 community conversations had to say.

The governor has proposed spending climate bond money dedicated to wildfire mitigation in various ways. Some lawmakers think a focused strategy would be more effective.

Ricardo Lara said he will look at information provided by State Farm before revisiting his previous decision to reject the company’s emergency rate hike.

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.

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.

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.

Read on for details about the $100 million Segundo Infill Housing Project to build new student housing in the northwest portion of the UC Davis campus.