California Department of Housing and Community Development
California Sues Costa Mesa, Ridgecrest and Calexico in Five-City Housing Element Crackdown
California’s housing regulators dragged three Southern California cities into court over long-overdue housing plans, part of a five-city enforcement sweep that puts local...
San Diego Phases In SB 79, Unlocking Six-Story Housing Near Transit as First Maps Reveal Winners and Holdouts
As California’s landmark transit-density law took effect on July 1, San Diego released its first maps identifying the neighborhoods where five- and six-story...
Huntington Beach Adopts Court-Ordered Housing Element Zoning for 13,000 Units After $170,000 in Fines
After exhausting its appeals at the state and federal level and watching the meter run on monthly penalties, the Huntington Beach City Council...
Los Angeles Mounts Three-Front Resistance to SB 79, Pushing Compliance to 2030
City Council’s Alternative Plan, an LA Metro Board exemption push, and a pending Senate carve-out bill combine to delay California’s flagship transit housing...
San Diego Caps SB 79 Reach to One-Mile Transit Radius as Statewide Upzoning Law Hits July 1
City Council’s unanimous vote defers stop-by-stop classification to SANDAG while phasing in exemptions for fire, flood, historic and low-resource areas. California’s most aggressive...
Backyard Units Pull Even with Single-Family Homes in Orange County Building Race
Permit data shows accessory dwelling units have closed the gap with traditional houses as soaring land costs and looser state rules redraw the...
Community Corp. Breaks Ground on 95-Unit Jubilo Village in Culver City After Seven-Year Push
Westside nonprofit developer secures $20 million city loan and state tax credits to deliver Culver City’s first fully affordable project in more than...
Los Angeles Breaks Ground on 51-Bed Sierra Vista Tiny Home Village in East Hollywood Backed by $33MM State Grant
Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez launched construction on an East Hollywood interim housing site that divides neighbors even as the city...
OC Supervisors Clear 181-Unit Saddleback Meadows Project in Trabuco Canyon After Denying Conservationist Appeal
California Quartet’s long-stalled foothills development overcomes wildfire and environmental challenges as supervisors rule prior approvals are legally locked in. Orange County’s Board of...
Millennium Partners Trims Beverly Hills Tower to 211 Units, Doubles Affordable Set-Aside Under AB 2011
New York developer abandons discretionary entitlement track for ministerial approval, betting that state housing law clears a faster path through one of California’s...
San Diego Council Backs State Bill Shielding 28 Acres of Mission Bay Commercial Sites From Housing Mandate
Unanimous endorsement of AB 2525 escalates a yearlong fight over whether California’s Surplus Land Act can reach into a dedicated public park to...
Entitled Beverly Hills High-Rise Site Hits Market With No Height Limit for Luxury Hotel and Residences Tower
The approximately half-acre parcel carries entitlements for up to 311,000 square feet of mixed-use development with no height restriction, positioned directly across from...
