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Cheers for easy voting in California and Measure HLA in Los Angeles, plus more from the week in Opinion.

A collection of studies published in the latest issue of Cityscape confirms that zoning and other land-use reforms increase the supply of housing.

The newest edition of Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research presents two symposia sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The first features research on housing challenges faced by individuals exiting incarceration and programs to help them. The second examines recent changes in zoning. Symposium: Reentry Housing After Jail or Prison Guest editor Calvin C.Johnson introduces the symposium on reentry and housing. The articles in this issue pro...

Los Altos Hills plans to continue its original housing element strategy for its sites inventory, aiming to avoid rezoning residential areas for multifamily housing.

Consultants from the Los Altos Hills team preparing the town’s housing element document presented a list of potential sites for new housing at a joint meeting of the Planning Commission

Members of the Los Altos Hills City Council and Planning Commission last week learned rezoning may be the only option to reach state housing requirements in the town’s next planning