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– California voters regularly name out-of-reach housing costs and homelessness as among the most important issues facing the state. Now lawmakers are calling their bluff. Next […]

Two state courts have ruled recently that the human noise created by future tenants in housing projects are a form of pollution that cities must address.

Two state courts have ruled recently that the human noise created by future tenants in housing projects are a form of pollution that cities must address.

A coalition of housing developers, unions, local governments and pro-housing groups want to lower that electoral bar for bonds and taxes that fund affordable housing

Last November, 59% of voters in Berkeley wanted to give the city permission to borrow $650 million to fund affordable housing. Two years earlier, 58% of San Diego voters supported a $900 million housing bond. Two years before that,

In this letters to the editor column, Almanac readers discuss the enormous development proposed for the old Sunset Magazine headquarters, raise questions about PG&E fees for solar panel connections and muse about the meaning of home.

On Thursday, August 3, the San Diego Planning Commission unanimously voted against Senate Bill 10. Although the Commission's vote is only a recommendation for the city council, Mayor Gloria's office confirmed after the vote that it will not be pushing for Senate Bill 10 to be part of the housing package going forward. Other elements…

On Thursday, August 3, the San Diego Planning Commission unanimously voted against Senate Bill 10. Although the Commission's vote is only a recommendation for the city council, Mayor Gloria's office confirmed after the vote that it will not be pushing for Senate Bill 10 to be part of the housing package going forward. Other elements…

California's inland cities face a rental crisis with up to 40% rent surges since the pandemic due to housing shortages.

Inland cities including Riverside, Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia no longer refuges from Californias affordable housing crisis.