Gov. Gavin Newsom’s infrastructure plan could shorten construction of bridges, broadband, water projects and highway maintenance by three years and save the state millions of dollars. At the center of the plan is the polarizing California Environmental Quality Act.
Liam Dillon
Posted inCoast Life
Crude emails reveal nasty side of a California beach city’s crusade to halt growth
Bill Brand, the mayor of Redondo Beach, has amassed power on a slow-growth platform. Now, a series of emails involving him and supporters are heightening criticism about their tactics.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
California voters to decide on repeal of anti-public housing measure in 2024
The measure will ask voters to do away with Article 34 of the California Constitution, which requires voter approval before public housing is built in a community. Passed in 1950, the provision stymied low-income housing construction in California for decades and continues today to add to the cost and uncertainty of building affordable housing.
Posted inLatest News
Firefighters face punishing weather conditions in battle against Oak fire, raging near Yosemite
The Oak fire near Yosemite has grown to more than 15,000 acres, making it California’s largest blaze so far this season and prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency for Mariposa County.
Posted inEnvironment
‘Like Godzilla over my house’: Residents recount terrifying moments as Oak fire rages
Here’s what it’s like to live in the path of Oak fire near Yosemite, California’s biggest blaze of the year.
Posted inEnvironment
Does California have enough water for lots of new homes? Yes, experts say
California officials have increasingly strict rules on water usage during the latest drought. But they also have plans to allow for more homebuilding. Will there be enough water for new residents?
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Even freeways that don’t get built leave a scar. How one Bay Area city is healing
After decades, hundreds of homes in the Bay Area became available when a freeway project was abandoned. What happened?
Posted inHousing & Development
Wealthy town has an answer against building affordable housing: Mountain lions
The wealthy Silicon Valley suburb of Woodside is trying to block Senate Bill 9, a new state law allowing duplexes on single-family home lots, by declaring itself a mountain lion habitat.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Proposed state law seeks to ban freeway expansions in underserved communities
A California legislator has proposed blocking state funding and permits for freeway expansions in poor and polluted neighborhoods.
Posted inHousing & Development
Some California cities aim to blunt new duplex law
Some cities in California want to put restrictions on Senate Bill 9, a new law that aims to increase development in single-family home neighborhoods.