California legislators had a goal for 2025: try to lower the state’s lofty housing prices by making it easier to build apartments and other homes. With the help of Gov. Gavin Newsom, they rammed ...

California’s housing crisis has intensified under Gov. Gavin Newsom as the state struggles to keep pace with soaring demand, rising rents and deepening homelessness in its largest cities. On ...

It had been several days since a California housing agency announced it was funding housing developments across the state, but Linda Mandolini was still excited. Her organization, Eden Housing, ...

For decades, the California Environmental Quality Act has been one of the most significant hurdles to housing and infrastructure in the state. While originally designed to protect the environment, the ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed several housing bills into law that are intended to streamline the building of new dwellings and tackle the state’s housing crisis. Among the bills signed ...

(KRON) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill into law intended to streamline the building of more housing near public transit on a statewide basis. The bill, Senate Bill 79 (SB79), ...

In a catastrophic miscalculation that exposes his continued attachment to failure, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 255 on Oct. 1. It was a bipartisan measure designed to expand ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom is signing a bill that would allow for more homes to be built near transit stations, in an effort to address California's high housing costs. In a statement Friday, the governor said ...

Bone-colored bluffs and jagged cliffs line the Monterey shoreline where chalky sand meets redwoods. Its rugged coastline, including beloved destinations such as Big Sur, is well-known California ...

Three new pro-development appointees at the powerful Coastal Commission are trying to remedy its poor reputation among housing activists and Democratic leaders. Why now: In a push to address the state ...

Bone-colored bluffs and jagged cliffs line the Monterey shoreline where chalky sand meets redwoods. Its rugged coastline, including beloved destinations such as Big Sur, is well-known California ...