Housing
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Public Comment Period on Dorset Village Extended After Questions Arise
The original comment period straddled Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa before closing on December 27.
January 16, 2020
Housing at Transit: Berkeley Moves to Comply with New State Zoning Law
Step one: creating a Memorandum of Understanding between BART and Berkeley so they can work together. The MOU will guide Berkeley's accelerated rezoning of these two parcels.
December 12, 2019
Revised Crenshaw Housing Project Still Has Affordability Concerns
Is a project meant to serve as the gateway to a historic Black corridor reserving enough space for the people that make it so special?
November 20, 2019
City Council Unanimously Approves HHH Funding, Including Chatsworth Supportive Housing
Councilmember John Lee had pushed to postpone a Chatsworth housing project, but voted in favor today
October 16, 2019
L.A. Leaders Celebrate Passage of A.B. 1197 to Speed Homeless Housing
A.B. 1197 makes Los Angeles emergency homeless shelters and supportive housing projects exempt from California Environmental Quality Act
October 3, 2019
Fix the City Files Lawsuit Against L.A.’s Transit Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Incentives
The nimby lawsuit alleges that the city approved affordable housing incentives improperly, and that guidelines exceed what voters approved in Measure JJJ
September 5, 2019
Bay Area Legislators Talk About Housing Legislation at the Capitol
All the panelists have been working on housing issues for years. "Things are changing," they say, albeit slowly.
July 17, 2019
Oregon Blocks Single-Family Zoning
The Oregon legislature passed a bill striking low-density zoning in large cities on Sunday, a move that helps create transit-oriented development.
July 2, 2019
HOPE Converts Long Beach Parcel to Affordable Housing for Adults with Disabilities
In Long Beach, on Redondo Avenue between First Street and Broadway, a parcel has been converted to a five-unit affordable housing complex specifically for adults with developmental disabilities
June 26, 2019
Plenty of Housing Bills Are Still in Play
Senator Scott Wiener's S.B. 50, the bill that would have allowed denser housing to be built near transit, has been put on ice for now, but it was only one housing bill among many. Over 200 housing bills had been introduced during this legislative session, and there are still enough of those moving through the process to produce confusion on the part of hapless reporters who might be trying to keep track.
May 28, 2019
