The proposal would allow groups to bypass local zoning laws and California’s landmark environmental review process.

The governor threw communities into disarray two weeks ago by withholding $1 billion in homelessness funding for plans he saw as unambitious. Local officials said this discouraged ambitious programs. Now Newsom is yielding.

Newsom campaigned on housing production, an issue important to many Californians. But despite some accomplishments, the housing crisis is worse now than when he took office.

Community engagement will include a series of public meetings hosted between July and September, which began with the first workshop today, July 6.

Loan arrangement aims to help increase housing opportunities across the Bay Area.

The city voted for its first directly elected mayor as well as its first Muslim-South Asian and openly queer councilors.

Hundreds packed into the Santa Clara Convention Center to hear from politicos and business leaders Friday.

D3 Councilor Raul Peralez called it “more than disappointing” that a feasibility study on the fee faces yet another several-month delay.

A landmark law designed to protect California’s environment has enabled profiteers to hold up critical projects.