In the recurring legislative fight between affordable housing advocates and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown.

While it’s always been more expensive to be a homeowner in California, the gap between the rest of the country has widened into a chasm.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has, for reasons practical and political, shifted toward an increasingly aggressive effort to enforce the state's laws to promote affordable housing.

Cupertino’s present election cycle has brought more variations on the not-in-my-backyard hot takes the city’s become known for.

A recent column in the Mercury News listed the best and worst local decisions in the last 50 years. Here’s a few more to add to the pile.

To test the feasibility of a legal homeless camp in San Jose, Councilman Tam Nguyen will head to Portland to spend the night in a sanctioned settlement.

Public comments are the most impractical form of political communication ever devised by good government advocates.