A bill to promote the construction of social housing — publicly backed multifamily dwellings to house people from all walks of life — was also introduced.

The committees will focus on early childcare costs, housing finance and affordability, gas prices, and CalFresh enrollment.

If approved, housing projects in an infill, urbanized area that meet local zoning standards and are under 20 acres would be ...

AB-609 would make environmental impact reports a thing of the past for most new housing projects across the state.

Tech platforms have captured the advertising profits that once sustained community newsrooms. Google was just found to have ...

A bill that would add a black box warning to social media home screens moved forward in the California Legislature Tuesday, ...

Authored by Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), AB 1340 would allow drivers to create a union and negotiate contracts with industry leaders like Uber and Lyft. “All ...

The California Environmental Quality Act has required projects to identify impacts and solutions for 55 years. Some housing ...

In February, a revolutionary housing bill was introduced in the California State Assembly.  Assembly Bill 609 will ...

But this year, lawmakers are proposing the most sweeping reforms yet. A bill by Oakland Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, AB 609, would exempt most housing built in existing neighborhoods from required ...