Housing

The state ordered every city and county to plan for 2.5 million new homes by 2030. With the exception of just five jurisdictions, no one is on track to hit their numbers.

A bill to shield Altadena from two density-boosting housing laws is meant to let the town rebuild on its own terms. Some worry it could keep many homeowners from rebuilding at all.

A new proposal considers giving the powerful coastal commission more oversight over homes destroyed by natural disasters.

The final deal puts a stripped-down tax-cut measure to voters in November but doesn't touch real-estate transfer taxes.

A plan to set a $28 minimum wage for certain California homebuilders died when the influential trades union protested that it could undermine prevailing wage pay rates.

Los Angeles officials are fighting state housing reforms with a proposal that places the right type of housing in the wrong place. The city should instead be converting its aging housing stock.

Some Democrats are divided over a bill that would cap how much homeowners associations can raise fees each year.

California scored high on the economy, mental health and children and families, but low on its labor force, inequality and the environment in a research project comparing states.

An anti-tax backlash resulted in a November ballot measure that could hamstring the finances of every jurisdiction in California. Capitol leaders must strike a deal with proponents to pull it from the ballot.

This is just the latest spat between two rival construction unions over the future of California housing policy.