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Bay Area

Gavin Newsom signs law overhauling local zoning to build more housing

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | October 10, 2025
After weeks of waiting, California’s governor signed a bill that will allow mid-rise apartment buildings near major transit stops in California’s biggest metro areas.
Housing

Why this wealthy Bay Area suburb is at the center of the next big fight over California housing

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | October 10, 2025
Cities across the state have reason to watch and see how things play out.
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Why figuring out how many homes California needs is more art than science

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | September 26, 2025
56,000 or 2.7 million or 840,000: Why is one of California’s most pressing policy problems so hard to measure?
Housing

California Legislature overrides local zoning to boost transit-oriented development

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | September 12, 2025
California lawmakers just laid the groundwork for a highly targeted building boom.
Bay Area

Breakthrough on California housing could put taller buildings in single-family neighborhoods

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | September 5, 2025
A powerful California construction union is no longer fighting a bill that would ease barriers to the construction of tall apartment buildings near transit stations.
Bay Area

California affordable housing programs are on the chopping block after Supreme Court ruling

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | August 2, 2025
Many California cities require homebuilders to create affordable housing or pay fees to support construction of those units.
Housing

So many reasons to stay put: What’s behind California’s frozen housing market?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | July 28, 2025
The cost of moving in California is steep.
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California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | July 11, 2025
You might wonder what took so long.
Bay Area

Newsom picks more housing over CEQA in backing two bills meant to speed construction

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | May 14, 2025
This isn’t the first time the governor has weighed in on the landmark environmental law.
Housing

Welcome to the first fire-resistant neighborhood. Now what about the rest of California?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | April 30, 2025
This is the first time the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety plans to give its stamp of approval to an entire neighborhood.
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