Bay Area
energy
As rooftop solar debate flares, builders, landlords, and renter advocates are taking sides
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The California Public Utilities Commission may gut the payments to owners of solar panels on apartment buildings.wildfires
Can this plan fix California’s insurance crisis? What you need to know
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Insurers would return to wildfire zones, but would have an easier path to rate increases.Housing
How California lawmakers greenlit ‘any flavor of affordable housing you could possibly want’
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A patchwork of bills are giving housing developers and local governments more options to reduce red tape for housing projects.Housing
Making borrowing easier: Amendment to state constitution could unlock billions of dollars for California housing
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An effort to lower the approval threshold for municipal bond measures would drastically alter the landscape for local government housing projects.Housing
California could borrow a record-breaking $35 billion to tackle the housing crisis. Will voters go along?
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Three of the biggest housing bonds in state history are bound for the 2024 ballot.Housing
Some of California’s ‘cheapest’ cities have seen the biggest rent hikes
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A surge in new inland residents that began in the pandemic has upended local housing markets.Housing
How the ‘builder’s remedy’ law has helped developers build more homes, faster
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A new interpretation of a 1990 law gives homebuilders leverage over California cities and their zoning codes.Housing
California is losing population and building new houses
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There are now more homes per person than there have been since at least 1991.Housing
