Ben Christopher
CalMatters-
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would pause updates to state housing standards. Is the building code to blame for California’s housing crisis? -
In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown. -
CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps. Different colors come with different rules. -
A passel of recent California laws were supposed to supercharge the construction of desperately needed housing. According to YIMBY Law, they haven’t even come close. -
Scrambling to respond to the Trump administration’s late Monday night directive to pause a wide, but as-yet-unspecified, swath of federal spending programs, California’s Democratic elected officials and agency heads offered two consistent responses today: -
California sued Donald Trump 123 times during his first presidency. Trump lost about two-thirds of cases filed against his administration, but that doesn’t guarantee the same results this time around. -
LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis. -
Is she on track to be the first Democratic president from California? Here are nine ways that California shaped Kamala Harris and that Harris has shaped California. -
In three rulings the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a body blow to the federal bureaucracy. From healthcare to climate to workers’ rights, California’s rules often go farther. -
The California Public Utilities Commission will consider on May 9 a new proposal that would change how Californians pay for electricity. -
Some of California’s top lawmakers want to clear up, but also rein in, the state’s most controversial housing statute -
After a legislative victory last year, pro-housing legislators and advocates want to strip the California Coastal Commission of more authority in order to spur housing development.
