This page serves as a resource for Yorba Linda residents and others interested in understanding the evolving landscape of housing policies, regulations, and their implications both statewide and locally.
The articles featured here provide insights into the latest developments, informative perspectives, and essential background information on key topics like the Housing Element update process, state-mandated housing laws, and the Builder’s Remedy. Our goal is to offer a comprehensive and accessible understanding of these complex subjects, which are crucial in shaping the future of housing in Yorba Linda and across California.
- Judge Orders Huntington Beach to Plan for More Housing Development (The Orange County Register, May 16, 2024)
- Huntington Beach Loses Housing Mandate Lawsuit Against California (Voice of OC, May 15, 2024)
- Yorba Linda residents have second chance to approve new housing plan (The Orange County Register, April 23, 2024)
- In Beverly Hills, no kitchen remodels or pool grottoes as judge orders building moratorium over lack of affordable housing (Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2024)
- Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta Take Legal Action Against La Cañada Flintridge to Enforce California’s Housing Laws (CA.Gov, December 12, 2023)
- S.F. to miss state housing deadline, jeopardizing local planning control (SF Chronicle, November 21, 2023)
- Federal judge dismisses Huntington Beach’s lawsuit against state over housing mandates (The Orange County Register, November 14, 2023)
- City Hopes New Housing Element Will Protect Local Zoning Control (Beverly Hills Courier, October 13, 2023)
- Court Rules Against Beverly Hills in Housing Element Case (Beverly Hills Courier, September 14, 2023)
- Many California Local Governments Face Tight Rezoning Deadlines (Holland & Knight, September 5, 2023)
- Drummond: Yorba Linda to Try Residents Committee to Revise Housing Plan (The Orange County Register, May 11, 2023)
- California’s housing duel between state and local governments intensifies (Calmatters, February 12, 2023)
- California cities face flurry of lawsuits over missed housing mandate (Courthouse News Service, February 7, 2023)
- Housing Developers Win First ‘Builders Remedy’ Battles in Fight to Bypass Local Zoning (Daily Breeze, April 22, 2024)
- Victory for the Builder’s Remedy in La Cañada Flintridge (CalHDF, March 6, 2024)
- Debate over affordable housing project in Del Mar continues (ABC 10 News, February 26, 2024)
- Fight over Del Mar beachfront mixed-income housing project heads to court (NBC San Diego, February 26, 2024)
- Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta Take Legal Action Against La Cañada Flintridge to Enforce California’s Housing Laws (CA.Gov, December 12, 2023)
- Beverly Hills Could See 17-Story Project Thanks to Calif.’s ‘Builder’s Remedy’ Rule (Commercial Observer, December 12, 2023)
- Solvang adopts Housing Element nearly a year late; delay prompts resignation, opens door to controversial development (Santa Maria Times, December 12, 2023)
- A developer has proposed a 17-story tower and huge housing development in Palo Alto (Silicon Valley Business Journal, November 27, 2023)
- Cupertino sees its first ‘builder’s remedy’ project (The Mercury News, November 27, 2023)
- Juno Realty to replace R&D buildings with apartments in Palo Alto (TheRealDeal, November 16, 2023)
- Developer upsizes Builder’s Remedy project at 217 S. Hamilton Drive in Beverly Hills (Urbanize, November 9, 2023)
- Developers plan 1,901 homes in Morgan Hill under ‘builder’s remedy’ (Morgan Hill Times, November 2, 2023)
- California may see affordable housing boom as its “builder’s remedy” law is tested by local developers (The Architect’s Newspaper, August 22, 2023)
- Court issues major builder’s remedy ruling on La Cañada Flintridge (TheRealDeal Real Estate News, July 13, 2023)
- Developer Leverages Unique California Housing Laws To Get Plans Approved (CoStar, June 27, 2023)
- South Bay developer invokes ‘Builder’s Remedy’ to proceed with condo project (CBS News, June 21, 2023)
- ‘Godzilla next door’: How California developers gained new leverage to build more homes (CalMatters, June 5, 2023)
- Housing-Strapped States Reach for a Fraught Fix: the ‘Builder’s Remedy’ (Bloomberg, May 8, 2023)
- See the list: Developers file 26 Southern California builder’s remedy projects (The Orange County Register, February 27, 2023)
- Some California cities can’t stop apartment projects as developers use ‘builder’s remedy’ (The Orange County Register, February 27, 2023)
- Developers propose 576 homes in Orange, some at the mall, others by hospital (The Orange County Register, February 9, 2023)
- Builder’s Remedy May Shake Up Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills Courier, November 25, 2022)
- Builder’s remedy for cities’ NIMBYs (Los Angeles Daily News, November 8, 2022)