Elias: Don’t believe state’s low-growth forecast
For years, this state has plagued its cities and counties with inaccurate, vastly varying predictions of housing need....
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Elias: City-state relations are at an all-time low
Dozens of cities in most parts of the state are out of compliance today with a 1960s-era housing law signed by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan....
Elias: State usurping key powers from cities
The state is slowly eroding the ability of a city or county to decide what it will look like and feel like over the next...
Elias: Facts don’t matter to California’s densifying Democrats
There appears to be no end to the new laws that legislators want to pass to make California at least as dense as New York...
Pending litigation looms over Encinitas’ affordable housing plan
ENCINITAS — A three-way legal action, pitting the city and state governments against a private citizens’ group, will determine the fate of Encinitas’ practice of...
Newly seated Del Mar City Council to revisit looming housing penalties
DEL MAR — The newly comprised Del Mar City Council received a Dec. 14 primer on affordable housing planning, which rehearsed oft-cited risks of running...
California’s auditor calls for more state authority over affordable housing
REGION — In a recent report, California’s state auditor recommends new legislation to strengthen state oversight of municipalities’ land use and other policies relating to...
Carlsbad prepares affordable housing plan for state review
CARLSBAD — Carlsbad residents have until Dec. 14 to weigh-in on a draft affordable housing plan, including sites for potential future rezoning, before city staff...
Del Mar takes conciliatory position on housing, uncertainty remains
DEL MAR — The Del Mar City Council took steps unanimously on Oct. 19 to avert punitive actions by the state government, despite protracted disagreement...
Del Mar to reconsider affordable housing zoning decision
DEL MAR — Fearing enforcement actions by the state, the Del Mar Planning Commission recommended Tuesday that the City Council reconsider last week’s decision not...
Solana Beach asks state to reconsider housing distribution methodology
SOLANA BEACH — Solana Beach is imploring the state to make a change to the region’s housing distribution methodology — which will require the nearly...
City pays lobbyist more for ‘granny flat’ legislation
Encinitas is poised to pay thousands more to its contract lobbyist as part of the city’s efforts to sponsor a statewide bill to loosen the...
In surprising reversal, council removes Leucadia site from affordable housing plan
A divided Encinitas City Council made an about face and removed a controversial city-owned parcel in Leucadia from its affordable housing plan just a week...