California FocusCommunity CommentaryOpinionOpinionsElias: Facts don’t matter to California’s densifying DemocratsThomas D. EliasJuly 20, 2022July 21, 2022 July 20, 2022July 21, 20222 409 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...
California FocusOpinionCalifornia housing battles heating upThomas D. EliasJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 2022 January 5, 2022January 5, 20220266 As long as California has been a state, the most basic function of local governments has been to decide where housing will or won't go....
CitiesNewsPolitics & GovernmentSan MarcosSan Marcos FeaturedSan Marcos council adopts resolution endorsing local land use initiativeStephen WyerDecember 16, 2021December 22, 2021 December 16, 2021December 22, 202101288 SAN MARCOS — The San Marcos City Council has voted to support a ballot initiative that asserts the authority of local municipalities and city governments...
California FocusOpinionAttorney general spurs on big 2022 housing battleThomas D. EliasDecember 15, 2021 December 15, 20210128 Rob Bonta, a former ultra-liberal assemblyman named attorney general, has assured that housing will vie to be the year’s No. 1 issue....