Housing

Getting new housing approved in Marin County is notoriously difficult so it’s worth celebrating when even a smaller project crosses the finish li...

Two recent studies from a highly respected national think tank highlight a message the BayArea Council has been making for years and reinforce the ...

California’s signature environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), isalso a signature obstacle to the state’s ability t...

With an estimated 170,000 Californians experiencing homelessness on any given day, it’scritical that we find fast, affordable housing solutions. ...

San Francisco State University this week broke ground on its West Campus Green project, which includes a first-year residence hall with 750 afforda...

The Bay Area Council’s housing bills are all doing well as the Legislature holds its first round of hearings. This week the Assembly Housing Comm...

With the Legislative session briskly underway, the Bay Area Council is excited that our priority housing streamlining bill (AB 1114) by Assemblymem...

While the news was good, even if it took so long, for a 315-unit housing project in Lafayette (item above), a report by the University of Californi...

San Francisco is one of the only jurisdictions in the country that requires developers to go through arduous and discretionary permitting processes...

A majority of Bay Area cities and counties this week struggled to meet a deadline for submitting plans required by the state to show how they will ...