Author: Timothy L. Coyle

In 2012, the Legislature and the Governor ended redevelopment.  Citing concerns that local redevelopment agencies (RDAs) were earning too much money, that project areas were continuing

When California enacted AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act (“the Act”), prominently featured was the Act’s “cap and trade” program.  Cap-and-trade was a sop

In a recent piece in the Fox and Hounds, commentator Joel Fox warned against slapping homeowners with a new transfer tax – the proceeds of which

Is the earth getting hotter?   To me, the scientific conjecture is probably a little bit correct on both sides.  Data show the earth is warming

Recently, pundits worried if the mass shootings in a Texas church would inspire copycats to do likewise elsewhere.  But what is a copycat shooter if

To begin to cure the state’s stubborn housing crisis, 2018 gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom recently called for nearly quadrupling California’s annual housing production, so that

Neighborhood opposition to new housing projects is likely viewed by the general public as a natural right of existing property owners to organize objections to

Whatever some say to justify sky-high fees, design requirements and affordable-housing mandates it’s certain they all do one thing: raise housing costs.  It is said