Author: Timothy L. Coyle

As sure as California has an exploding homeless problem, it’s almost a certainty that our state and local leaders – elected and otherwise – don’t

Faced with a true housing supply and affordability crisis, local governments around the state are acting on impulse and adopting horrible policies.  Thinking they can

In recent times, the Legislature has passed several bills to deal with the state’s vexing housing problem – to no avail.  The California Department of

Over the weekend, Governor Newsom finished signing and vetoing the final batch of bills that made it to his desk this year.  Among the bills

If you thought the rancor surrounding climate change was all about the weather, think again.  Housing development has always been in the gun sites of

It was a headline sure to be a winner in California:  “Trump’s Tariffs Make California Housing Crisis Worse.”  Partisans – quick to agree – cheered

For years, housing advocates have been lamenting the demise of redevelopment authority that occurred earlier this decade.  To be sure, redevelopment was a lot of

When the first new home in the Centennial housing development goes on sale in 2021 it will have been 27 years since the project was

Webster defines zoning as “dividing into zones, tracts or areas according to existing characteristics or as distinguished for some purpose.”   In today’s urban environments, it’s