Between an increasingly influential union and a new state housing agency, one of California’s biggest crises is getting a shakeup.

Housing bills in California often face fierce opposition from construction unions, but this time, the carpenters’ union went ...

During academic year 2024-25, the NBER is providing fellowship support for graduate students studying the economics of aging and health, behavioral macroeconomics, and consumer financial management.

The landmark environmental bill, CEQA, has been credited with preventing irreversible damage to natural habitats. But it’s also provided an avenue for resistant neighbors to block new housing in urban ...

Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

MOMENTS BEFORE an important budget vote last week, state Sen. María Elena Durazo stood on the Senate floor and spoke ...

California's high poverty rate is largely due to high housing costs, and addressing this by building more housing could be a necessary condition for solving the state's poverty problem.

Marcel Rodarte is the executive director of California Contract Cities Association (CCCA), an organization representing over ...

While housing advocates applauded the State Legislature’s new CEQA reforms, environmental activists said it will degrade ...

A law passed in the final day of the state legislative session means developers can build more apartment buildings — and build them faster — than ever before. These projects will no longer face the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a major housing bill to speed construction by easing environmental rules. The state is notorious for ...

Governor Newsom signs bills to streamline housing development, easing environmental reviews and permitting processes.