Policy Category: Regulations and Land Use
California’s Building Code Appeals Process: A Quiet but Crucial Lever for Housing
California’s housing crisis has precipitated substantial zoning and land use reforms, as well as funding investments. However, one of the…
Rebuilding after the Los Angeles Fires: What California Can Do to Facilitate Recovery
As people in the Los Angeles region undertake the task of rebuilding, the complexity of the effort is heightened by…
Repurposing Public Land for Housing: An Analysis of California’s United States Postal Service Sites
Authors: Quinn Underriner and Christi Economy Introduction Repurposing public lands for housing development can help to address pervasive housing shortages…
Modeling Inclusionary Zoning’s Impact on Housing Production in Los Angeles: Tradeoffs and Policy Implications
Guest author Shane Phillips from the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies has authored a paper that uses…
California’s Prohousing Designation Program: Rewarding City and County Policies that Boost Housing Supply
In this paper, we examine data for 10 early adopters of California's Prohousing Designation Program, and assess whether the policies…
Residential Housing Is Now Allowed in All Commercial Zones: Are California Cities Ready?
Overview California Assembly Bill 2011 (Wicks) was signed into law by Governor Newsom in September 2022 and went into effect…
The Housing Potential for Land Owned by Faith-Based Organizations and Colleges
This paper updates our 2020 report with expanded data on the potential for development on land owned by faith-based organizations…
Streamlining Multifamily Housing Production in California: Progress Implementing SB 35
SB 35 was enacted in 2018 to streamline multifamily infill development in jurisdictions that are not meeting their housing production…
New Pathways to Encourage Housing Production: A Review of California’s Recent Housing Legislation
In this brief, we interview planners and land use lawyers to gain an early understanding about the extent to which…
2023 Legislative Preview: Will New Faces and Budget Constraints Change Housing Focus in Sacramento?
UPDATE: Since the legislative bill deadline, a number of additional housing ideas have been put forth by legislators by amending…
