The city of San Francisco has outsourced much of its governance to an army of nongovernmental organizations. The structure of this arrangement has become so complex and convoluted that San Francisco ...

State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, was one of 21 senators on Tuesday who voted for a bill that would allow seven-story ...

June 5, 2025 -- A controversial bill that encourages denser housing development near transit stops barely passed the California State Senate Tuesday night and is headed to the Assembly for approval.

This week, a bill that would make it faster and easier to build multifamily housing near public transit narrowly cleared the California State Senate.

Bay Area voters may get the opportunity to raise sales taxes in a bid to raise more than $500 million a year to address major funding shortfalls facing BART and other ...

Only six months into the job, Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a massive challenge as he tries to quickly pass ...

In the Bay Area, the bill would allow six-story residential buildings to be built within a half-mile of all BART and Caltrain ...

California's most significant attempt to supercharge dense homebuilding is closer than ever to passage. Why it matters: The ...

SB 79, a bill authored by Senator Scott Wiener, aims to legalize mid-rise housing near transit stops and on land owned by ...

Even one of the most anti-oil environmental justice advocates said California needs to do more to ensure an equitable ...

We urge the Legislature to reject this measure and work with cities on real solutions that respect community-driven planning.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is threatening to oppose Trump's spending bill over a provision banning state AI regulation, ...