LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park has formally urged Governor Gavin Newsom to pause the application of ...

High-density housing applications under SB-9 are paused in the Palisades Fire burn area following concerns from residents ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Wednesday to prevent overcrowding in the rebuilding of the Pacific Palisades - ...

Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order on Wednesday, prohibiting Senate Bill 9 applications in the Palisades Fire zone, which would bar the construction of multiple homes on a parcel of land ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to limit lot splitting developments in areas impacted by wildfires this year.

Robinson handles both ADUs and SB 9 projects and said each type has it own perks. “ADUs are faster and cheaper, and you save around $20,000 in the permitting process alone,” he said.

SB 9 required local agencies to approve urban lot splits and second primary dwelling unit projects ministerially (i.e., without discretionary review, conditions, or a hearing).

A year since the approval of Senate Bill 9 (SB 9), it appears few Californians have taken advantage of the new legislation that aims to streamline small-scale housing development. The bill allows ...

And as they adopt legislation to implement SB 9 locally, various communities are using that power to add limitations on the amount, type or size of housing that can be added to their single-family ...

SB 9 is opposed by a broad coalition of hundreds of local governments, the League of California Cities, social justice advocates, affordable housing groups, neighborhood councils and others.

SB 9, which goes into effect Jan. 1, allows property owners to build a second home on their lot or divide it into two and place duplexes on each.

Doing that “for the purpose of evading SB 9 would be an abuse of discretion,” Struhar wrote. On top of that, the city hadn’t justified why it needed an “urgency ordinance.” ...