Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The County is encouraging the public to participate in the analysis and identification of sites to ...

The Coastal Housing Coalition has been advocating for workforce housing development on the South Coast for the past 20 years. To that end, the Coalition has been intimately involved in the County’s ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On Monday, the California Department of Housing and Community Development found that the County of Santa Barbara's adopted housing element was in substantial compliance with ...

The City Council knows, or at least claims to know, why a host of proposed developments are suddenly densifying but they want staff to explain the situation for the benefit of residents at an upcoming ...

WATSONVILLE — With Watsonville’s Housing Element set to begin its sixth cycle this year, the Planning Commission took one last look at the final year of the previous Housing Element cycle before ...

Marin County and its cities and towns are closing out their required zoning updates and preparing to implement updated housing elements. Housing elements are development blueprints the state requires ...

Belvedere has approved additional changes to its housing element and zoning laws following repeated failures to comply with state housing requirements. A housing element is a document required by ...

SALINAS – An update on how well Monterey County is doing in meeting state housing requirements was delivered to elected officials Tuesday with a mix of successes and failures. Adequate housing will ...

On October 10, 2025, the California Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District) reversed the trial court in New Commune DTLA LLC v. City of Redondo Beach (B336042). It was ruled that the City of ...