Jun 28, 2025 | Housing, Opinion
By Emily Hoeven, Columnist
June 28, 2025
Most Californians are intimately familiar with stories of cities going to comically absurd lengths to block new housing.
Sausalito tried to argue it could build affordable units on underwater eelgrass. La Cañada Flintridge in Los Angeles County flirted with bankruptcy to fight its first multifamily development in more than a decade. And Woodside attempted to declare itself a mountain lion sanctuary to avoid duplexes. But the affluent city of Menlo Park is bucking the trend. At least it’s trying to.
Jun 21, 2025 | Housing
By Kristina Houck, Patch Staff
Sat, Jun 21, 2025
Moving to the suburbs meant putting down roots and putting down a mortgage, but things have changed, according to a new report. A new study from Point2Homes showed that 203 suburbs across the country’s 20 largest metros now have more renters than homeowners. With more people leasing their homes than owning them in these communities, the line between city and suburb continues to blur. The blurred line is driven by affordability, changing lifestyles and mobility, according to Andra Hopulele, the author of the study.
Jun 11, 2025 | Housing, Legislation
by Gennady Sheyner
June 11, 2025
An ambitious and divisive housing bill that seeks to encourage taller and denser developments near transit lines survived a key vote in the state Senate last week with the assistance of state Sen. Josh Becker, though its ultimate fate remains uncertain is it moves to the Assembly.
Jun 9, 2025 | Housing, Investment
By Issie Lapowsky
June 9, 2025
In the canon of spectacular resignations, Megan Greenwell’s is up there. On her last day as editor in chief of the beloved sports blog Deadspin, Greenwell published a blistering essay on the site about her soon-to-be former bosses at the private-equity firm Great Hill Partners, which had acquired Deadspin and other former Gawker properties earlier in 2019. In the essay, Greenwell accused Great Hill of undermining Deadspin’s staff at every turn and seeking a “quick cash-out” on its investment.
Jun 4, 2025 | Legislation, Housing
Andrew Keatts
June 4, 2025
California’s most significant attempt to supercharge dense homebuilding is closer than ever to passage.
Why it matters: The state’s housing shortage and affordability crisis could be beginning to translate into significant policy changes. State of play: SB 79, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, passed the Senate Tuesday and now moves to the Assembly for approval. The bill would allow private developers to build dense apartment buildings between four to seven stories near transit stops, regardless of local development restrictions.
Jun 2, 2025 | Housing, Opinion
By MICHAEL BARNES
JUNE 2, 2025
On May 1, the California Department of Finance Demographics Unit issued its annual press release on population and housing estimates for the state. Unlike other housing reports, DOF measures net housing production, not building permits. It’s a different perspective on housing. With additional help from recent information on San Francisco, I want to propose two questions:
