SB 10 Lets Cities Upzone Near Transit. Almost None Have Used It
The 2021 opt-in law permits up to ten homes per parcel around transit — a quiet test of whether cities want density or just tolerate it.
Housing
California housing and costs: prices, rents, zoning fights and the insurance squeeze, explained plainly.
Beyond the Down Payment: What Closing a California Home Really Costs
Escrow fees, title insurance, transfer taxes and ULA surcharges — the 2 to 5 percent of the price nobody budgets for.
SB 9 Promised Two Homes on Every Lot. Cities Found Ways to Say No
The 2021 law allows urban lot splits and duplexes by right — but objective standards and local resistance have kept uptake low.
AB 1482: The Statewide Rent Cap Most California Tenants Have Never Read
Five percent plus inflation, capped at 10 — the 2019 law limits rent increases and no-fault evictions for most multifamily units.
The Backyard Apartment Era: What California's ADU Laws Now Guarantee
Permits rose from about 1,200 a year in 2016 to more than 20,000 as state law stripped cities of the power to say no.