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‘Nuclear option’? Supersized housing projects are planned for Bay Area’s wealthiest cities. Is one coming to your neighborhood?
The Mercury News, June 25, 2023
State gives Los Altos Hills the thumbs up on housing plan. YIMBYs give it two thumbs down.
San Francisco Chronicle, June 7, 2023
City Rejects Appeal of 600 Foothill Application
Outlook Valley Sun, May 7, 2023
Refinery Oversight Committee Holds First Meeting; Martinez is Sued for Failing to Adopt Housing Plan; Sewer Rates Headed Up, Up and Up; and MRC’s Pond 7 Bites the Dust
Martinez News-Gazette, Feb 23, 2023
Lawsuits Follow Housing Plan Failures in the San Francisco Bay Area
Planetizen, Feb 22, 2023
What does builder’s remedy mean for Mountain View? A local developer is trying to find out
Mountain View Voice, Feb 17, 2023
Pro-housing advocates are suing these Bay Area cities to plan for more homes
East Bay Times, Feb 8, 2023
California cities face flurry of lawsuits over missed housing mandate
Courthouse News Service, Feb 7, 2023
Palo Alto sued over delay in adopting its housing plan
Mountain View Voice, Feb 7, 2023
YIMBYs Bombard Bay Area Cities With Lawsuits for Flouting State Rules
The San Francisco Standard, Feb 7, 2023
YIMBYs are about to sue the daylights out of cities across the Bay Area. Here’s why
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 7, 2023
YIMBYs sue city of Palo Alto for missing state housing plan deadline
Palo Alto Daily Post, Feb 6, 2023
Housing groups threaten Belvedere with lawsuits
The Ark, Jan 18, 2023
Manhattan Beach City Council to Bring Back Highrose / Verandas Issue
MB News, Jan 12, 2023
Court Affirms Housing Applicants’ Ability to Be Vested Against Downzonings
Holland & Knight Alert, Dec 20, 2022
Oceanside approves 146-unit Breeze Luxury Apartments despite unpopularity
The Coast News, Dec 14, 2022
Manhattan Beach faces state action, lawsuits on Project Verandas
Easy Reader & Peninsula, Dec 8, 2022
Stanford’s most exclusive neighborhood becomes legal battleground over housing
Mercury News, Oct 2, 2022
Project Verandas decision looms for City Council
Easy Reader & Peninsula Magazine, Sept 1, 2022
Golden Skate closing at end of month to make way for new townhomes
DanvilleSanRamon.com, Jul 14, 2022
With more enforcement power than ever, state relies on activists to enforce duplex law
CalMatters, Apr 22, 2022
Duplex housing law met with fierce resistance by California cities
CalMatters, Apr 11, 2022
California’s Attorney General Says Pasadena Is Violating State Housing Law
LAist, Mar 17, 2002
How some Bay Area cities are working to undermine state’s new SB 9 housing law
San Francisco Business Times, Mar 14, 2022
Why cities in San Mateo County are planning for new levels of growth
San Mateo Daily Journal, Feb 22, 2022
San Carlos Senate Bill 9 ordinance challenged
The Daily Journal, Feb 8, 2022
Condo plans return before San Mateo City Council after costly lawsuit
San Mateo Daily Journal, Feb 7, 2022
As new Bay Area SB9 housing applications grow, so does rift between suburbs, developers
Mercury News, Feb 6, 2022
Berkeley City Council allegedly violates state ADU law
Daily Californian, Feb 3, 2022
San Mateo won’t appeal housing ruling
San Mateo Daily Journal, Oct 14, 2021
This San Mateo legal ruling has big implications for California’s housing crisis
Mercury News, Sept 14, 2021
San Mateo loses ruling on housing
San Mateo Daily Journal, Sept 14, 2021
Will Legislature confront California housing crisis?
CalMatters, Aug 22, 20121
A simple home renovation, a slur and a federal case in Los Altos
Mercury News, Jan 17, 2021
Los Altos: Five-story downtown development officially moves forward after year-long legal battle
Mercury News, Sep 10, 2020
Bay Area City Delays OK for Apartment Project That Sparked a Housing War
Courthouse News Service, Aug 11, 2020
Lafayette Again Delays Decision to Approve Controversial ‘YIMBY’ Housing, After a Decade-Long Process
KQED, Aug 10, 2020
The apartment proposal that sparked Lafayette’s housing war is back. Can it win approval?
San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 5, 2020
Housing fight rages on in Los Altos, as city appeals YIMBY legal victory
Mercury News, July 8, 2020
Job Opportunity: Legal Intern
The California Housing Defense Fund (“CalHDF”) is seeking a legal intern for the summer of 2026. The legal intern will assist with CalHDF’s work to enforce California’s pro-housing laws against NIMBY jurisdictions. CalHDF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose...
CalHDF Defends Housing in the Court of Appeal
In the last few weeks, CalHDF has taken our litigation efforts to the California Court of Appeal in two cases that would have statewide impacts. In California, published decisions from the appellate courts are binding precedent on trial courts throughout the state,...
CalHDF Midyear Enforcement Report
We at CalHDF have been hard at work enforcement state housing laws so far in 2025. This report outlines our work on enforcing state housing laws so far in 2025. While covering almost the entire state of California, we review local agendas for housing policies or...
CalHDF Settles Fee Claim with La Cañada Flintridge for $1,262,500
Last March, CalHDF won our lawsuit seeking to overturn the denial of a builder’s remedy project in La Cañada Flintridge. The project will be the first multifamily development in the City in decades. The 16 new low-income homes would be the first deed restricted...
CalHDF Secures $14 Million Appeal Bond for Development in La Cañada Flintridge
CalHDF Secures $14 Million Appeal Bond for Development in La Cañada Flintridge
Job Opportunity: Legal Intern
CalHDF IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION AS OF MARCH 2025 CalHDF is seeking a legal intern for the summer of 2025. The legal intern will assist with CalHDF’s work to enforce California’s pro-housing laws against NIMBY jurisdictions. ...
How Cities Try to Use Deed Restrictions to Suppress Housing Construction, and Why They Should Fail
In recent years, the California state legislature has passed numerous laws aimed at increasing the state’s housing supply. Some of these laws are incremental; some are more ambitious. Nearly all of them focus in some way or another on restricting local governments’...
Victory for the Builder’s Remedy in La Cañada Flintridge
California Housing Defense Fund Scores First Ever Legal Victory for California’s Builder’s Remedy
Marketing & Communications Intern
CalHDF is a non-profit housing organization that uses legal advocacy and education to hold cities accountable and get housing built. If you have a love of housing, messaging, design, and word play, we can use your help. CalHDF is working on upping our public profile...
CalHDF Year in Brief
Happy Holidays from Team CalHDF! With the year coming to a close, it is time to look back at what we’ve accomplished in 2023, and look forward to what we have in store for 2024. This has been a year of growth for CalHDF, armed with our new name and expanded legal...