Builder’s remedy hasn’t ‘Manhattan-izee’ Bay Area — yet
For over a decade, developer Forrest Linebarger has tried to build new multifamily housing on two half-acre parcels in Los Altos Hills. The city has done all it can to …
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Contra Costa pauses all-electric building requirements
MARTINEZ — Contra Costa County officials will stop enforcing building codes that require most new buildings to be all-electric — at least for now. The about-face comes after a three-judge …
San Jose to fight developers using ‘builder’s remedy’ to downsize housing projects
San Jose is the most recent city to fight back against the “builder’s remedy,” an obscure provision of state law that allows developers to build projects of any height and …