California housing reform faces new test as LA Metro resists transit zoning law
State housing laws aim to legalize transit-oriented mid-rise development; local governments and activists use carveouts, workarounds and resistance to delay or block projects.
Walters: Newsom relaxed his pro-housing stance for certain liberal locales
Newsom pursued aggressive statewide housing reforms to remove local barriers and enforce production, applying tougher enforcement to Republican-leaning communities than affluent Democratic ones.