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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors adopted the Housing Element Update 2023-2031 during their meeting on Tuesday. While the County Board of Supervisors ...

The Coastal Housing Coalition has been advocating for workforce housing development on the South Coast for the past 20 years. To that end, the Coalition has been intimately involved in the County’s ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On Monday, the California Department of Housing and Community Development found that the County of Santa Barbara's adopted housing element was in substantial compliance with ...

SANTA CRUZ – The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday finalized an updated housing element, a component of the county's general plan that quantifies and strategizes how to provide ...

WATSONVILLE — With Watsonville’s Housing Element set to begin its sixth cycle this year, the Planning Commission took one last look at the final year of the previous Housing Element cycle before ...

SALINAS – An update on how well Monterey County is doing in meeting state housing requirements was delivered to elected officials Tuesday with a mix of successes and failures. Adequate housing will ...

Artesia settled a lawsuit Tuesday over the city’s housing policy that the state officials alleged was out of compliance with the Housing Element Law. The agreement establishes deadlines for city ...

PACIFIC GROVE – The Pacific Grove City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday to consider adoption of the city’s 2023-2031 Housing Element, along with related land use and zoning changes. The ...