The Santa Monica City Council is poised to finalize its second attempt at this year’s Housing Element when it meets on Tuesday, June 21. The California Department of Housing and Community Development ...

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 ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The County is encouraging the public to participate in the analysis and identification of sites to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A California court recently struck down Redondo Beach’s nearly decade-long housing plan when it upheld a local developer’s challenge of the city’s home-building blueprint. The California Courts of ...