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 ...

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 ...

The City Council knows, or at least claims to know, why a host of proposed developments are suddenly densifying but they want staff to explain the situation for the benefit of residents at an upcoming ...

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 ...

The California Department of Housing and Community Development certified the San Carlos Housing Element Thursday, April 25. The plan, which must be updated every eight years, addresses both the ...

Belvedere has approved additional changes to its housing element and zoning laws following repeated failures to comply with state housing requirements. A housing element is a document required by ...

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 ...

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 ...