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Recent housing coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
A BoxPower project at the Colusa Indian Community reservation would pair a flexible-interconnection controller with a 400-kilowatt/1.3-megawatt-hour battery and measure whether grid controls can support housing expansion without conventional upgrades.
The 5-0 vote followed testimony from mobile-home owners about steep space-rent increases and a dispute over Harmony Communities’ $300 rent credit.
The money will support the We Are Up mixed senior and autistic-adult housing project and a county program that helps lower-income homeowners rehabilitate their properties.
The council directed staff to prioritize the project for up to $1 million in city program income, but no funding award was made Oct. 7.
The proposed package would fund housing navigation, case management and homelessness-prevention services for young adults ages 18 to 24, with priority for current or former foster and probation youth.
The Oct. 6 agenda calls for a public hearing and adoption vote on the data-center measure, plus a vote to create a foreclosed and vacant property registration program.
The Planning Commission heard a staff presentation on the 2027-2035 Housing Element, including 40 low-income and 55 moderate- and above-moderate-income housing opportunities, but took no action.
The unanimous action allows the county and investment group to apply for state housing funds, but the public meeting record does not identify a site, unit count or award.
Supervisors are being asked to open a public hearing on a zoning amendment that would replace the county’s existing accessory dwelling unit section.
The county is considering a revised ordinance that would let detached accessory dwelling units reach 1,200 square feet outright and replace an older rule tied to the size of the main house.
The Assembly concurred in SB 344 on a 61-2 vote, moving forward a project-specific environmental measure for the San Diego development amid debate over housing and CEQA.
The bill would impose a temporary three-year moratorium on certain state housing density laws in Altadena to address post-fire displacement concerns.
The council opened the public hearing on the Waley House rehabilitation and lot split, then continued it to Sept. 16 after staff found missing exhibits in the packet.
The Sept. 1 agenda also includes a public hearing on zoning changes for about 750 acres and other board actions.
A Senate-narrowed rent-stabilization measure affecting ten mobile-home parks in Torrance cleared the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee on a recorded 6-4 vote.
AB 672 moved out of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee after supporters said the exemption helped create or rehabilitate 101 low-income homes at a state tax cost of less than $400,000 over five years.
SB 802 passed the Assembly 63-0, moving a Sacramento County homelessness joint powers authority bill to the governor after a debate over housing-first policy and homelessness spending.
SB 1093 cleared the Assembly after a floor session summary linked the measure to lessons from the Palisades fire.
Staff defended a Planning Commission condition limiting Stanton Vacation Rentals at 1102 J Street to three units, while appellants urged the council to allow all five.
The county’s board approved using program income to expand its HOME Investment Partnership award for first-time homebuyer and rental assistance.
The board adopted a housing-element implementation ordinance that changes zoning standards in designated housing opportunity areas along Highway 101.
The donation is tied to a plan to buy and convert the downtown property for shelter and interim housing, with a 50-year use restriction proposed for the site.
The council unanimously approved a joint application that staff said could help close a financing gap for the 79-unit project at 428 North Walton Avenue.
The Planning Commission agenda puts two countywide housing-code amendments before Sutter County commissioners, including changes for special-needs housing and broader zoning and housing code updates.