San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the city will start aggressively clearing homeless camps in August, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gives cities greater authority to move people off the streets.
Pocketbook issues of this year's presidential election date back to the rush to own homes along the coast and the rise of Pacific shipping through San Pedro Bay.
Gov. Gavin Newsom issues an executive order requiring state agencies to remove homeless encampments in their jurisdictions and urging California's cities to follow suit.
One of the largest single-family-home rental companies will pay almost $20 million to resolve claims it systematically made renovations without permits in California.
The investors proposing a new city in rural Solano County will pull their measure off the ballot for at least two years while they fund a full environmental review.
For more than 100 years, Carmel-by-the-Sea has had no street addresses because residents preferred the quirkiness of naming their homes. The City Council recently voted to add house numbers, saying not having them has become too dangerous.
Confronting years of stagnation, public safety concerns and changing retail norms, commercial landlords and Santa Monica officials are trying to revitalize the Third Street Promenade.
The former NBC Studios has sold for $375 million to a local developer who previously owned the property and plans to add more soundstages to the legendary lot.