The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery ...

From crisis-site problem solving to trauma-informed housing, Renard's team treats speed as a discipline, not a shortcut.

The Rockliff Government is delivering on our commitment to freeze changes to the National Construction Code to prevent national rules adding cost and ...

Ehsan Noroozinejad has received funding from both national and international organisations. His most recent funding on integrated housing and climate policy comes from the Australian Public Policy ...

This article was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage ...

As Jan. 1 approaches, land use, construction and municipal law practitioners should advise all municipalities and municipal code officials, designers, contractors and builders across the commonwealth, ...

Beginning January 1, 2026, California has a new mandatory statutory procedure governing private construction disputes, and failure to comply may give contractors the right to suspend work without ...

Following last week’s economic reform roundtable in Canberra, the federal government has announced it will be pausing changes to the National Construction Code until mid-2029. The code is the national ...