California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles.
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A gem regains its luster and a city gains apartments
On a plot of land between Immanuel Presbyterian Church, now listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and the Ambassador Hotel, home of the...
Regulation nation
A lawyer for Duarte Nursery said the case is important because it could set a precedent requiring other farmers to obtain costly, time-consuming permits...
The camel that had no hump
This especially irritates Rob Pressman, the principal of Burbank, Calif.-based TGP, Inc. Landscape Architecture, who believes that aesthetics do not have to be discarded...
The next target in California’s drought? Renters.
The result amounted to a savings in water use in June of 23 percent, just below the mandate required by the governor.
But while single-family...
Utility costs rising
It isn’t just the additional cost that’s irking California residents—it’s the growing suspicion among neighbors suddenly stuck splitting one big water bill. A vast...
Betting on the City of Angels
Developers are seeing a diverse group of residents and buyers who want to occupy amenity-rich complexes of varying types—lofts, mid-rises and high-rises—and have worry-free,...
California offers energy efficiency financing for multifamily
In January, the state of California and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced an initiative that would allow PACE financing to...
Building lures
The changes are backed by the building industry but have drawn protests from advocates for low-income tenants.
“It’s a race to the bottom,” said Darryl...
Golden bucks
Customers of California’s big utility companies will receive “climate credits,” small payments of money raised from the state’s cap-and-trade system for controlling greenhouse gas...
The golden state and distributed power
One of the state's highest-profile leadership roles has been on the issue of the environment. For example, California legislators passed and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...
How green is that building?
Ecologically-sustainable building practices -"green labels"-will now be included on official land records maintained by the city, according to Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting and Department of...
Celebrity magnet El Royale tower sells for record price
The 12-story building at 450 N. Rossmore Ave. was built in 1929 for the Hollywood crowd and early residents included Clark Gable, William Faulkner...
SF landlord won’t let tenant charge electric car
California is trying to promote green technology, but one of San Francisco's biggest landlords has told a tenant he cannot use a plug to...
Should smoking be banned in apartments?
The new rule will affect complexes located in unincorporated areas of Marin County. Marin itself was recently named the healthiest county in California by...
San Francisco gold rush
Largely in response to the city's growing technology sector, 22,000 residential units are in various stages of approval and construction. In a few years,...
