California just took a political sledgehammer to one of its most sacred cows—its own environmental regulations. In a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation, the Legislature passed and Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills, SB 131 and AB 130, that together amount to the most sweeping housing reform in the
After years of delays and a failed partnership with a national developer, the City of Elk Grove is officially moving forward with a new vision for Project Elevate—a long-planned, high-profile development on city-owned land next to District56. On June 25, the City Council voted to approve
The Sacramento County Planning Commission voted Monday night to recommend approval of the Upper Westside Specific Plan, advancing a project that could reshape a large swath of Natomas farmland into a dense, mixed-use community along the edge of the Sacramento River. The 2,066-acre proposal—which includes 9,
For decades, the Railyards, the River District, and West Sacramento's Bridge District were the kinds of places you passed by without thinking twice. If you noticed them at all, it was probably from the freeway—rusting warehouses, dirt lots, forgotten silos. These were the leftovers of Sacramento'
For more than 40 years, the Railyards sat dormant just north of downtown Sacramento—a vast industrial skeleton, too big to ignore and too costly to fix. This week, the city finally moved to break that cycle. On Tuesday, the Sacramento City Council unanimously approved a sweeping development deal that
In the fields south of Elk Grove, where groundwater pumps have long been lifelines for farmers, a new kind of water is coming — not from wells or rivers, but from the region's sewers. Along Franklin Boulevard, excavators claw through dirt, traffic detours snake past trenching zones, and the
In the decades following World War II, Sacramento's future appeared destined to unfold along an ambitious web of highways. City planners and state engineers envisioned a comprehensive network of beltways, bypasses, and expressways designed to accommodate the capital's postwar growth and transform it into a well-
It was supposed to be a skyline-defining moment for Sacramento — a pair of gleaming towers rising above Capitol Mall, bringing hundreds of homes and a bold new future to a long-empty lot. But nearly four years later, Lot X remains what it’s always been: a parking lot
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