Policy

As affordable housing costs climb, Sacramento County balks at higher builder fees

Sacramento County supervisors showed little appetite Oct. 6 for raising the fee homebuilders pay to support affordable housing, even after staff found the charge has not kept pace with the cost of subsidizing affordable homes and a county-commissioned study concluded that homes now being built could absorb a modest

Tiny homes on wheels move closer to becoming legal housing in Sacramento County

Tiny homes on wheels could become a legal place to live year-round in unincorporated Sacramento County under a proposal that cleared the Planning Commission on Monday, Sept. 28. The commission voted 3-1 to recommend allowing the homes in designated residential and agricultural areas. Commissioner Joseph Devlin cast the

SACOG looks to keep transportation mitigation dollars in Sacramento region

The Sacramento region’s transportation planning agency is developing a marketplace that could allow highway agencies, local governments and developers to satisfy state-required transportation mitigation by directly funding housing and infrastructure projects in parts of the region where residents are expected to drive less. Under a plan discussed Sept.

Sacramento zoning overhaul could change where businesses open and how housing is built across the city

Small cafes, markets, gyms and offices could open on qualifying residential corner lots under a citywide zoning overhaul proposed by Sacramento planners. The city would also rewrite design standards for multiplexes and small apartment buildings in neighborhoods dominated by single-family homes. The proposal would allow taller housing near transit,

Sacramento County weighs sweeping zoning overhaul to spur infill housing

Sacramento County has spent years planning for thousands of homes along commercial corridors such as Watt Avenue, Florin Road and Stockton Boulevard. Most of them were never built. County planners are now preparing a zoning overhaul that could increase developer appetite by allowing taller apartment buildings, requiring less parking space,

Sutter County sends 1-cent sales tax measure to November ballot

Sutter County voters will decide this November whether to raise the countywide sales tax by one percentage point, after the Board of Supervisors unanimously placed a measure on the ballot that officials say could generate about $22.5 million a year for local government services. The Board voted 5-0

Sacramento’s $75 million transportation tax falls short of November ballot

A citizen-led effort to raise Sacramento’s sales tax by half a percentage point for street repairs and public transit will not appear on the November ballot after county elections officials determined the campaign did not submit enough valid voter signatures. The Sacramento County Registrar of Voters completed its

Woodland approves 50% average increase in building permit fees

Facing widening deficit, Lincoln asks voters to approve one-cent sales tax

Woodland voters to decide 1-cent sales tax as city faces widening deficits

Regulations now account for $131,734 of a new home’s price, builders group says

Government regulations now account for more than a quarter of the price of a new single-family home, according to a newly released study from the National Association of Home Builders, adding another data point to the debate over why new housing remains so expensive to build. The June 8

Sacramento voters could decide on half-cent transportation tax this November

A citizens’ group affiliated with Sacramento Advocates for Rail and Transit and the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates is pushing to place a half-cent sales tax on the November 2026 ballot that would generate about $75 million a year for transportation improvements within Sacramento city limits. The proposal, officially titled