Moves abound to change environmental law to build more housing (Miami Herald)
SACRAMENTO - California's housing shortage, which has pushed median home prices above $470,000, is spurring a variety of moves to change the state's 35-year-old environmental protection law, long considered the nation's toughest.
Jackson ruling stems from unusual Calif. law (Muzi)
[LatelineNews: 2005-4-3] LOS ANGELES - A court ruling that opens singer Michael Jackson's sex abuse trial to testimony about past claims of misconduct with young boys has renewed debate over an unusual California law making it easier for prosecutors to show a pattern of wrongdoing in such cases.
New fight brews on subsidized housing (BizJournals)
The Schwarzenegger administration and a construction workers' union have squared off over a state law that requires builders to pay prevailing wages for subsidized projects, a law that developers say has made it much harder to build affordable housing in California.