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California sues to block Trump’s mail-in voting rules just days after loss at Supreme Court
California announced a new lawsuit over President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting, arguing in part that the Constitution gives states’ power over elections.
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Newsom pushes environmental carve-out for campaign donor’s Santa Monica project
A last-minute Newsom proposal could exempt a Santa Monica housing project from the regular coastal development process. The developer, Jeff Worthe, is a longtime Newsom donor and appointee.
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With clock ticking, California lawmakers reject key parts of Newsom’s wildfire plan
Gov. Gavin Newsom is rushing a plan to provide financial relief to utilities facing massive lawsuit payouts because of California wildfires. Some lawmakers are fighting it.
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Surprise Solano County vote kills California Forever’s shipyard bill for this year
Supervisors rejected a California Forever plan backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow construction of a shipbuilding facility in Solano County.
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California’s political battle over key environmental law brews on two fronts
Legislators this week and voters this November will weigh in on measures to curtail some of CEQA’s vexing construction project restrictions.
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Parents of transgender kids say California is ‘unprepared’ as feds cut off their healthcare
Parents of transgender kids warned California for months. State officials are rushing to find money before the Oct. 13 deadline.
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Gavin Newsom’s last-minute wildfire plan hits friction in Capitol
Comparing utility companies to terrorists, Democratic state lawmakers are pushing back against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s complex proposal that would reduce how much utilities pay for the wildfires they cause. As CalMatters’ Jeanne Kuang and Levi Sumagaysay explain, the proposal’s most controversial provisions include capping compensation for fire victims; curbing insurance companies’ right to recover wildfire…
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New-Construction Insights: New Home Demand is Driven by Shoppers from Other Metro Areas
New-home demand is more likely to come from out-of-metro shoppers than existing-home demand. This is true overall (67.2% for new construction compared to 65.4% for existing homes), and also across town, suburban, and urban new construction listings.
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Bay Area Redfin Agents Honored in LuxeSF’s The Leading 100
Congratulations to the Redfin agents named in LuxeSF’s 2026 Leading 100 Individual Agents, which ranks San Francisco Bay Area real estate agents based on residential sales volume in 2025. The four Redfin agents honored in this year’s ranking collectively closed more than $370 million in residential sales volume last year: Gagan Singh (Rank: No. 26…
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New Home Sales Rebound in June but Fall Short Year over Year
New home sales fell on both a month-over-month (-10.5%) and year-over-year (-6.3%) basis in July, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000, the lowest since January. Builders have struggled to sell new homes in 2026 and the July median sales price reflects this, falling to $393,800, which represents a 2.3% decrease from June and…
