Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Santa Barbara County submitted its Draft Housing Element Update for 2023-2031 to the State on March ...

Santa Barbara County’s Draft Housing Element Update 2023-2031 (Draft HEU) received formal notice of “substantial compliance” from the State Housing and Community Development Department (State HCD) on ...

The seventh draft proved to be the charm for Los Gatos’ Housing Element, as the state approved the document in a May 3 letter. Town officials sent the much-revised Housing Element, which dictates the ...

State officials have rejected Marin County’s plan to meet a mandate to facilitate new housing while also “affirmatively furthering fair housing.” The county received the news in a letter Thursday from ...