Government regulations play a crucial role in ensuring public safety, environmental protection, and community development and they can also significantly prolong the land development process. Land ...

The process of approving a large mixed-use development called Richards Ranch, and annexing the 44 acres it would be built on in Orcutt, won approval Tuesday from the Santa Maria City Council.

Proposed changes to Reading’s zoning ordinance are intended to make the zoning approval process simpler and more business friendly, the city’s director of community development said. Jamal Abodalo ...