https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/01/30/state-oks-san-joses-housing-element-restoring-local-control-over-zoning/

One year late and three drafts in, San Jose has finally earned state regulators’ approval of its housing plan, a blueprint for how the city plans to add 62,200 homes over the next decade.

The state’s certification brings an end to the threat of penalties San Jose faced from falling out of compliance — including the “builder’s remedy” provision that allowed developers to ignore local zoning codes if they proposed low- or middle-income housing. The city is also eligible once more for millions in state grants for affordable housing and transit.