![Mailboxes for a duplex at 6569 and 6567 Crown Blvd in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. A Los Angeles judge has thrown into doubt the future of SB 9, a controversial state law that allowed people to build up to four homes on lots zoned for one. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Mailboxes for a duplex at 6569 and 6567 Crown Blvd in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. A Los Angeles judge has thrown into doubt the future of SB 9, a controversial state law that allowed people to build up to four homes on lots zoned for one. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SJM-L-SINGLEHOME-02XX-4.jpg?w=525)
NIMBYs
The not-in-my-backyard crowd gets a win as an LA court weakens a state law that had abolished single-family zoning by allowing homeowners to split their lots and construct up to four dwellings.
SunPower
San Jose solar power firm lays off 1,000 employees — 26% of its workforce — amid high interest rates and a PUC decision to cut payments to homes that sell excess solar electricity back to the grid.
Xavier Becerra
U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and former state attorney general eyes a run for governor in 2026. But his name recognition isn’t high, and he likely would face a tough contest from now-AG Rob Bonta.