After enduring a construction ban that has lasted more than 35 years, the coastal community of Los Osos will finally be able to build again. The Los Osos Community Plan, which has been over a decade in the making, received its final stamp of approval from the California Coastal Commission this week. The massive community plan rolls back the building moratorium that has blocked residential development in Los Osos for the last three and half decades and provides a regulatory blueprint to address the three main roadblocks that stunted development in the first place — namely limited water supply, insufficient wastewater treatment infrastructure and environmental protections.

Other water supply and development article:

• Monterey Herald: Water is on the way for Peninsula, new construction may follow