Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

State legislation that would lead to the creation of a planning and transportation "super agency" in San Diego County is moving forward. Capitol insiders and a number of officials in the San Diego region expect bills that address San Diego regional governance to pass in some form before the Legislature concludes on August 31.

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The City of Malibu can regulate the use of land owned by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, the Second District Court of Appeal has ruled.

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A decade after the passage of the "revenue neutrality" law, the incorporation of new cities appears to be back as a major planning issue in California. Now, however, there is a somewhat different twist.

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Two generations of Americans are likely to influence local planning, development, and economic activity in many ways during the coming 10 to 20 years: the retiring Baby Boom and the soon-to-be-working Echo Boom.

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In Brief is CP&DR's monthly digest of land use news stories in the making, or follow ups to stories that we have run in the past.

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One dim memory I have from sixth grade biology is that of the oxpecker, a small bird that sits on the back of the rhinoceros. Normally a dominating and irascible beast, the rhino tolerates the oxpecker because the bird does something the rhino cannot do for herself: relieve her of all the troublesome insects that worry her neck, back and hindquarters. As most sixth graders know, this relationship is an example of symbiosis, or the cooperation of two organisms to their mutual benefit.

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Generating economic activity at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino has proven to be difficult since the base closed in 1994. But Norton is now the scene of a proposal to replicate a successful airport in Texas that was built during the 1980s solely for industrial users.

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A garbage company can challenge the environmental review of a competitor’s proposed trash processing facility because the garbage company was enforcing a public duty of a local government, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled.

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Construction is underway on San Jose's Communications Hill, a 500-acre infill project that supporters are promoting as a large-scale, walkable, urban neighborhood. Early indications are that there is a great demand for the new houses, townhouses and apartments, but the easy access to transit and retail areas that might make the neighborhood truly walkable are lacking thus far.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to review a Clean Water Act case from California’s Central Valley. The case involves the federal government’s ability to regulate agricultural activity in wetlands.

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