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CP&DR Vol. 34 No. 4 April 2019

by CP&DR Staff on Apr 23, 2019
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CP&DR News Briefs April 23, 2019: Civic San Diego Dissolution; "Waters of the State" Regs; Colorado River Drought Plan; and More

by Brett Simpson on Apr 21, 2019
Civic San Diego, Colorado River, Waters of the U.S.

Settling a court battle, downtown San Diego’s semi-independent planning agency, Civic San Diego, will lose much of its authority >>read more

Cal Supremes Uphold Local Telecom Ordinance

by William Fulton on Apr 21, 2019
San Francisco, Telecommunications

Cities can't stop telecommunication facilities from using the public way, but they can regulate what they look like and where they are. >>read more

Marin Quarry's Non-Conforming Status Prevents Expansion

by William Fulton on Apr 21, 2019
CEQA, Marin County, Non-conforming use, Quarry, San Rafael, Zoning

Court says lack of additional environmental impacts are irrelevant in non-conforming situation >>read more

Inland Growth Exceeds Coastal Growth At Last

by William Fulton on Apr 21, 2019
Central Valley, Housing, Inland Empire, Orange County, Population, Riverside County, Sacramento

More people have been added to the inland population since 2015 than to the coastal population. That's the first time that's ever happened. >>read more

How an Arizona Outpost Quenches California's Thirst

by Josh Stephens on Apr 17, 2019
Colorado River , Water

Water influences urban planning only in the broadest sense. It doesn’t tell us where to build or in what configuration. But it determines how many of us can live here. The Colorado River is the biggest determinant of the all. >>read more

Bay Area Planning Directors Consider "Common Destiny" at APA Panel

by Josh Stephens on Apr 16, 2019
Bay Area, Housing, Planning Directors

Their jurisdictions are different. But their problems are pretty similar -- especially on housing. >>read more

Updated CEQA Guidelines Finally Go Into Effect

Apr 15, 2019
CEQA, LOS, OPR, SB 743, VMT

SB 743 regulations are the highest of the latest update, six years in the making. >>read more

CP&DR News Briefs April 16, 2019: APA Awards; San Diego Parking; Sacramento Soccer Stadium; and More

by Brett Simpson on Apr 14, 2019

The American Planning Association included six California projects among its national award recipients for 2019  >>read more

"Delivering" San Francisco from Its Housing Crisis

by Josh Stephens on Apr 14, 2019
Housing, London Breed, San Francisco

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has charged Judson True with streamlining, promoting, coaxing, advising – and doing just about anything else necessary to speed projects through the city’s development pipeline >>read more