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Local Slow-Growth Measures Fare Poorly in March Election
Local Slow-Growth Measures Fare Poorly in March Election

Apr 1, 2000

Insight, Vol. 15 No. 04 Apr 2000, William Fulton

Everybody always complains about growth but nobody ever does anything about it. That, at least, is one way to view the March 7 election returns. According to most polls, sprawl tops many lists of community problems these days. But voters in almost a dozen California communities rejected the opportunity to use "ballot-box zoning" to stop growth and development. And it will be interesting to see whether that trend continues in the November election — when some very big anti-growth initiatives ar...
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Builder Becomes San Diego's $50 Million Man
Builder Becomes San Diego's $50 Million Man

Apr 1, 2000

Deals, Morris Newman, Vol. 15 No. 04 Apr 2000

Everybody in San Diego seems amazed that developer Doug Manchester is willing to guarantee the city $50 million in tax revenues from his yet-to-be-built hotel. Even he seems amazed. "I challenge any reputable developer to step forward and say he or she would do the same deal," Manchester wrote in an Op-Ed piece in the San Diego Union-Tribune last October. At that time, he was offering to guarantee $5 million annually for two years, not the same amount for 10 years, as he would later agree to. ...
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Redevelopment Proposed for Massive Strech of ‘The Valley'
Redevelopment Proposed for Massive Strech of ‘The Valley'

Apr 1, 2000

Local Watch, Paul Shigley, Vol. 15 No. 04 Apr 2000

An 11-square-mile portion of the northeast San Fernando Valley could become the City of Los Angeles' largest redevelopment project area. Planners have been at work on the project for about three years, and the City Council is expected to decide whether to create the project area this summer. However, the area is so large — and suffers from such widespread decay — that some people wonder whether a redevelopment project can provide meaningful change. While other cities have giant redevelopment ...
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San Diego Addresses Zoo Expansion in a Finite Park
San Diego Addresses Zoo Expansion in a Finite Park

Apr 1, 2000

Paul Shigley, Public Development, Vol. 15 No. 04 Apr 2000

A proposal to expand the San Diego Zoo has forced city officials, civic activists and the Zoological Society to reexamine the zoo and its relationship to Balboa Park, where the facility is located. San Diegans consider both the zoo and the park civic treasures, and finding a compatible mix is proving to be a time-consuming and politically sensitive project. Although the issues are complex, the questions are relatively simple — how large to make the zoo, and how to solve traffic congestion and p...
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Complete Local Land-Use Election Results from March 7
Complete Local Land-Use Election Results from March 7

Apr 1, 2000

CP&DR Staff, Elections, Vol. 15 No. 04 Apr 2000

Alameda County Livermore: Voters overwhelmingly approved Measure K, a plan to modify the urban growth boundary to allow construction of 1,500 houses and preservation of some 2,000 acres of farmland and undeveloped property. Pleasanton: More than 63% of voters supported a $50 million bond issue to purchase land in the city which is owned by the City of San Francisco and slated for development. But that was not enough to win the two-thirds majority required for Measure I approval. Contra Costa
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