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San Diego Regional Authority Proposed

Jul 1, 2002

Featured Articles, Paul Shigley, 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.

Infill Housing Project Is San Jose Style Smart Growth

Jul 1, 2002

Larry Sokoloff, Local Watch, San Jose, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

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.

New Cities Raise Taxes, Pay Alimony To Get Past ‘Revenue Neutrality' Mandate

Jul 1, 2002

Insight, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002, William Fulton

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.

State Supreme Court To Decide Water District's Zoning Exemption

Jul 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

The state Supreme Court will hear a case involving a county's ability to regulate a water district's construction of a water treatment plant.

In Brief

Jul 1, 2002

In Brief, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

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.

West Coast's Largest Wetlands Restoration Project Moves Forward

Jul 1, 2002

Environment Watch, John Krist, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002, Wetlands

To get some idea of how much San Francisco Bay has changed during the past two centuries, unfold a map and trace the estuary's amoeboid outline as it squeezes through Carquinez Strait into the Delta's confusion of sloughs and marshes. There, 33 miles inland from the Golden Gate but still bathed in tidewater, lie a pair of features named Grizzly Bay and Grizzly Island.

Texas Developer Proposes San Bernardino Cargo Airport

Jul 1, 2002

Economic Development, Paul Shigley, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

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.

Ninth Circuit Upholds State Water Quality Program

Jul 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

Two rulings by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the setting of permissible pollution levels in surface waters offer a mixed review of the issue.

Company Is Allowed to Contest Review Of A Competitor's Project

Jul 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

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.

City Can Regulate Use Of State Conservancy Property, Court Rules

Jul 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

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.