Public Development
Voluntary Effort Sets High Goals for Bay Area's El Camino Real
30 May 2008 - 3:51pm | Author: Paul Shigley
When Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network CEO Russell Hancock talks about transforming El Camino Real into the Northern California version of the Avenues des Champs Elysees, one begins to wonder what color the sky is in his world.
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Price: $2.95No More Nasty Ol' Portables - Schools Adopt New Standards
28 December 2007 - 4:37pm | Author: Paul ShigleyState bond money and local tax dollars are flowing into new school construction at record rates, and school officials are learning that a “green” campus is both better for students and teachers and is less expensive to operate.
Price: $2.95LAO Raises Questions About Resources Land Acquisitions
26 October 2007 - 3:35pm | Author: Paul Shigley
The State of California needs a better system for determining how much it pays for resource conservation lands, the Legislative Analyst’s Office concluded in a lengthy report issued in October. Although the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) does not say directly that the state has overpaid when it bought forests, wetlands, beaches, habitat and open space, the implication is easy to draw.
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Price: $2.95Freeways Take Right-Of-Way For Transportation Funding
7 May 2007 - 3:18pm | Author: Paul ShigleyIf anything has become clear during the months since voters approved a $19.9 billion transportation bond last November, it’s that freeways are still king. The first $4.5 billion allocated by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) was aimed solely at roads, mostly for expanding freeway capacity. Another $3 billion for pavement — including $1 billion for Highway 99 — is scheduled for allocation by June.
Price: $2.95Legislative Analyst Questions UC's Long-Range Planning Process
1 February 2007 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleySome of the most intense growth battles of the last 20 years have involved development of classrooms, laboratories, housing and other facilities by the University of California (UC). Local government representatives and residents in Davis, Berkeley, Santa Barbara County and elsewhere have complained that UC shoves development down their throats without considering local impacts or desires.
Price: $2.95Legislative Analyst Questions UC's Long-Range Planning Process
1 February 2007 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleySome of the most intense growth battles of the last 20 years have involved development of classrooms, laboratories, housing and other facilities by the University of California (UC). Local government representatives and residents in Davis, Berkeley, Santa Barbara County and elsewhere have complained that UC shoves development down their throats without considering local impacts or desires.
Price: $2.95County Employs Redevelopment Tools After Disastrous Fire
1 January 2007 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleySan Bernardino County is using redevelopment tools to help a rural community devastated by the Southern California firestorms of 2003 rebuild. The effort is one of the first times a California redevelopment agency has formed a project area specifically to aid recovery from a natural disaster.
Price: $2.95Approval Of Ballot Measures Intensifies City-UC Tension
1 December 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyTwo ballot measures approved by Santa Cruz voters in November appear to have further strained the already difficult relationship between the city and the University of California.
Price: $2.95Lake Berryessa Residents Told To Make Way For Visitors
1 October 2006 - 12:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyLake Berryessa, a 30-square-mile federal reservoir in the hills northeast of the more famous Napa Valley, may be California’s most secret lake. But a new land use and management plan could change that by promoting a more high-end tourist activity than the lake has seen in the past.
Price: $2.95Sonoma State Housing Plan Tests Local Growth Boundary
1 August 2006 - 12:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyA plan to build housing for faculty and staff members at Sonoma State University appears to have widespread community support except for one detail: The university’s chosen location is a greenbelt outside of the City of Rohnert Park’s politically popular urban growth boundary.
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