A recent Superior Court ruling requires a developer to pause construction on a contentious warehouse project in San Bernardino County

Director of Community Development 
City of Santa Monica, CA

Governor Gavin Newsom called out Norwalk's recent decision to extend its ban on new homeless shelters, and the state has imposed the "builder's remedy" 

Populations change even if they don't grow. That's why California needs more housing even though the population is stagnant. 

Cities are moving aggressively to adopt objective design standards, now required in reviewing housing projects. But developers can use the Density Bonus Law to end-run some of the standards. 

The Bay Area introduced its first plan to address the challenges of sea-level rise, which could lead to severe flooding and infrastructure damage

The California Chapter of the American Planning Association presented the following awards at its annual conference in Riverside this week

Altogether the governor signed more than 40 planning and development bills, vetoing only one bill designed to encourage conversion of old office buildings to housing, apparently because off the labor standards contained in the bill.

The CP&DR Vol. 39 No. 9 September 2024 Report

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has implemented a one-year moratorium on insurance cancellations and non-renewals for about 750,000 homeowners impacted by recent wildfires

At this year's California APA Conference, San Pablo Community Development Director Libby Tyler will recount the rise of women planners in California--and discuss the challenges they, and all planners, still face. 

Legislation includes everything expanding SB 9 to guardrails on builders remedy to clarifying how a housing element can be deemed compliant. About 15 planning and development bills remain on the governor's desk.