Is CEQA Required For Every Step Toward Approval?

by William Fulton on Dec 6, 2025

In a case from Dublin, a local judge seems to think so -- even for a ballot meausre.

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CP&DR News Briefs December 16, 2025: L.A. Adaptive Reuse; SB 9 & Fire Recovery; Suit Against S.F. Upzoning; and More
CP&DR News Briefs December 16, 2025: L.A. Adaptive Reuse; SB 9 & Fire Recovery; Suit Against S.F. Upzoning; and More

by Emily Glennon and Jacob Madley on Dec 16, 2025

Los Angeles will expand its adaptive reuse policy, allowing office and commercial buildings to be converted into housing citywide, per a unanimous vote of the City Council

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Is Sacramento Ready For True CEQA Reform?
Is Sacramento Ready For True CEQA Reform?

by William Fulton on Dec 13, 2025

Ben Allen, Buffy Wicks, CEQA, Housing, Initiatives, Wildfire

Environmentalists, developers, business interests, and many others are jockeying for position -- but will the result be just more incremental change? 

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Cal Supremes Won't Take Huntington Beach Housing Case
Cal Supremes Won't Take Huntington Beach Housing Case

by William Fulton on Dec 13, 2025

California Supreme Court, Charter Cities, Housing, Housing Element, Huntington Beach

Although an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is still possible, the reluctant city might finally have to adopt a housing element.

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Wildfire Education Program for Planners & Firefighters Wins National APA Award 
Wildfire Education Program for Planners & Firefighters Wins National APA Award 

by Josh Stephens on Dec 10, 2025

American Planning Association, Awards, Cal Fire, Wildfires

A program to educate California planners about wildfires and firefighters about planning won a 2025 American Planning Association National Planning Award

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CP&DR News Briefs December 9, 2025: S.F.
CP&DR News Briefs December 9, 2025: S.F. "Family Zoning;" Dodger Stadium Gondola; L.A. County Sustainability Plan; and More

by Emily Glennon and Jacob Madley on Dec 9, 2025

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7-4 to adopt the Family Zoning Plan, which will allow taller and more dense buildings particularly in the residential north and west sides of the city

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Frank Gehry's Star Quality Outshined His Urbanism
Frank Gehry's Star Quality Outshined His Urbanism

by Josh Stephens on Dec 8, 2025

Architecture, Frank Gehry , Urbanism

Los Angeles-based "starchitect" Frank Gehry died at the age of 96. His fame is undeniable. His influence on cities is more complicated. 

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CP&DR News Briefs December 1, 2025: Proposed National Monument; Redlands Warehouse Ban; Coastal Commission & Housing; and More
CP&DR News Briefs December 1, 2025: Proposed National Monument; Redlands Warehouse Ban; Coastal Commission & Housing; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt and Jacob Madley on Dec 2, 2025

A nonprofit group based in the desert town of Shoshone, California in Inyo County has formed to propose a 1.2 million-acre Amargosa Basin National Monument

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Affluent Communities Still Fight Builder's Remedy Projects
Affluent Communities Still Fight Builder's Remedy Projects

by William Fulton on Nov 29, 2025

AB 2011, Beverly Hills, Builder's Remedy, Housing, Menlo Park, Mountain View

Mountain View approves 15-story project but Menlo Park and Beverly Hills resist.

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CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 11 November 2025 Report
CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 11 November 2025 Report

by CP&DR Staff on Nov 25, 2025

Report

The CP&DR Vol. 40 No. 11 November 2025 Report

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CP&DR News Briefs November 25, 2025: San Diego Measure C Litigation; Wildfire Rebuilding; Menlo Park Ballot Measure; and More
CP&DR News Briefs November 25, 2025: San Diego Measure C Litigation; Wildfire Rebuilding; Menlo Park Ballot Measure; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt and Jacob Madley on Nov 25, 2025

Five years after its approval by voters, litigation over San Diego's Measure C hotel tax has concluded with California's Fourth District Court of Appeals ruling in favor of the measure

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Newport Beach Housing Initiative Qualifies For Ballot
Newport Beach Housing Initiative Qualifies For Ballot

by Josh Stephens on Nov 24, 2025

Ballot Measures, Housing, Newport Beach

Measure would reduce allowable new housing below the target required by the city's Housing Element.

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Trump Administration Begins Rollback of Wetlands, Endangered Species Regulation
Trump Administration Begins Rollback of Wetlands, Endangered Species Regulation

by William Fulton on Nov 23, 2025

Endangered Species, Wetlands

But California law is likely to control regulation in the state -- at least on private land. Federal land is another story.

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