This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report. You can subscribe to CP&DR by clicking here. You can sign up for CP&DR’s free weekly newsletter here. Climate Report Anticipates Impacts of Warming, Weather Disruption on California According to California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the state, major climate change is projected in the state including

Appellate court says property owner has "private right of action" in the case of permitting delays.

Either way, CEQA will be different in the future. But will the change be comprehensive or incremental?

Voters in cities large and small will consider over two-dozen measure dictating zoning, project approvals, and more

Nestled at the northern end of the Peninsula, 11 miles south of San Francisco, is the small community of Colma (pop 1,700). Covering 2.2 square miles, Colma is the smallest Town in San Mateo County, boasts an old-world charm, and enjoys a strong tax base.

This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report. You can subscribe to CP&DR by clicking here. You can sign up for CP&DR’s free weekly newsletter here. Lawsuit Demands that State Reduce Water Consumption from Sacramento Bay-Delta Water advocates and local farmers have joined a lawsuit against the state of California over water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, demanding the state reduce its consumption in

But appellate criticizes CalGEM for mixing exemption with initial study.

In a case from Laguna Beach, an appellate court overruled a trial judge and said the city's calculation of a parcel's slope is binding.

This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report. You can subscribe to CP&DR by clicking here. You can sign up for CP&DR’s free weekly newsletter here. Indio and Imperial County Impose Moratoriums on Data Centers The Imperial County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new 45-day interim moratorium on approving data center facilities in unincorporated areas. This comes after controversy surrounding the Imper

A recent appellate case declaring that a lot-line adjustment was not ministerial has been published, meaning it can now be used as precedent in other cases.

An appellate court has upheld San Francisco’s decision to use streamlined environmental review for a proposed housing project that incorporates an historic library, essentially upholding the city’s use of tiering off of its housing element environmental impact report. The ruling is unpublished and therefore cannot be used as precedent in other cases.

The question posed in one panel at the California Chapter, American Planning Association, conference last week was whether the California Environmental Quality Act should live or die. Everybody had a paddle – not to swat each other, but to vote yes or no. And despite the fact that most of the people in the room make their living as CEQA practitioners, the vote was surprisingly close.