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. Rural Jurisdictions Take Steps to Limit Development of Data CentersTulare County, Hanford, Visalia, San Joaquin County and Coachella are among the California communities taking steps to restrict or ban data center development amid growing concerns about conservation

In case from Los Gatos, appellate court says acceptance of land dedication is discretionary -- meaning the lot -ine adjustment is subject to CEQA

Appellate court says Laguna Beach can't remove inventory without examining each individual historic property under CEQA

San Luis Obispo County can’t approve a subdivision map because a condition involving the Coastal Commission has not yet been met, the Second District Court of Appeal has ruled.

In 1997, the suburban dream was strong in the Sacramento areas. The capital city drew various measures of pity and indifference from coastal urbanities while places such as Elk Grove, Folsom, and Roseville grew as quickly as tract-home developers could build them. That's the year that Tom Pace joined the City of Sacramento's Planning Division. In the years since then, Sacramento and Pace -- who took over long-range planning in 2006 and became planning director in 2017 (after

Newsom now has 30 days to sign or veto the bills.

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The City of Burlingame (pop. 32,348) is a thriving suburban city on the San Francisco Peninsula, offering an exceptional quality of life and a dynamic development environment. The City is a stable, fiscally strong, well-managed organization known for its collaborative culture, supportive leadership, and exceptional public service.

The City of Concord is currently seeking to fill one Principal Planner vacancy in the Community DevelopmentDepartment. Ideal candidates possess extensive experience in current development and long range planning projects,both as project managers and as supervisors or team leaders.

The City of Ventura is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as its next Community Development Director.

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. Federal Officials Conduct Review Questioning Coastal Commission’s Authority The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is conducting an out-of-cycle federal review of the California Coastal Commission, threatening the authority the state has held for more t

A rundown of ways the Trump administration has treated California like a parasite and an enemy rather than a constituent state.