A couple weeks ago, one local government official said she was getting tired of hearing about SB 375. Couldn't you write about something else, she politely asked? Yes, we could and will write about other subjects. But love it or hate it, SB 375 shifted the ground underneath plann

Remember way back to the days when climate change and greenhouse gas emissions didn't dominate every discussion of land use and economic development in California? You know, way back in … 2005. Well, Dan Logue sure does.

Senate Bill 375 dominated this year's UCLA Land Use Law and Planning Conference. While there were few comments about the merits of the new law, there was extensive discussion regarding the law's impact and implementation. If there was a common theme, it was this: SB 375 has the p

When Barack Obama took the oath of office Tuesday, he tried to strike a delicate balance between the soaring rhetoric he is famous for and an almost dour message about how much work and sacrifice will be required to put America back on its feet. Nowhere will that balance be more

Senate Bill 375 needs to be fixed, and it needs to be fixed this year. So says Rick Bishop, executive director of the Western Riverside Council of Governments. Bishop is not an advocate of sprawl-and-pavement über alles, which is the way many SB 375 opponents have been painted. I

Planning and Conservation League & PCL Foundation Annual Environmental Legislative Symposium Steps to a Sustainable California Saturday, February 7, 2009 – 9:00A – 4:15P Downtown Sacramento

If you attend only one conference all year, it should be the UCLA Extension Land Use Law and Planning Conference, scheduled for January 23 in downtown Los Angeles.

I use an admittedly imprecise technique to monitor the health of the Sacramento River's salmon. Several times during November and December, I walk onto the Diestelhorst Bridge in Redding and peer down at the river. Back in the 1990s, I often spotted half a dozen or more salmon wi

The Governor's Office of Planning & Research (OPR) has released a draft of the new CEQA Guidelines for assessing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming impacts of and on projects as mandated by SB 97 (Public Resources Code § 21083.05).

The notion of using redevelopment to help solve the state's budget deficit continues to percolate in Sacramento. Meanwhile, analyses of the governor's proposed 18-month budget that was released on New Year's Eve are trickling out.

The 23rd Annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference Friday, January 23, 2009 8:30am-5pm Reg # U6232, $ 400, fee goes up to $450 on January 9, 2009. Reg # U7874, $150 for faculty and students 7 hours of MCLE and CM credit available, including Legal Ethics credits. UCLA Extension'

In the world of land use planning and real estate development, 2008 will go down as a memorable year, but not necessarily for positive reasons. If the housing market bubble burst in 2007, it crashed to the ground Hindenburg-style in 2008. The fallout from the housing market disas