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News Briefs
CP&DR News Briefs April 2, 2018: Non-Displacement in LA; Statewide Planning Survey; Orange County Homelessness; and More
The Lewis Center at UCLA released research suggesting that new housing developments in Los Angeles are, in general, not displacing older, affordable units
Noemi Wyss
Apr 2, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs March 26, 2018: San Diego Climate Lawsuit; Oakland Coliseum Ownership; L.A. School District; and more
Several environmental groups are suing the County of San Diego for its plans to use carbon credits to offset greenhouse gas emissions from new housing and commercial developments
Noemi Wyss
Mar 26, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs March 19, 2018: SB 3 Bond Measure; High Speed Rail Costs; One Bay Area Grants; and More
Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders agreed to a $4 billion bond that would fund low-income housing and subsidize home loans for California veterans
Noemi Wyss
Mar 19, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs March 12, 2018: L.A. Resiliency Plan; Bay Area Sea Level Rise; S.F. Rideshare Fees; and More
The City of Los Angeles released its first citywide Resilience Strategy to help prepare for natural disasters and other stresses that the city might face
Noemi Wyss
Mar 13, 2018
Legislative Update: Wiener Revises SB 827 Transit Oriented Development Bill
Despite proclamations by many that SB 827 was dead on arrival, for being too aggressive, a revision has just been released >> read more
Josh Stephens
Mar 7, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs March 5, 2018: SoMa Upzoning; Bureau of Environmental Justice; Wealth Inequality; and More
The San Francisco Planning Department introduced a zoning ordinance to significantly up-zone a 17-block portion of the South of Market Neighborhood to take advantage of the new Central Subway
Noemi Wyss
Mar 5, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs February 26, 2018: S.F. Bayfront Development; CEQA & Development; Salt Marsh Threats; and More
The City and County of San Francisco and the State Lands Commission reached a settlement in a dispute over Proposition B
Noemi Wyss
Feb 26, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs February 19, 2018: S.F. Housing Bureaucracy; 710 Freeway Expansion; Berkeley Cryptocurrency; and More
A study from UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation found that bureaucratic impediments constitute the main reason San Francisco is the world’s second-most expensive city in which to build a home
Noemi Wyss
Feb 18, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs February 12, 2018: Desert Mining; Split-Roll Prop. 13; L.A. County TOD; and More
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke indicated that the agency will allow mining on 1.3 million acres of formerly protected California desert
Noemi Wyss
Feb 11, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs February 5, 2018: SB 35 Streamlining Cities; $140 Million in TCC Grants; Car-Buying Boom; $20 Billion Shortfall for SANDAG; and More
The California Department of Housing and Community Development released a list of cities and counties that are subject to streamlined housing development through Senate Bill 35.
Noemi Wyss
Feb 5, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs January 29, 2018: $4.5 Billion for Bay Area Transportation; High-Speed Rail Audit; Sacramento Development Fund; and More
MTC’s Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) approved a resolution to place a $4.45 billion package of transportation projects known as Regional Measure 3 (RM3) on the June 5 ballot
Noemi Wyss
Jan 29, 2018
CP&DR News Briefs January 22, 2018: High Speed Rail Cost Increases; Salton Sea Plan; San Jose-Santa Clara Truce; and More
The estimated cost of constructing 119 miles of high-speed rail track in the Central Valley has increased by $2.8 billion to a total of $10.6 billion.
Noemi Wyss
Jan 22, 2018
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