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Developer Sues Menlo Park Over Sunset Magazine Project
The battle over redevelopment of the Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Pack has reached fever pitch, with the city refusing to back down in its resistance to the project and the developer filing a lawsuit asking that the city be hit with at least $6.6 million in fines.

William Fulton
Oct 6
2026 APA California Awards
The following awards were announced October 4 at the conference of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association, held in Los Angeles

CP&DR Staff
Oct 5


California APA Conference Returns to Los Angeles after 10 Years
This year's edition of the conference of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association arrives in a subdued version of Los Angeles

Josh Stephens
Sep 30
CP&DR News Briefs: September 29, 2026: Light Rail Suit; Data Centers Update; Navy OKs Concord Project; and More
he Inland Empire suburb of Montclair is suing the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) after the agency withdrew funding for the planned A Line light-rail extension to Montclair

CP&DR Staff
Sep 29
Historic Inventory CEQA Case Published
The move means that a ruling requiring CEQA analysis on the removal of each indnividual historic resoruce may now be used as precedent in future court cases.

William Fulton
Sep 28
CEQA Mitigations And Exemptions Don't Mix
In a case from Menifee, an appellate court rules that a project's sound wall was a mitigation and therefore the Class 32 exemption can't be applied.

William Fulton
Sep 28


CP&DR Vol. 41 No. 9 September 2026 Report
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CP&DR Staff
Sep 24
CP&DR News Briefs September 22, 2026: S.F. Waterfront; Santa Cruz Cnty. Data Centers; Huntington Beach; and More
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. San Francisco Considers $17 Billion Proposal to Protect Waterfront from Rising Seas The Port of San Francisco and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have presented a $17 billion study including proposals to save its bayside shoreline from rising sea levels. The San Fra

Emily Glennon
Sep 22
Newsom Vetoes Bill To Limit CEQA Exemption For Manufacturing
Governor said the legislation had too many bells and whistles on it.

William Fulton
Sep 19
CP&DR News Briefs September 15, 2026: San Jose Housing; Marina Safeway; S.D. Community Plan; and More
The San Jose City Council approved, on a 8-3 vote, zoning changes that could allow for apartment buildings, triplexes and fourplexes in low-density single-family neighborhoods which make up about 85% of the city's total residential area.

Emily Glennon
Sep 15


The SB 79 Litigation Wars Have Begun
Prohousing lawyers file lawsuits against SANDAG and the cities of San Diego, San Francisco, and Montebello

William Fulton
Sep 14


Is SB 344 The CEQA Death Rattle?
The bill declaring CEQA analysis on a big San Diego project "good enough" may create a new path for politically influential projects.

William Fulton
Sep 14
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