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CP&DR Vol. 39 No. 7 July 2024 Report
CP&DR Vol. 39 No. 7 July 2024 Report
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Jul 31, 2024
Church/Eldercare Project Moves Forward In Westwood
Neighbors have challenged in the project, located along a high-rise corridor, in two different lawsuits -- one challenging the city's application of an eldercare zoning deviation and the other challenging the city's use of a Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment. So

William Fulton
Jul 30, 2024
CP&DR News Briefs July 30, 2024: San Diego General Plan; Berkeley Upzoning; UC Merced; and More
The San Diego City Council adopted a comprehensive general plan amendment called Blueprint SD, aiming to guide the city's growth while addressing climate change, expediting zoning updates and tackling racial segregation

Ella Morner-Ritt
Jul 29, 2024
CP&DR News Briefs July 23, 2024: California Forever's New Plan; Berkeley Upzoning; State Surplus Properties; and More
California Forever, the parent company behind the East Solano Plan to build a new city of up to 400,000 residents on the northeastern edge of the Bay Area, reached an agreement with Solano County on a new process for advancing the plan

Ella Morner-Ritt
Jul 22, 2024


Fresno’s Tower Theater drama continues
The city bought the theater to avoid sale to an evangelical church. That set up an explosion of litigation -- which the city is winning and the church is losing.

William Fulton
Jul 22, 2024


Exception To The Infill Exemption Gets Harder
<p>A nearby office-building owner challenged the infill exemption on a condo project, claiming rare species were in the vicinity. In a case of dueling biologists, the Court of Appeal ruled that the species weren't rare enough to qualify.</p>

William Fulton
Jul 15, 2024
CP&DR News Briefs July 16, 2024: AB 9 Appeal; Land Use Ballot Propositions; SB 423 Streamlining; and More
Attorney General Rob Bonta is appealing a Superior Court decision that halted the enforcement of Senate Bill 9 in charter cities

Ella Morner-Ritt
Jul 14, 2024
California's Housing Crisis Meets California's Insurance Crisis
Insurance in wildfire areas is becoming harder to get -- which should be a good thing for the state's growth management policies. But it's getting in the way of meeting the state's housing targets.

Josh Stephens
Jul 9, 2024
CP&DR News Briefs July 9, 2025: San Francisco Permitting; Beverly Hills Builder's Remedy; Moreno Valley General Plan; and More
The Department of Housing and Community Development has determined that the City and County of San Francisco missed its housing permitting goals in 2023

Ella Morner-Ritt
Jul 8, 2024
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Loses To City of L.A. Again
In case challenging Flower Growers high-rise proposal, court finds that city properly adopted Appendix G as its CEQA checklist.

William Fulton
Jul 7, 2024


Costco Gets Creative with Mixed-Use Big Box
Using a clever combination of local and state housing incentives, Costco is getting into the housing business in South Los Angeles.

Josh Stephens
Jul 3, 2024
How Long Can The Swiss Cheese Approach To CEQA Go On?
The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have punched another hole in the California Environmental Quality Act – this time in order to move along construction of a new annex to the State Capitol in Sacramento.

William Fulton
Jul 1, 2024
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