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Cannabis Businesses Are Just Like Any Other Land Use
At least that's what an appellate court ruled in a case from Pomona that was brought, ironically, by a prospective cannabis merchant who argued otherwise.

William Fulton
Jun 19, 2023
CP&DR News Briefs June 20, 2023: Prohousing Grants; S.F. Adaptive Reuse; Walkability Rankings; and More
The state awarded $33.2 million in grants from the Prohousing Incentive Pilot Program to 18 jurisdictions that have achieved the Prohousing Designation
Ella Morner-Ritt
Jun 17, 2023
UC Wins A Battle Over Thinning Trees in Berkeley
<p>Dueling environmental groups disagreed over how much the university should thin non-native trees to reduce fire hazard. They both sued -- and they both lost.</p>

William Fulton
Jun 12, 2023
Builder's Remedy Projects Pop Up In Slow-Growth Towns
Most developers have been trying to get their projects approved for years. Some are adding multifamily affordable units to single-family projects in order to qualify.

William Fulton
Jun 11, 2023
Is It Possible To Decertify An EIR?
Or is one Huntington Beach City Councilmember's attempt to decertify the Beach and Edinger Specific Plan EIR simply a sideways attempt to repeal the plan?

William Fulton
Jun 10, 2023
CP&DR News Briefs June 13, 2023: Transit Funding; Disneyland Expansion; Water Supply; and More
The legislature tentatively agreed to make $2 billion in state general funds available to transit agencies statewide
Ella Morner-Ritt
Jun 9, 2023
CP&DR News Briefs June 6, 2023: L.A. County Congestion Pricing; Insurance in Wildfire Zones; La Jolla Cityhood; and More
Los Angeles County Metro is pursuing a feasibility study on traffic congestion with a draft of a congestion pricing scheme to manage traffic in some of the region's most congested areas.
Ella Morner-Ritt
Jun 3, 2023
Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling May Have Limited Impact in California
State's water quality law will likely continue to protect wetlands in an expansive way.

William Fulton
May 29, 2023


Compensatory Mitigation Doesn't Apply to San Jose Historic Building
One-for-one mitigation may work for agricultural land or biological resources. But a court has found that it won't work for "The Sphinx" -- a unique and now-demolished brutalist building in downtown San Jose designed by the famous architect Cesar Pelli.

William Fulton
May 29, 2023
CP&DR News Briefs May 30, 2023: Infrastructure Package; Santa Ana Housing; Redlands Warehouse Moratorium; and More
The Senate Budget Committee voted , 3-0, to recommend shelving Gov. Newsom's highly publicized package of bills designed to promote development of climate-friendly infrastructure.
Ella Morner-Ritt
May 29, 2023
CP&DR Vol. 38 No. 5 May 2023
CP&DR Vol. 38 No. 5 May 2023
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May 25, 2023


Los Angeles Bus Shelter Generates More Light than Heat
The widely ridiculed "La Sombrita" bus shelter in Los Angeles provides a warning for planners and designers about the dangers of over-promising and under-delivering.

J Stephens
May 24, 2023
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