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REAP 2.0: $600 Million To Locals For SCS Implementation
The state's MPOs will be sitting large amounts of cash to implement sustainable communities strategies -- a boon to local governments and planning consultants alike.

Josh Stephens
Aug 21, 2022
CP&DR News Briefs August 16, 2022: Los Gatos Housing Revolt; Fracking Moratorium; Livermore Housing Suit; and More
A group of Los Gatos residents is launching a ballot-box challenge to the town's 2040 General Plan for planning for too many housing units.
Mckenzie Locke
Aug 15, 2022


Can Eliminating Ag Mitigation Create New Impacts?
<p>Visalia put an ag mitigation program in its general plan -- then abandoned it. Does the city have to study the impact of that policy choice? A judge in Tulare County says yes.</p>

William Fulton
Aug 14, 2022


HCD Expects Review To Be Confined To San Francisco For Now
Agency official says HCD has more open complaints about San Francisco than any other city in the state.

William Fulton
Aug 11, 2022


Malibu District Loses Proposition 218 Case
Property owners can't be require to pay full cost of Broad Beach improvements, court rules.

William Fulton
Aug 8, 2022
General Plan Trumps Zoning In SB 330 Case
if upheld on appeal, L.A. judge's ruling could completely upend the way cities interpret the consistence between general plans and zoning.

William Fulton
Aug 7, 2022
CP&DR News Briefs August 9, 2022: San Bernardino Co. Secession; Whole Foods Suit in San Jose; Housing Unaffordability; and More
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an initiative placing an option on the ballot to request an official study. Read more:
https://www.sbsun.com/2022/08/03/san-bernardino-county-secession-measure-advances-to-november-2022-ballot/
Mckenzie Locke
Aug 7, 2022
An Ivory Tower Solution To Climate Change
Was Stanford the right place for John Doerr to park $1 billion for climate change? For that matter, are technological solutions the answer at all?

Josh Stephens
Aug 1, 2022
People's Park Development On Hold
Although Superior Court judge found "nothing new" and ruled for UC, an appellate panel has stayed the decision to move forward with the housing project.

William Fulton
Aug 1, 2022
CP&DR News Briefs August 2, 2022: S.F. Upzone Veto; San Jose-Santa Clara Truce; Fair Housing; and More
A controversial proposed ordinance that would do away with single-family zoning throughout San Francisco San Francisco is effectively dead -- for now.
Mckenzie Locke
Jul 31, 2022
CP&DR Vol. 37 No. 7 July 2022 Report
CP&DR Vol. 37 No. 7 July 2022
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Jul 28, 2022
CP&DR News Briefs July 26, 2022: Conservation in L.A. Co.; SGC "Resilience Centers;" and More
Trust for Public Land completed the final purchase phase of 6,000 acres of Los Angeles County ranch land.
Mckenzie Locke
Jul 24, 2022
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