Transportation bond fails in San Francisco, while Santa Cruz voters apparently favor rails over trails. Meanwhile, Chino voters approved a housing element update.

In a case from San Diego, an appellate court reaffirms a 13-year old ruling that says the legislature has barred RHNA allocation lawsuits by COG members.

The Department of Housing and Community Development approved a San Diego affordable housing proposal allowing taller apartment buildings in coastal areas. Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/story/2022-06-15/state-opens-door-to-apartment-buildings-over-30-feet-in-san-diegos-coastal-zone

<p>Angels Stadium in Anaheim could have become Orange County's most impressive infill redevelopment. If not for corruption, contentiousness, and the Surplus Land Act.</p>

The Berkeley City Council voted to approve several seven-story buildings totaling about 2,400 housing units near North Berkeley BART stations. Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Berkeley-BART-stations-could-see-up-to-3-600-17218128.php

In preparing the new edition of&amp;nbsp; Guide to California Plannin g , it became more clear to me than ever that there&#039;s tension between the urban California we live in and the suburban California the planning system is designed to create.

San Francisco's plan to bring housing units, commercial development, and green spaces to the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard space fails to consider the potential impact of hazardous chemicals at the site, according to a new grand jury report.

When it doesn't allow the environmental impact report to analyze anything except the project that was proposed -- in this case, a Crystal Geyser bottling plant near Mount Shasta.

Angels owner Arte Moreno's development company has agreed to abandon the redevelopment of the the Angel Stadium site.

CP&DR Vol. 37 No. 5 May 2022

Court sides with developer in 48-year-old case from Tiburon but judge goes off on CEQA. Meanwhile, Marin County negotiates with developer to purchase the property for open space.

The Coastal Commission officially voted against Poseidon Water's desalination plant proposal in Huntington Beach.