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CP&DR News Briefs January 5, 2021: Facebook and Housing; 100 Years of Traffic; Wildlife Board; and More
Facebook is in talks with stakeholders in the Bay Area affordable housing world to build 2,000 units of extremely low-income housing.
Robin Glover
Jan 4, 2021
Podcast: Top Planning Stories of 2020
Bill and Josh discuss CP&DR's most popular stories of the year.
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Dec 24, 2020


Laguna Beach Homeowner Must Tear Down Seawall
The property owners undertook a major renovation -- apparently beyond what the Coastal Development Permit allowed -- with city permits but without out telling the Coastal Commission.

William Fulton
Dec 22, 2020
CP&DR Vol. 35 No. 12 December 2020
CP&DR Vol. 35 No. 12 December 2020
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Dec 21, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs December 22, 2020: Endangered Species Act; Population Growth; Otay Ranch Development; and More
The Trump administration finalized its adoption of a regulatory definition of “habitat" for purposes of species protection.
Robin Glover
Dec 21, 2020
A Year Like No Other
The pandemic, racial injustice, an end to California's population growth -- has California planning ever seen a year like this before?

Josh Stephens
Dec 15, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs December 15, 2020: Upzoning Legislation; Anti-Eviction Legislation; Drilling Rights; and More
Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymember Robert Rivas co-introduced legislation that would allow local governments to upzone neighborhoods.
Robin Glover
Dec 14, 2020
CP&DR Podcast: Top Planning Books of 2020
An impressive array of books on urban planning came out in 2020; Bill and Josh discuss with Planetizen Editor James Brasuell.
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Dec 11, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs Dec. 8, 2020: L.A. Transportation Tech; Tejon Ranch Lawsuit; Gas Tax Spending; and More
Los Angeles established what it is calling a "Transportation Technology Innovation Zone" to field-test new transportation technologies.
Robin Glover
Dec 7, 2020


Ballot Measure Puts San Mateo In Housing Quandary
Someday a city on the San Francisco Peninsula will embrace growth. It will recognize the pressures of the Bay Area’s housing crisis and fully capitalize on the economic juggernaut of the region’s tech industry. Today is not that day. And the city is definitely not San Mateo. The
Sarah Klearman
Dec 7, 2020
CEQA At 50
The law has proven stubbornly resistant to reform. But cities and other lead agencies are learning how to end-run the whole process.

William Fulton
Dec 6, 2020
SCAG Sees Revolt Against RHNA Allocations
60% of Orange County cities challenge their targets, which are much higher than last time around.

Josh Stephens
Dec 1, 2020
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