This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report. You can subscribe to CP&DR by clicking here. You can sign up for CP&DR’s free weekly newsletter here. San Francisco to Adopt SB 79 Local Alternative San Francisco is moving forward with a local alternative to California’s new transit-oriented housing law, Senate Bill 79, which takes effect July 1. The state law requires taller and denser housing within a half-mile of

The project qualifies as residential and the Density Bonus Law can be used to set aside the height limit. Voters have eliminated the height limit twice only to be stymied by CEQA lawsuits.

Modesto will move forward with the most aggressive growth option for its 2050 general plan, expanding the city’s sphere of influence by about 12,240 acres

The developer said the city kept stalling the builder's remedy application. The city sid the developer never actually proved a "disapproval".

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Some cities want the tax revenue. Others are using the same strategy for shutting down data centers that they are using on warehouses.

Beyond that, where you stand depends on where you sit: Where is the "streetfront" in a suburban shopping center?

The court was forced to interpret the meaning of a confusing map in the Local Coastal Plan. The justices concluded that the project was outside any environmentally sensitive area.

This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report . You can subscribe to CP&DR by clicking here . You can sign up for CP&DR ’s free weekly newsletter here . Trump Fires Board Overseeing San Francisco's Presidio President Donald Trump fired all six Biden-appointed members of the Presidio Trust board with no replacement trustees announced. The board is appointed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Int

The city is proposing a specific plan that would destroy part of the historic project. But the court ruled that it was not required to consider an alternative plan put forth by advocates.