CP&DR Vol. 35 No. 9 September 2020

The Los Angeles County Metro Board of Directors approved an updated 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan, a $400-billion, 30-year transportation blueprint for the county.

In a case a month ago involving the Obama Presidential Center, she rejected citizen activists' very expansive claims of a taking of property under the Fifth Amendment.

An otherwise unassuming apartment project that became a symbol of California’s housing crisis may finally move forward, nine years after its initial proposal. The Lafayette City Council has voted to approve the Terraces at Lafayette , an apartment complex planned for 22 acres in

San Jose will charge commercial developers fees to fund affordable housing.

Among other things, the neighbors didn't seek to stop construction until the project was almost built.

Housing experts say small projects will cost less and be easier to build than large multifamily projects weighted down by affordable housing and union labor requirements.

The City of Anaheim and Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno have agreed on a cash and community benefits package.

State won't reimburse city $20 million for public infrastructure projects

Anna Nelson, of advocacy group Neighbors for more Neighbors, will tell the California APA conference how grassroots activism defeated single-unit zoning in Minneapolis.

City says it fears losing $7 million bond if appeal fails. Permit for 5-story project should be approved this week.

Housing and Community Development reports that all but 29 jurisdictions fall under some provision of SB 35.