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CP&DR News Briefs October 13, 2020: Statewide Conservation Plan; San Jose Bike Plan; L.A. County Freeway Widening; and More
Governor Gavin Newsom is seeking to set aside 30 percent of the state's land for conservation and agriculture.
Robin Glover
Oct 12, 2020


Podcast: Future of Housing with Diana Lind
Even as the single-family home maintains its grip on the American Dream, alternatives are emerging. Author Diana Lind explores the future of housing in her new book Brave New Home. >>read more

Josh Stephens
Oct 11, 2020
New RTP/SCS Documents Must Grapple With More Housing
Southern California and Bay Area MPOs must get more aggressive to meet RHNA goals and SB 375 goals.

Josh Stephens
Oct 6, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs October 6, 2020: Phasing Out Gas; Questioning Housing Numbers; Sacramento Homeless Housing; and More
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that phases out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035--the most aggressive clean-car policy in the United States.
Robin Glover
Oct 5, 2020
Newsom Signs Housing and Planning Bills
Most involve incremental change, however, as major zoning reform bills all failed.

William Fulton
Sep 29, 2020
CP&DR Vol. 35 No. 9 September 2020
CP&DR Vol. 35 No. 9 September 2020
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Sep 29, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs September 29, 2020: L.A. Metro Plan; Sacramento Transit Hub; Dan Point Harbor; and More
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.
Robin Glover
Sep 28, 2020
Barrett's Only Property Rights Ruling: Careful, Narrow, Deferential
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.

William Fulton
Sep 27, 2020


Lafayette Approves Full-Size Version of Infamous Apartment Development
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
Sarah Klearman
Sep 26, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs September 22, 2020: San Jose Linkage Fee; ADU Permitting; SCAG Regional Plan; and More
San Jose will charge commercial developers fees to fund affordable housing.
Robin Glover
Sep 21, 2020
CEQA Challenge to Granite Bay Storage Facility Is Moot
Among other things, the neighbors didn't seek to stop construction until the project was almost built.

William Fulton
Sep 21, 2020
Close Call For SB 1120 May Mean More Focus On Duplexes
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.

William Fulton
Sep 21, 2020
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