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CP&DR News Briefs September 24, 2019: Federal TOD Legislation; Huntington Beach Sues State; HSR Route into Bay Area; and More
Congressmember Scott Peters introduced a new bipartisan federal bill to increase funding to build homes near transit.
Brett Simpson
Sep 23, 2019
Drug Recovery Residences Subject to Zoning
In Dana Point case, appellate court rules that three residences housing people involved in a drug treatment program are not exempt from the municipal code.

William Fulton
Sep 23, 2019
Santa Barbara APA Report: How Localities Are Implementing SB 743
What's in the future: A lot of talk about low-VMT and high-VMT zones, renewed discussion of TDM, maybe some VMT banks -- and, yes, still a lot of LOS analysis, just not under CEQA.

William Fulton
Sep 19, 2019
Santa Barbara APA Report: Clamshell Planning
Leading planners and developers give tips on how to help housing developers move their projects forward. One important idea: Don't become clamshells during contentious public hearings.

William Fulton
Sep 17, 2019
CP&DR News Briefs September 17, 2019: Mission Valley; Housing Plans; SMART Rail; and More
The San Diego City Council adopted a new 30-year community plan that rezones the entire region and allows for more housing and commercial development near transit.
Brett Simpson
Sep 16, 2019
The Coming Uberapocalypse
Cities have gotten used to Uber and Lyft. AB 5's passage may send planners and developers back to the drawing board

Josh Stephens
Sep 14, 2019
90-Day Lawsuit Rule In PZDL Applies Broadly, Court Says
Challenge to implementation of Del Mar's Scenic View Ordinance fails because plaintiff served city too late in the process.

William Fulton
Sep 9, 2019
CP&DR News Briefs September 10, 2019: L.A. TOD Lawsuit; Zoning & Housing Production; Bay Area Freaks Out Developers; and More
A Los Angeles anti-development group filed a petition in Los Angeles Supreme Court targeting the city’s aims to increase affordable housing and density near transit
Brett Simpson
Sep 9, 2019
Southern California Balks at Aggressive Housing Numbers; SANDAG Cities Fight over Allocation
HCD assigned SCAG a far more aggressive housing target than it had asked for: 1,344,770.

Josh Stephens
Sep 4, 2019
Thunberg's Voyage May Be a Stunt, But She Has a Point for Planners
Maybe if we made our neighborhoods more walkable and livable, we wouldn't want to increase our carbon footprint by flying to Europe all the time.

Josh Stephens
Sep 3, 2019
With BART Extension Imminent, San Jose Looks to Turn Suburb into Urban Village
While many of the bedroom communities in Silicon Valley have clung to their residential character, even amid the Bay Area’s housing affordability crisis, San Jose has of late embraced a decidedly urban vision. Google plans to build a mixed-use headquarters downtown, and city lead
Mathew Hose
Sep 3, 2019
Scooters Offer Chance to Rethink Urban Rights of Way
Cars are a hassle and walking is too far, so these intermediate modes need a right of way, whether they are bikes, scooters, Segways or vehicles that haven’t been invented yet.

William Fulton
Aug 29, 2019
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