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California's Housing-Climate Rubik's Cube
How can you reduce emissions, reduce risks from wildfire, sea-level rise, and other effects of climate change -- and still build enough housing so Californians will want to stay?

William Fulton
Jan 27, 2020
Trump Finalizes Narrower Wetlands Rule
But California backstop will maintain expansive definition of wetlands in the state.
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Jan 26, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs Jan. 21, 2020: SB 50 Committee Change; Complete Streets in Sacto; Homelessness; and More
Senate Bill 50 , the controversial bill to promote denser housing around transit, will not suffer the same fate as it did last year
Robin Glover
Jan 21, 2020
Newsom Budget Proposes Modest Housing Changes
After coming out of the box aggressively last year with changes to the RHNA process, the governor chooses this year to focus on homelessness.

William Fulton
Jan 14, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs January 14, 2020: San Diego Slow Growth; Bike Friendliness; Housing Funds; and More
Despite recent incentive boosts and increasingly streamlined regulations, San Diego has produced fewer housing units since 2017
Robin Glover
Jan 14, 2020
Amended SB 50 Housing Bill Allows More Local Control
For the third time in three years, Sen. Scott Wiener is advancing a bill to promote density near jobs and transit and do away with single-family zoning.

Josh Stephens
Jan 8, 2020
Remembering Neal Peirce
CP&DR's editor and publisher Bill Fulton recounts the life of the pioneering urban journalist, who passed away right after Christmas.

William Fulton
Jan 7, 2020
CP&DR News Briefs: Coastal Housing; Anaheim Stadium; CEQA vs. Housing; and More
Coastal cities should plan to double annual housing targets to 200,000 a year, according to a new climate change report from California’s Legislative Analyst Office
Robin Glover
Dec 30, 2019
CP&DR News Briefs December 24, 2019: San Diego Density; Southern Calif. Housing; Los Angeles Political Donations; and More
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced a proposal to slash height and density limits within a half-mile of high frequency rail stations on land parcels already zoned for multi-family housing
Robin Glover
Dec 24, 2019
Legal Briefs: San Jose Surplus Land Ordinance Pre-empted by State Law
Also: Statute of limitations on the Mitigation Fee Act, a request to depublish the Millenium Hollywood case, and the U.S. Supreme decline to hear a takings case from Massachusetts involving a local wetlands ordinance.

William Fulton
Dec 22, 2019
SB 743 Stands Up In Court
Challenge to Sacramento General Plan EIR rendered moot by new CEQA guidelines. Court also upholds city's general plan language.

William Fulton
Dec 21, 2019
CP&DR Vol. 34 No. 12 December 2019
CP&DR Vol. 34 No. 12 December 2019
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Dec 19, 2019
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