California will likely miss its emissions reductions goals for the next decade, in part due to unprecedented carbon dioxide emissions from the 2018 wildfire seasons.

A Superior Court judge issued a temporary order to block Alameda County’s Coliseum land sale to the Oakland A’s.

Justices say the issues in the case add up to a policy dispute, not a dispute over the environmental impact of urban decay.

The California Chapter of the  American Planning Association announced its 2019 planning awards at its conference in Santa Barbara.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Bay Area conservation groups separately sued the federal EPA for its failure to protect Redwood City’s salt ponds.

CP&DR Vol. 34 No. 9 September 2019

What will he sign?

Congressmember Scott Peters introduced a new bipartisan federal bill to increase funding to build homes near transit.

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.

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.

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.

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.