Plus, the city must pay $50,000 a month going forward if it does not pass a compliant housing elements. The Attorney General may go after other cities in the future

Monterey Park, Contra Costa County, and Davis are all seeking to manage land use with ballot measures this June

The City seeks a creative, innovative, hands-on collaborative and approachable team builder, leader and Executive Team member as Planning Director for finding efficiencies; maintaining / improving the City’s high level service expectations; addressing changing state legislation / regulations; working with neighboring cities; oversight of the processing of coastal-related projects; handling department and inter-department entitlement reviews; and achieving the City Council’s p

This article is brought to you courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report. You can subscribe to CP&DR by clicking here. You can sign up for CP&DR’s free weekly newsletter here. San Francisco to Adopt SB 79 Local Alternative San Francisco is moving forward with a local alternative to California’s new transit-oriented housing law, Senate Bill 79, which takes effect July 1. The state law requires taller and denser housing within a half-mile of

The project qualifies as residential and the Density Bonus Law can be used to set aside the height limit. Voters have eliminated the height limit twice only to be stymied by CEQA lawsuits.

Modesto will move forward with the most aggressive growth option for its 2050 general plan, expanding the city’s sphere of influence by about 12,240 acres

The developer said the city kept stalling the builder's remedy application. The city sid the developer never actually proved a "disapproval".

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