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. Developer Proposes Building Data Centers on Fairgrounds Statewide Global Stack LLC, a California infrastructure company, has proposed building data centers, multilevel parking garages, and helicopter landing pads on state land generally used as fairgrounds. The comp

Although the federal government doesn't directly control land use, the new law contains many provisions that California planners need to know about -- including a CDBG penalty if housing isn't produced. Here's the rundown.

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. American Canyon Annexation Spurs Lawsuit from Developer A Watson Ranch project developer has sued in Napa Superior Court to block a proposed 281-acre expansion of American Canyon's city boundary, arguing it violates a 2008 voter-approved measure barring urban limit l

San Francisco and San Jose have gotten their alternative plans approved. Los Angeles and San Diego took the deferral route.

Huntington Beach Loses Anti-SLAPP Motion Against State

The city was supposed to adopt the Baylands Specific Plan by May 18 but now says it won't be able to do so until fall. HCD has threatened fines and other enforcement action.

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. Ballot Measure to Curb Local Special Taxes Pulled; Los Angeles ‘Mansion Tax’ Remains Intact After talks of rolling back Los Angeles’ “mansion tax”, the Los Angeles City Council pulled a plan to reform the measure from the November ballot -- which would have exempted

The county approved the project and drew a CEQA lawsuit from the Sierra Club. Then it imposed a moratorium and drew another lawsuit from the developer.

Cal Supremes say test for Class 1 (minor) exemption is the nature of the change, not the risk of environmental harm

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