News Briefs

The State Water Resources Control Board approved a $383 million plan to slow the degredation of the Salton Sea in the next decade.  >>read more

The City of San Diego’s new habitat conservation plan for vernal pools is facing new opposition from nearly a dozen environmental groups. >>read more

Los Angeles is one of a dozen cities worldwide, including Mexico City, London, Cape Town, and Paris, that are vowing to make entire neighborhoods fuel-free by promoting walking, cycling, and public transportation.  >>read more

 At least eight cities and coalitions of cities in California have submitted proposals to lure Amazon's second headquarters >>read more

 Caltrans released its public draft of the California State Rail Plan >>read more

The City of Stockton City Council voted unanimously to approve the first phase of downtown’s proposed Open Window redevelopment project.  >>read more

Environmental groups agreed to conditions under which the Newhall Ranch mega-development of 58,000 residents in Santa Clarita Valley will proceed. >>read more

The following awards were presented at this week’s conference of the American Planning Association, California Chapter, in Sacramento. >>read more

At the last minute the Huntington Beach City Council delayed a vote on its general plan update in part to consider the impacts of pending state legislation. >>read more

After over a decade of false starts, the Oakland A’s have selected a spot near Laney College as their preferred location for a 35,000-seat, privately financed ballpark to replace the Coliseum >>read more

The Sacramento Area Council of Governments launched Civic Lab, an initiative that takes local teams through workshops with local and national transportation and technology experts to spark innovative solutions >>read more

An audit by the San Francisco Controller’s Office reveals that the San Francisco Housing Authority has serious problems managing its funds >>read more

The San Francisco Bay Area’s less racially diverse cities are not being allocated their fair share of moderate- and lower-income housing  >>read more

California cites dominated the top of the U.S. Cities Sustainable Development Global Index . >>read more