New traffic analysis mechanism finally takes effect this week.

UC Berkeley erred in adding five times as many students as EIR analyzed, court rules.

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In places like Los Angeles's Westside, equity needs to be an issue on the table.

L.A.'s approval of four large projects along Sunset Boulevard doesn't form the basis for a claim under the Fair Housing Act

Court rules that vague carbon offsets approach for new development violates CEQA and invalidate the Climate Action Plan.

Murrieta properly imposed WRCOG's "TUMF" fee while map was still in effect, court rules. 

Most bills emphasize ministerial approval, thus providing an end-run around the CEQA process.

Low-cost transformation of streets to public -- and restaurant -- spaces may help enliven city neighborhoods and revive their sales tax bases.

CP&DR’s Josh Stephens spoke with California APA President Julia Lave Johnston about the pandemic’s impact on the planning profession.

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Lennar, labor negotiations fail, so City of Concord will look for another master developer for 13,000-home project.

The state required San Jose to get a new streambed agreement for Willow Glen Trestle Bridge. That doesn't trigger additional environmental review.

In the last few years, exemptions have vastly outnumbered EIRs and mitigated negative declarations. Who needs CEQA reform?

City must now hold new CUP hearing on Curtis Park gas station case, appellate court rules.

With few traffic jams and clear skies, California's regional planning agencies strategize about how to keep remote work going after the COVID crisis is over.

Amid shifting shopping habits, a developer will transform the postmodern concrete fortress of Horton Plaza into a mixed-use technology campus to attract jobs to downtown San Diego

The recent Vallco and Los Altos court decisions show that cities have to be very careful in handling SB 35 applications -- and can't rely on vague references to discretionary standards, as they have often done in the past.

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Visual depictions of projects remain an issue -- though accessibility might actually be improved for some. Brown Act has been loosened for the duration of COVID-19