Vol. 21 No. 01 Jan 2006
Maywood Wonders If The Park Is Worth The Pollution
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Morris NewmanMaking a public park out of a Superfund site is a rarity. If Maywood, a city in the old industrial belt of South Los Angeles County, ultimately succeeds in creating a 7.3-acre park along the Los Angeles River, the result would be inspirational.
Price: $2.95Planning News Updates From Around The State
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: CP&DR StaffDavis adopts inclusionary housing ordinance for moderate incomes. San Diego considers military land for airport and selects proposal for port redevelopment. Los Angeles settles airport controversy while a county planner is sentenced to jail. Santa Clarita votes on open space and continues 15-year fight over a quarry.
Price: $2.95Caltrans' Study Of Interchange For Casino Fails
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyThe environmental impact report for a proposed Highway 50 interchange that would serve an El Dorado County Indian casino has been invalidated by the Third District Court of Appeal.
Price: $2.95Southern California Lifestyle Center Developer Defeats Competition Twice
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: CP&DR StaffSouthern California “lifestyle” center developer Rick Caruso won two recent rounds against the owners of traditional shopping malls. The rulings, one published and the other unpublished, both came from the Second District Court of Appeal.
Price: $2.95Court Limits San Diego Agency's Use Of Closed Sessions For Negotiations
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: CP&DR StaffA nonprofit corporation created by the City of San Diego to carry out downtown redevelopment may not meet in closed session with legal counsel for the city’s redevelopment agency, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled.
Price: $2.95Response to "North Natomas: Cutting Edge Or Only More Of The Same?"
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Tina A. ThomasI am writing to comment on “North Natomas: Cutting Edge or Only More of the Same?” (CP&DR Local Watch, October 2005), an article that expressed several concerns about development in the North Natomas area of Sacramento.
Price: $2.95Initiatives May Dominate Debate Over Reform
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyProperty rights activists and redevelopment opponents are preparing statewide ballot measures that could greatly limit the use of eminent domain.
Price: $2.95Land Trust Bankruptcy Raises Many Questions
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Eric KanclerThe Environmental Trust, Inc., (TET) became the first land trust in the nation to declare bankruptcy in March 2005. The San Diego nonprofit organization’s bankruptcy raises questions about the long-term stability of land trusts and mitigation banks.
Price: $2.95Condo Conversions Face New Scrutiny: Loss of Rental Housing Worries Some Advocates, Public Officials
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyPeople wanting to buy their own place in San Diego for less than $300,000 have essentially one option: apartments that have been converted to condominiums. Owners of approximately 15,000 apartment units have converted them into for-sale condominiums or filed applications for conversions in recent years.
Price: $2.95Supreme Court Permits Validation Suit
1 January 2006 - 1:00am | Author: CP&DR StaffThe state Supreme Court has rejected most claims of a development company fighting building permit fees in the City of Rancho Cucamonga. However, the court did decide that the builder, Barratt American, could contest the validity of a city fee ordinance adopted in 2002 — a reversal of a lower court ruling.
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