Vol. 21 No. 07 Jul 2006

So, the smart growthers have their candidate for governor.
No statewide public figure in California has been more closely identified with “smart growth” and “New Urbanism” than Phil Angelides. This affiliation didn’t matter in the Democratic primary. And it probably won’t matter in the general election, either. But it will matter if Angelides is elected.

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Endangered species issue complicates development in Coachella Valley, a judge declares the inclusionary housing ordinance unconstitutional in the City of San Diego, and activists halt development in both Pebble Beach and Santa Monica.

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Voters appeared to be in both an anti-tax and an anti-growth mood in June.

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A state appellate court has upheld an exemption from environmental review for a 14-story residential building proposed in San Diego.

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Opponents of a school consolidation plan in a Santa Cruz County school district did not provide evidence showing that the consolidation was not exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review, the Sixth District Court of Appeal has ruled.

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An important case involving the delivery of water to farmers and fish appears to have sputtered to an end with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ short-order rejection of the farmers’ claims.

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The south Orange County city of Lake Forest is poised to approve a plan that would not only permit 5,400 housing units, but would help tie together what are now two distinct parts of town.

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WASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court's splintered decision on wetlands protection is likely to result in more litigation for federal agencies and new attention to California water boards’ expansive jurisdiction over the state’s waters.

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Maybe it was while I was strolling amidst the mixed-use projects rising in the historic Pearl District. Or maybe it was while I was sipping coffee at a Powell’s outlet in the funky Hawthorne District. Or maybe it was while walking down the full sidewalks of Beaumont Village to a brewpub on a Tuesday evening.

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My first impression of San Pedro occurred 15 years ago during a tour organized by the Los Angeles Conservancy. A middle-aged man, who had been a sailor during World War II, became animated as we stood beside the old city jail in the municipal building.

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