Vol. 21 No. 11 Nov 2006
CP&DR Marks 20 Years
1 November 2006 - 2:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyIn November 1986, California Planning & Development Report was born as a four-page “sample.” We haven’t missed a month since.
Price: $2.95Agriculture-To-Habitat Conversion Deemed Not Exempt From Environmental Review
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Author: CP&DR StaffA state project to convert 225 acres of Colusa County farmland into wetlands and waterfowl habitat is not exempt from environmental review, the Third District Court of Appeal has ruled.
Price: $2.95Forward To The Past: Urban Planners Seduced By New Urbanism
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Stephen SveteBack in the early 1990s, regionalism was the hot planning topic. Championed by then-Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, regionalism sought to organize a range of planning functions traditionally managed at the state and local levels into newly defined “regions” that would better reflect actual human activity and social function.
Price: $2.95Schwartzenegger Rejects Numerous Land Use Bills
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleySeveral pieces of land use legislation have been vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, including two bills aimed at affordable housing and a bill that would have decreased local discretion over the siting of emergency shelters and group homes. Meanwhile, state lawmakers and lobbyists are already starting to prepare housing bills for the 2007 legislative session.
Price: $2.95Trends, Issues Evolve Over Time But State's Planning System Remains Unchanged
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Author: William FultonTwenty years ago this fall, the population of California stood at slightly north of 27 million people – an alarming increase of 4 million since the 1980 Census. Many people were wondering how the state would be able to accommodate such a huge population.
Price: $2.95Downtown Ontario Receives Big Investment
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyConstruction has begun on an eight-block project in central Ontario that city officials and developers say will be a cornerstone of downtown revitalization.
Price: $2.95Familiar Issues Find New Homes As Growth Moves Inland
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Author: John KristLooking back at the environmental issues that grabbed headlines 20 years ago, it’s tempting to conclude that nothing at all has changed.
Price: $2.95Court Says San Diego's Airport Proposal, Traffic Didn't Damage Property Rights
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyOne of the largest takings awards in California history has been thrown out by a state appellate court, which ruled that preliminary airport planning and traffic circulation changes by the City of San Diego did not amount to a taking of a developer’s property.
Price: $2.95Court Rejects CEQA Exemption For Minor Monterey Water Transfer
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Author: CP&DR StaffA water credit transfer approved for a developer by the City of Monterey and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District has been struck down by an appellate court, which ruled that the city’s and the district’s reliance on an exemption from environmental review was faulty.
Price: $2.95Planning's Good, Bad and Ugly Updated
1 November 2006 - 1:00am | Authors: Paul Shigley, Larry SokoloffHundreds upon hundreds of real estate developments, planning efforts, economic development projects and related matters have received coverage in the pages of CP&DR during the past 20 years. We present here an update on some of the most important, and some of the weirder, stories from that period — while keeping in mind that most of these stories still have not ended.
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