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How Planners Can Help LA Recover -- And Help After Other Disasters Too

by Robert Olshansky, FAICP, and Laurie Johnson, FAICP on Jan 20, 2025

This is the moment for planners and planning. Although the driving force of recovery is to quickly build back what was lost, it’s also an opportunity for considering the future and how to incorporate resilience and other community improvements into the rebuild

CP&DR News Briefs January 21, 2025: Federal Wildfire Legislation; State Rail Plan; L.A. Rebuilding; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt on Jan 21, 2025

Members of Congress proposed a number of new measures focusing on forest management, disaster preparedness and streamlining government processes in the midst of the Los Angeles wildfires

Judge Allows Ventura To Keep Its Main Street Closed

by William Fulton on Jan 19, 2025

Pedestrian Malls, Streets & Highways Code, Ventura

Allowing emergency, maintenance, and delivery vehicles doesn't constitute a "partial" close under the Streets & Highways Law.

CP&DR News Briefs January 14, 2025: Wildire Rebuilding; Downtown L.A. Plan; Sacramento Co. Climate Plan; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt on Jan 14, 2025

Governor Newsom signed an executive order to expedite the rebuilding process for communities impacted by recent wildfires in Southern California

We Don't Have A Wildfire Crisis. We Have An Everything Crisis.

by Josh Stephens on Jan 13, 2025

Los Angeles, Wildfire

Josh Stephens reflects on what the L.A. wildfires mean for California, as he watches the blaze from his apartment on the edge of the evacuation zone.

Will The L.A. Fires Change Land Use Planning in California?

by William Fulton on Jan 12, 2025

Altadena, Calfire, Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Wildfires

Probably not. Residents typically want to rebuild what they had before -- even if replicating the existing land use pattern creates significant wildfire risk.

Newsom Proposes New Cabinet-Level Housing Agency

by William Fulton on Jan 11, 2025

Gavin Newsom, Housing, Transportation

Housing would be removed form the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and become its own entity. Transportation was removed from the business agency several years ago.

Federal Marijuana Law Overrides Local CUP

by William Fulton on Jan 11, 2025

Conditional Use Permit, Easement , Marijuana, Santa Barbara County

In a provocative ruling, an appellate court said that because federal law makes marijuana illegal, Santa Barbara County's approval of an easement to permit transportation of the substance cannot stand.

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by CP&DR Staff on Jan 7, 2025

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CP&DR News Briefs January 7, 2025: New National Monuments; Insurance Reform; Urban Mobility Resilience; and More

by Ella Morner-Ritt on Jan 7, 2025

President Joe Biden is set to designate two new national monuments in California: the Chuckwalla National Monument south of Joshua Tree National Park and the Sáttítla National Monument nearby the Oregon border

Legal Briefs: Seawall Case Published; L.A. ED1, La Cañada Flintridge

by CP&DR Staff on Jan 5, 2025

Coastal Commission, ED1, Half Moon Bay, Housing, Los Angeles, Seawall

The latest legal news in short bursts: Coastal Commission can't allow seawalls on projects built after 1976, ED1 revisions don't apply prospectively, and La Cañada Flintridge housing element appeal is moot.

Fresno City, County Reach Tax-Sharing Agreement

by William Fulton on Jan 5, 2025

Fresno, Fresno County, Southeast Development Area, Sprawl, Tax Sharing

City will get more funds to build infrastructure in Southeast Development Area. But the county will get a bigger slice of the pie elsewhere.

Tribal Hotel Near Trinidad Tripped Up By Local Lawsuit

by William Fulton on Jan 4, 2025

Coastal, Coastal Zone Management Act, Humboldt County, Tribes, Trinidad

Appellate court rejected the idea that the hotel is too tall but agreed that fire protection is lacking.