For all the appeal that “streamlining” would seem to offer, Gov. Jerry Brown's housing proposal has drawn stiff criticism – including some from traditional proponents of affordable housing. >>read more

In Wal-Mart case, Victorville gets caught between GP, EIR, and parcel map findings. >>read more

The City Council has changed its non-agenda public comment ordinance, but they're not off the hook yet. >>read more

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling gives property owners the ability to challenge the Army Corps' "jurisdictional determination" of wetlandsbefore seeking a permit. >>read more

An appellate court has denied an anti-SLAPP motion to strike in a long-running dispute between rival developers and the City of Carson. >>read more

 The fifteen or so land-use measures on city and county ballots June 6 represent a cross-section of issues that California localities are facing. They include referenda on perennial questions like proposed developments (Pleasanton Measure K),  affordable housing (San Francisco Proposition C) funding for parks and infrastructure (San Francisco Proposition B). and, yet again, State of Jefferson secession (Lassen County). >>read more

Click title to view: CP&DR Vol. 31 No. 5 - May 2016

Rarely does anything with a lawn, a photovoltaic canopy, a “great lawn," no fewer than 13 design collaborators, and an estimated $50 million budget, qualify as simple. But, relative to its competitors, that’s exactly what the winning design in the Pershing Square Renew competition is. >>read more