CP&DR - Articles

Texas Developer Proposes San Bernardino Cargo Airport

Jul 1, 2002

Economic Development, Paul Shigley, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

Generating economic activity at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino has proven to be difficult since the base closed in 1994. But Norton is now the scene of a proposal to replicate a successful airport in Texas that was built during the 1980s solely for industrial users.

Ninth Circuit Upholds State Water Quality Program

Jul 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

Two rulings by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the setting of permissible pollution levels in surface waters offer a mixed review of the issue.

Company Is Allowed to Contest Review Of A Competitor's Project

Jul 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

A garbage company can challenge the environmental review of a competitor's proposed trash processing facility because the garbage company was enforcing a public duty of a local government, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled.

City Can Regulate Use Of State Conservancy Property, Court Rules

Jul 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

The City of Malibu can regulate the use of land owned by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, the Second District Court of Appeal has ruled.

U.S. Supreme Court Will Review Lawsuit From California Developer

Jul 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to review a Clean Water Act case from California's Central Valley. The case involves the federal government's ability to regulate agricultural activity in wetlands.

Population Booms Could Alter Local Housing Markets

Jul 1, 2002

Christopher Williamson, Research Reports, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

Two generations of Americans are likely to influence local planning, development, and economic activity in many ways during the coming 10 to 20 years: the retiring Baby Boom and the soon-to-be-working Echo Boom.

Symbiosis Finds The Baseball Diamond

Jul 1, 2002

Deals, Morris Newman, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

One dim memory I have from sixth grade biology is that of the oxpecker, a small bird that sits on the back of the rhinoceros. Normally a dominating and irascible beast, the rhino tolerates the oxpecker because the bird does something the rhino cannot do for herself: relieve her of all the troublesome insects that worry her neck, back and hindquarters. As most sixth graders know, this relationship is an example of symbiosis, or the cooperation of two organisms to their mutual benefit.

The 55% Solution: Local School Bonds Winning Easy Approval

Jun 1, 2002

other, Public Development, Vol. 17 No. 06 Jun 2002

California is on the verge of an unprecedented surge in school construction. State voters' willingness to lower the threshold of approval for local school bonds from two-thirds to 55% has drastically increased the number of bonds issued by districts. If state voters approve the two largest bonds in California history — $12.5 billion in November and $13 billion in March 2004 — school construction would take off.

'In-Lieu Franchise Fee' Invalidated for Lack of Connection to Costs

Jun 1, 2002

Legal Digest, other, Vol. 17 No. 06 Jun 2002

Flat-rate "franchise fees" that the City of Roseville charges customers of its municipal water, sewer and refuse collections systems are in violation of Proposition 218, the Third District Court of Appeal has ruled.

Local Takings Initiative Heads to Ballot

Jun 1, 2002

Featured Articles, Paul Shigley, Vol. 17 No. 06 Jun 2002

An initiative that would require Nevada County to pay property owners if a land use regulation diminishes property value appears headed for the November ballot. Both opponents and supporters of the initiative expect that Nevada County will approve the initiative — and that it could lead to similar efforts in other parts of California, especially in conservative rural counties.

Chino, Ontario Move Forward On Developing Dairy Preserve

Jun 1, 2002

Infill development, Local Watch, Paul Shigley, San Bernardino County, Vol. 17 No. 06 Jun 2002

Once the largest concentration of dairy cows in the United States, the San Bernardino County Dairy Preserve is on the verge of becoming home to more than 200,000 people. The City of Chino is finishing work on a specific plan for 5,435 acres, and City of Ontario officials are refining a development fee schedule, the last document needed before the city begins processing development applications for 8,200 acres on the south end of town.

Advocates of Poor, Minorities Seek Equal Footing in Growth Debates

Jun 1, 2002

Insight, Vol. 17 No. 06 Jun 2002, William Fulton

"Environmental justice" is becoming the biggest buzzword in planning since "smart growth." There is an irony here, because, at least in California, the two appear to be on something of a collision course.

Design Priorities Threaten to Leave Planners Behind

Jun 1, 2002

Stephen Svete, Trends, Vol. 17 No. 06 Jun 2002

Though scarcely acknowledged, urban planning is in the midst of a fundamental shift in professional focus. The public is demanding the change. It's a simple idea, as well as an old one: Planners need to understand design. This is because urban planning in America has followed the larger culture into an era where style is substance.

Sacramento Neighborhood Rejoins the City

Jun 1, 2002

Morris Newman, Places, Vol. 17 No. 06 Jun 2002

Del Paso Heights is a neighborhood frozen in time. With its large lots and streets without sidewalks or storm drains, the 1,500-acre neighborhood has a kind of shabby charm that recalls its former role as the suburban fringe of the long-gone City of North Sacramento. The neighborhood seems suspended at the moment just before a rural or quasi-rural area undergoes urbanization — that is, when large lots get subdivided for single-family housing, when streets get paved and the casual "house here, hous