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Updated: Land Use Ballot Measure Results: June 5, 2018
Updated: Land Use Ballot Measure Results: June 5, 2018

by CP&DR Staff on May 24, 2018

Ballot Measures

Voters in a dozen or so cities and counties will decide on 15 land use measures June 5, with a fairly typical array of questions.  >>read more

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Sober Living Facilities Raise Zoning Concerns
Sober Living Facilities Raise Zoning Concerns

by Josh Stephens on May 22, 2018

Housing, Orange County, Sober Living

Profileration of facilities in residential neighborhoods create clash with cities, especially in Orange County. >>read more

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Amid Raging Public Debates, Weiner Injects More Nuance into SB 827
Amid Raging Public Debates, Weiner Injects More Nuance into SB 827

by Josh Stephens on Apr 11, 2018

Housing, SB 827, Wiener

More affordable housing requirements, a lower height requirement, and more. >>read more

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Developer Pressures Berkeley With SB 35
Developer Pressures Berkeley With SB 35

by Morris Newman on Apr 8, 2018

Berkeley, Housing, SB 35

Apartment building gets fast-tracked as a result. >>read more

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Will Silicon Valley Be Ground Zero For SB 35?
Will Silicon Valley Be Ground Zero For SB 35?

by Josh Stephens on Apr 8, 2018

Cupertino, Housing, SB 35, Vallco Mall

Old Vallco Shopping Center in Cupertino may show the way on how to use the controversial new law. >>read more

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California Cities, Counties Grapple With Cannabis
California Cities, Counties Grapple With Cannabis

by Josh Stephens on Apr 2, 2018

Marijuana, Oakland, Orange County, San Francisco

More than 100 jurisdictions are thought to be crafting regulations for all aspects of the industry >>read more

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Long Beach Passes Scaled-Down Land Use Element
Long Beach Passes Scaled-Down Land Use Element

by Josh Stephens on Mar 20, 2018

Density, General Plan, Housing , Long Beach

Action comes after brawl between city and anti-growth groups. >>read more

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Vacancies In The Midst of a Housing Shortage
Vacancies In The Midst of a Housing Shortage

by Josh Stephens on Feb 11, 2018

Downtown, Housing, Los Angeles

One downtown L.A. developer is having trouble finding tenants for his new project. Is this proof that the market needs to work -- or that it can't work no matter what? >>read more

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After 30 Years, Clock Strikes (Net-) Zero for Newhall Ranch Opposition
After 30 Years, Clock Strikes (Net-) Zero for Newhall Ranch Opposition

by Josh Stephens on Jan 28, 2018

Center for Biological Diversity, Newhall Ranch

Acknowledging that the massive project will eventually be construct, most environmental groups agree to strike a deal. But there's still one holdout >> read more

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Where's Scott Wiener Coming From?
Where's Scott Wiener Coming From?

by William Fulton on Jan 22, 2018

Hermosa Beach, Housing, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, San Francisco

The housing-focused state senator says the politics of housing have flipped and he's willing to take the heat. >>read more

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Storefront Ethics: Cannabis and Urbanism
Storefront Ethics: Cannabis and Urbanism

by Josh Stephens on Jan 2, 2018

Cannabis, Land Use, Marijuana

If marijuana shops are resisted because of ethics, what about other land uses? >>read more

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OPR Finally Finishes SB 743 Guidelines
OPR Finally Finishes SB 743 Guidelines

by Josh Stephens on Dec 26, 2017

CEQA, Infill, LOS, SB 743, Traffic, VMT

VMT will soon replace LOS as standard traffic analysis tool. >>read more

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Long Beach Plan Gets Sued
Long Beach Plan Gets Sued

by Josh Stephens on Dec 11, 2017

Long Beach, wetlands

Planners thought strategy to protecting wetlands and promoting development was good enough -- but enviros thought otherwise. >>read more

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Five Land Use Measures Appear on Local Ballots
Five Land Use Measures Appear on Local Ballots

by CP&DR Staff on Nov 13, 2017

Ballot Measures, Ballot-Box Planning, Elections, Rent Control, Urban Growth Boundaries

After the intensity of the last few election cycle — nationally and locally -- if ever there was an off-year election, November 7 was it.  >>read more

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