In the second of three recollections of his time in office during the last big budget crisis -- drawn from his book Talk City -- Bill Fulton reminds us that people are willing to pay higher fees if they see the payoff -- but not to cover deficits if they don't see the benefit to themselves.
At CP&DR, we often cover land-use disputes that are rooted in a legacy of racial inequities as they are distributed across the landscape. But we don't always acknowledge that inequity is at the root of the problem. We must -- and we will -- do better.
California urbanism encompasses extremes: beauty and banality, wealth and poverty, diversity and segregation, aspiration and indifference. These dualities underly The Urban Mystique, the new book by CP&DR's Josh Stephens.
In the first of three excerpts from Talk City, Bill Fulton -- former Mayor of Ventura -- recalls how difficult it was during the last recession to make the tough choices when the chips were down.
With few traffic jams and clear skies, California's regional planning agencies strategize about how to keep remote work going after the COVID crisis is over.
The recent Vallco and Los Altos court decisions show that cities have to be very careful in handling SB 35 applications -- and can't rely on vague references to discretionary standards, as they have often done in the past.
