San Francisco Mayor London Breed has charged Judson True with streamlining, promoting, coaxing, advising – and doing just about anything else necessary to speed projects through the city’s development pipeline.

How far will Wiener bill go this year?

The preliminary draft of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan includes the creation of up to 29,000 new housing units by 2040 and at least 50,000 new jobs

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Santa Maria's downtown will get a new pedestrian plan that planners hope will bring the long-neglected area into the 21st century.

$250 Million in Planning Grants Would Be Tied To Higher Short-Term Production Goals.

City of Merced finds itself increasingly caught between two worlds: that of the traditional agricultural economy of the Central Valley, the knowledge-based economy of higher education

Seeking to crack down on cockfighting, Monterey County requires a permit to keep more than four.

Bay Area's CASA Compact appears to be driving agenda in Sacramento.

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Will oppportunity zones help underserved neighborhoods -- or accelerate gentrification?

Small communities are fighting the stores, but usually they are allowed by local zoning.

Newly appointed Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Research Kate Gordon spoke with CP&DR’s Josh Stephens about her transition into the public sector as California’s de facto chief planner.

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City bans auto-oriented uses such as fast-food and auto repair establishments.

Exemptions and ministerial processes are changing CEQA practice, end-running the law.

Impact on local government could be huge.

Major reforms of RHNA process and housing element enforcement are proposed.

Legal Briefs for January 13, 2019

St. Helena neighbors fail to stop project.