High Court Limits Endangered Species Protections
WASHINGTON _ Home builders are praising and environmentalists criticizing the Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to administer water pollution permitting programs without complying with a key...
View ArticleYuba County Approves Controversial Housing Project
The Yuba County Board of Supervisors approved the 5,100-unit Yuba Highlands project on Tuesday, July 10, after nearly seven years of planning and negotiation with developer Gary Gallelli. Now it...
View ArticleCourt OKs Spending Of Building Permit Fees On Planning
San Francisco’s practice of using building permit fees to fund long-range planning has been upheld by the First District Court of Appeal. The court rejected arguments that the fee plan violated...
View ArticleHighway Toll Plans Profit From Congestion
On July 24, the last 7-mile stretch of the 210 Freeway opened from Rialto to San Bernardino. In a way, it was the end of an era.read more
View ArticleRegional Planning Bill Advances
A bill tying all local transportation projects to a regional “preferred growth scenario” that reduces automobile travel is quickly becoming the most important land use proposal of recent years in...
View ArticleABAG Execs Approve Draft RHNA, Await Appeals
The ABAG executive board approves the draft regional housing need allocation, meanwhile, San Francisco questions whether to conduct an EIR for its previous housing element update. San Diego’s Mayor...
View ArticleFast-Growing Coachella Valley Cities Support Unusual Plans
Two cities known for providing a large chunk of the Coachella Valley’s affordable housing may soon see some more upscale and very different development.read more
View ArticleHusband-To-Wife Title Transfer Doesn't Halt Forced Lot Merger
The owner of two parcels that the City of Berkeley wants to merge may not avoid the merger with a paper transfer of title to his wife, the First District Court of Appeal has ruled. However, the court...
View ArticleOrange County Ordered To Cut Building Fees, Pay Attorney
The saga of plan check and building inspection fees in Orange County continues, as an appellate court has ruled that the county must reduce fees by $4.5 million and pay nearly $1.4 million in attorney...
View ArticleWater Transfers, Canal Lining Project Advance With Rulings
Two recent court decisions have helped clear the way for the largest water transfer ever contemplated in the United States: 300,000 acre-feet of water from the Imperial Irrigation District to San...
View ArticleOne City-Tribe Agreement Upheld While Similar Pact Is Struck Down
One city’s municipal services agreement with an Indian tribe has survived a legal challenge while another city’s agreement has been struck down by an appellate court. read more
View ArticleIdealistic Planning Meets Real World In Fresno Project
Mathematicians often take delight in Cat’s Cradle, the age-old game of making string figures on one’s fingers. In the most familiar form of this game, one person starts out with a simple rectangle of...
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