California Planning & Development Report articles

Recent articles from California Planning & Development Report

Voters.(inbrief)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Voters in the Santa Clara County city of Morgan Hill have changed their minds and approved a growth control modification to permit additional housing development in the downtown area. Measure A keeps in place Morgan Hill's population cap of 48,000 by 2020, but permits 500 more units downtown...

A Bush administration rule change.(inbrief)(Endangered Species Act )(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... A Bush administration rule change that aimed to streamline reviews under the Endangered Species Act and to eliminate any consideration of how a proposed project may contribute to climate change has been dropped. The Bush Interior Department finalized the rule in December despite waves of...

Development company DMB.(inbrief)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Development company DMB Associates announced in May it was dropping a plan to build a 6,800-unit new town in San Benito County. A few days after the announcement, the Arizona-based developer said it had formed a partnership with Cargill to build 12,000 housing units on old San Francisco Bay...

Lawsuit over San Clemente homes reinstated.(coastal commission)
June 1, 2009... Opponents of the proposed construction of two houses on a coastal bluff in San Clemente may pursue their lawsuit to overturn the California Coastal Commission's approval of the projects, even though the suit was filed after a statute of limitations had ostensibly expired, the Fourth District...

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review.(inbrief)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... The City of Los Angeles's closely watched density bonus ordinance has been struck down because the city did not subject the ordinance to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas McKnew Jr. ruled that a fair argument could be made...