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City planning here — and there
Elizabeth “Libby” Tyler, Ph.D., FAICP, highlights what it’s like being a city planning director for a city in the heart of a Midwestern state and in an equivalent-sized city in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Meet a local planner: Ruth Cueto
Interviewed by Catarina Kidd, AICP. Cueto, a supervising planner with San Jose for the past four years, previously was land…
Does your city allow buildings of 10 or fewer DUs in non-single family zones? Read SB 478.
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, editor. Cities and counties may no longer use FAR and minimum lot size to deny…
SB 9: What it says and what it doesn’t
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, editor. Don’t miss this one-hour webinar recording, with attorney Barbara Kautz, FAICP, and David Garcia,…
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How to preserve and protect housing from wildfires
East Bay cities debate ADUs amid increasing wildfire risk
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Envision Burlingame cited by Planetizen
Acknowledging we live, work and play on indigenous lands
Updated databases for Protected Areas and Conservation Easements
Wrap-up on key planning-related bills for 2021
Ethics on-demand webinar, CM credits, now available
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TOP RIGHT: San Francisco, October 2021. Photo: Jonathan Schuppert, AICP.
BOTTOM LEFT: Riga, Latvia, September 2019. Photo: Darya Tryfanava via Unsplash.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Glasgow, June 2020. Photo: Adam Marikar via Unsplash.