A publication of the American Planning Association, California Chapter, Northern Section
Making great communities happen
Making great communities happen
By Louis Hansen, Mercury News, February 16, 2022. School districts in every Bay Area county have shown a willingness to develop housing for educators, according to researchers.
By Madison Hirneisen, The Center Square, February 15, 2022. A neighborhood group argued in August 2021 that the university exacerbated the city’s housing crisis through excessive enrollment.
By Henry Fountain, New York Times, February 15, 2022. The report provides detailed sea level projections for states and territories by decade as an aid to local officials, planners, and engineers.
By Maggie Angst, The Mercury News, February 10, 2022. Within the next year, the city council is expected to again weigh whether to extend the program to encourage high-rise developers to move those projects past the goal line.
By Maxwell Adler, Bloomberg CityLab, February 10, 2022. The phenomenon isn’t new. But as cycling took off during the pandemic, new bike bus initiatives have emerged in SF and elsewhere.
By Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, February 9, 2022. Many cold spots exist in lower-income neighborhoods such as the Excelsior, Visitacion Valley, and Bayview-Hunters Point.
By Angela Swartz, The Almanac, February 7, 2022. The council’s initial decision garnered national, and even international, attention.
By Katie Lauer, The Mercury News, February 4, 2022. The site has been the focus of a decade-old debate and recently led to the city attorney’s resignation, the city manager’s departure, and a council vote to censure the mayor.
By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, February 3, 2022. The ruling, now published precedent, has potential statewide impact as tensions over local control and the state’s housing crisis continue to escalate.
By Joe Kukura, SFist, February 1, 2022. SF exceeds its goals for market-rate housing, it’s the affordable housing that’s lacking.
By John King, San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 2022. A ferry terminal that connects directly to San Francisco, and a 3-acre waterfront plaza emphasizing pedestrian connectivity, exemplify contemporary placemaking.
By M. Nolan Gray, Bloomberg CityLab, January 31, 2022. Beyond the economic activity they generate, home-based businesses call into question the conventional zoning system.
By Michael Wittner, Santa Cruz Patch, January 28, 2022. The award comes from the California Strategic Growth Council’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program.
By Rachel Treisman, NPR-KQED, January 26, 2022. The land donation can be contextualized as part of the broader ‘land back’ movement, an intersectional effort to return Indigenous lands — and autonomy — to Indigenous communities.
By Pam Marino, Monterey County Weekly, January 24, 2022. The cost of materials is one big reason for the enormous jump, as are financial requirements due to growing fire hazards.
