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OPINION: The California Legislature should stop blaming local governments for the housing crisis
By Daniel S. Marks, AICP, February 9, 2022. While local planners work hard to modify codes and procedures in order to address laws that, at best, will make a marginal difference in housing supply, the legislature avoids addressing three fundamental changes that could make a real difference.
Donations enable Land Trust to make $9.4M affordable housing buy in San Francisco
By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City, February 1, 2022. The trust used zero public dollars to preserve a building and…
Meet a local planner: Ned Thomas, AICP
Catarina Kidd, AICP, interviewed Ned Thomas, AICP, the Planning Director for the City of Milpitas. Thomas holds a master’s in…
Court affirms City’s determination that substantial evidence supports approval of mixed-use development project
By Bryan W. Wenter, Miller Starr Regalia Land Use Developments Blog, January 31, 2022. “Old East Davis Neighborhood Association” is…
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