LETTERS
Thank you, APA Northern News, for including me in the “Who’s where” section. I am extremely honored to be back in urban planning. —Ramon Meraz, Santa Rosa
Thank you, APA Northern News, for including me in the “Who’s where” section. I am extremely honored to be back in urban planning. —Ramon Meraz, Santa Rosa
By Eliyahu Kamisher, The Mercury News, March 14, 2022. For now, BART ridership, for example, is still hovering around 30 percent of pre-pandemic levels.
Gas prices bring riders back to BART, Caltrain, and VTA Read More »
By Maria Dinzeo, Courthouse News Service, March 14, 2022. The new amendment, signed by Gov. Newsom, now specifies that changes in student enrollment by itself will not trigger environmental review under CEQA.
Legislature passes reprieve for UC Berkeley’s enrollment cap Read More »
By Jana Kadah, San Jose Spotlight, March 8, 2022. Recommendations addressed three key barriers: construction costs, delays in permitting, and development regulations.
By Kaela Shiigi, Perkins Coie LLP Land Use & Development Law Report, March 7, 2022. Court of Appeal found development project – consistent with a previously approved specific plan – did not need new EIR, as no changes significantly increased specific impacts.
By Curtis Driscoll, San Mateo Daily Journal, March 4, 2022. According to various board members, the contentious governance talks have impaired Caltrain’s ability to recruit staff and reduced staff time for other projects.
Caltrain approves governance reform plan, but member agencies still must adopt it Read More »
By Joseph Geha, East Bay Times, March 3, 2022. The developers are already prepared to propose a project that would meet the minimum affordable housing standards required by the Housing Accountability Act.
Dublin scraps 573-home development over referendum threat Read More »
Partner with Catarina Kidd, AICP, as guest writer for the widely-read “Meet a local planner.”
In search of an interviewer Read More »
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN, March 3, 2022. If the nation’s second largest reservoir passes the emergency drought threshold, it would threaten water supplies and cut hydropower to several states.
Lake Powell is about to drop below a critical level never reached before Read More »
By Benjamin Schneider, San Francisco Examiner, March 3, 2022. The study found that parking and roadways make up 20 percent of land in incorporated areas of the Bay Area.
New research: The ‘hidden toll’ of having more parking spaces than people Read More »