Some of the free SPUR events through June
SPUR has made the majority of its programming free to the public. Here are excerpts from their events calendar for the balance of May and June 2022.
May 28, 2022
2022 regional Planning Commissioner trainings
The Institute for Local Government offers planning commissioner training free of charge, exclusively for city and county commissioners, new or experienced.
If your meeting is really needed, keep it to 25 minutes
By Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company, April 29, 2022. Limit meetings to when you need an active conversation that involves bouncing ideas around, suggests author Donna McGeorge.
Walkability: Fairfield’s response to post-Covid urban planning
By Casey Case, May 2, 2022. Small-scale improvements and amenities can make a big difference in California’s small- and mid-sized downtowns.
How important was the single-family zoning ban in Minneapolis?
By Jake Blumgart, Governing, May 26, 2022. The effort caught national attention, but the real story is the rest of the package of land use reforms that the city council passed to open up the housing market — especially parking reform.
San Francisco lost a greater percentage of residents than any other large U.S. city
By Anna Tong, San Francisco Standard, May 26, 2022. Other Bay Area cities also saw big population declines, while many inland cities, such as Sacramento and Fresno, saw growth.
California is about to begin the nation’s largest ever dam removal project along the Klamath River
By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, May 21, 2022. The new terrain that will come with dam removal is expected to boost fish numbers and restore plant and animal biodiversity.
New study: Sonoma, Napa, and Marin counties facing heightened wildfire risk
From Staff and Wire Reports, Marin Independent Journal, May 17, 2022. In the Bay Area, many communities were listed as low risk, although the hills in the East Bay were considered high risk.
San Quentin site could go from gun range to teacher housing, with state support
By J. K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, May 15, 2022. The project, which developers hope to open by 2025, would be Marin County’s largest affordable housing development in half a century.
Atherton sees SB 9 applications trickling in, while neighboring towns have not
By Angela Swartz, The Almanac, May 9, 2022. According to staff estimates, SB 9 could result in about five new housing units per year in the town.