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Meet a local planner: Jason Su
Interviewer Dhawal Kataria, AICP, uncovers Su’s path from Taiwan to San Jose and the experiences that have shaped his approach…
IN MEMORIAM: George G. Mader, FAICP
By Laurie A. Johnson PhD, FAICP, November 5, 2022. George Mader, FAICP, passed away on July 28, 2022 — his…
What’s old will be new again
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, former editor, October 29, 2022. Knox comments on a Next City article republished by Northern…
Books: Cities for Life: How Communities Can Recover from Trauma and Rebuild for Health, by Jason Corburn
Reviewed by Krystle Heaney, AICP. Author Jason Corburn offers ideas about how health and well-being can be incorporated into urban…
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California tribes will manage, protect state coastal areas
By Sophie Austin, The Press Democrat, October 10, 2022.
New strip mall and office conversion law represent ‘seismic shift’ in California housing policy
By Benjamin Schneider, San Francisco Examiner, September 11, 2022.
Trove of missing photos reveals Oakland street life in the 1970s
By Liam O’Donoghue, SF Gate, October 9, 2022.
San Jose expects to face consequences for missing crucial state housing deadline
By Sarah Klearman, Silicon Valley Business Journal, October 18, 2022.
It now costs up to $1.2 million to build an affordable house in San Francisco
By Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 2022.
MTC adopts landmark “Transit Oriented Communities” policy
From The Bay Link, September 28, 2022.
In historic acquisition, Wiyot reclaim coastal Mouralherwaqh
From Cal Poly Humboldt Now, August 19, 2022.
Gov. Newsom signs climate resilience district bill championed by Sen. Dodd
From Bay City News Service, Napa Valley Register, September 13, 2022.
Oakland will be the first to allow an Indigenous group the exclusive right to use city land
By Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2022.
Oakland’s outgoing head of housing reflects on her three years at the department
By Natalie Orenstein, The Oaklandside, September 19, 2022.
‘Landmark’ law eliminates parking mandates in housing near transit
By Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 2022.
California State Transportation Agency awards more than $170 million for transit and intercity rail projects to Humboldt and SF Bay Area counties
From California State Transportation Agency, July 7, 2022.
How Sonoma County sparked a movement to ban new gas stations across California
By Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2022.
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