By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, editor. Cities and counties may no longer use FAR and minimum lot size to deny Missing Middle housing in zones where such housing is permitted.
A land acknowledgment policy, now in effect for all APA events in California, recognizes and respects indigenous people as stewards of their traditional lands.
Acknowledging we live, work and play on indigenous lands Read More »
By Saba Gebreamlak, October 1, 2021. This update adds more than 65,000 acres and 300 new units, plus 60,000 acres of new easement lands.
Updated databases for Protected Areas and Conservation Easements Read More »
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, editor. Don’t miss this one-hour webinar recording, with attorney Barbara Kautz, FAICP, and David Garcia, policy director at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation.
SB 9: What it says and what it doesn’t Read More »
What was signed, vetoed, or lives on as a two-year bill. A five-page list from Stefan/ George Associates gives the status of 41 bills the Chapter followed.
Wrap-up on key planning-related bills for 2021 Read More »
Attend APA California’s recorded session on-demand for just $15 for APA members, $25 for non-members, and $5 for students.
Ethics on-demand webinar, CM credits, now available Read More »
Elizabeth “Libby” Tyler, Ph.D., FAICP, highlights what it’s like being a city planning director for a city in the heart of a Midwestern state and in an equivalent-sized city in the San Francisco Bay Area.
City planning here — and there Read More »
The recent 31-page report sees the dearth of new affordable housing in high cost, high productivity areas as having “a negative impact on the nation’s economic output.”
HUD report on housing affordability in high-cost, high-productivity metros Read More »
By Stephen Avis, AICP. The far northern region of our Section recently hosted three Zoom workshops as part of a longstanding Brown Bag Lecture Series. Plans for Crescent City and Humboldt County were presented.
Planning news from the Redwood Coast region Read More »
By Pamela Blumenthal and Regina Gray, in PD&R Edge, HUD USER, September 7, 2021. Government actions to reduce barriers to housing production are not limited to jurisdictions in the headlines, such as Minneapolis, Portland OR, and California. They are appearing in communities nationwide.
Opportunities to preserve housing, increase production Read More »
