How to preserve and protect housing from wildfires
Four Zoom sessions from ABAG on integrating holistic, realistic approaches to wildfire realities into Safety and Housing Elements.
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East Bay cities debate ADUs amid increasing wildfire risk
By Roshan Abraham, October 28, 2021. Cities in the East Bay are rewriting their local ADU laws to conform with the new state laws, but some argue there’s wildfire risk in some neighborhoods.
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Meet a local planner: Ruth Cueto
Interviewed by Catarina Kidd, AICP. Cueto, a supervising planner with San Jose for the past four years, previously was land use and economic policy advisor in the Office of Mayor Sam Liccardo.
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Envision Burlingame cited by Planetizen
Burlingame’s new General Plan won plaudits for its easy-to-use, highly informative digital version that maintains the integrity of the original 300-page document.
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Does your city allow buildings of 10 or fewer DUs in non-single family zones? Read SB 478.
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.
Acknowledging we live, work and play on indigenous lands
A land acknowledgment policy, now in effect for all APA events in California, recognizes and respects indigenous people as stewards of their traditional lands.
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Updated databases for Protected Areas and Conservation Easements
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.
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SB 9: What it says and what it doesn’t
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.
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Wrap-up on key planning-related bills for 2021
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.
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