Making Mill Valley sustainable
By Dennis H. Klein, AICP, December 28, 2021. Strategically placed affordable housing could bring artists and craftspeople back to Mill Valley.
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By Dennis H. Klein, AICP, December 28, 2021. Strategically placed affordable housing could bring artists and craftspeople back to Mill Valley.
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(Photo: Looking from Oakland to San Francisco, Ronan Furuta via Unsplash) • Two excellent feature articles • Six in “Who’s where” • 12 from our area admitted to AICP • 4 “Where in the world” pics • 12 articles excerpted in “Planning news roundup”
Northern News February 2022 Read More »
10 am, Feb. 3. Moving beyond complete streets involves conducting a larger review of networks for each travel mode. Attend this free, live webinar for 1.5 AICP CM credits.
Webinar: From Complete Streets to Complete Networks Read More »
By Afshan Hamid, AICP. Network and learn about Senate Bill 9, relationship-building with councils and staff, CEQA, streamlined housing laws, how to prepare findings and conditions of approval, wildfire planning, and new and pending legislation.
Planning Commissioners Academy in March in San Ramon Read More »
By Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, December 6, 2021. Tidal marshes are an excellent carbon sink and promote biodiversity, but a thorough permitting process is still required.
By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2021. The court affirmed the use of Proposition 1A bond funds for a blended system of high-speed and improved conventional rail.
Appeals court rejects last legal challenge to California bullet train Read More »
By Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, November 25, 2021. Oak advocates say city and state leaders could do more to protect the trees and safeguard their status as a keystone species throughout California.
An Oakland urban forester’s work reveals the plight of the city’s namesake Read More »
By Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 2021. Mayor Kavita Tankha defended the rules, likely the first in the state, as accommodating residents’ desires to maintain their privacy, preserve open space, and reduce fire risk.
By Mary Callahan, The Press Democrat, November 24, 2021. The city had just pulled $3.5 million in bond funding to prove to the state that it was ready to tackle the site’s environmental needs on the site when word arrived that Georgia-Pacific had settled with Mendocino Railway.
Skunk Train owner acquires Fort Bragg mill site, upending city plans Read More »
By Shomik Mukherjee, East Bay Times, November 20, 2021. Years after a citizen group forced the developer to submit scaled-down plans, changes in state law revived the original project with more affordable housing.
Superior Court upholds Lafayette’s controversial 315-unit housing project Read More »