By Juan Borrelli, AICP. Help us nominate a stellar, seasoned, northern California planner who has made outstanding contributions to the profession, to PEN, the Planner Emeritus Network.
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(Photo: Darband, Tehran, Iran, April 2021. Shila Bagley, AICP) • Four feature articles • Upcoming conference and awards information • Seven in “Who’s where” • Four “Where in the world” photos • 13 articles excerpted in “Planning news roundup”
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By Louis Hansen, Mercury News, February 16, 2022. School districts in every Bay Area county have shown a willingness to develop housing for educators, according to researchers.
New study: Ample possibilities to turn excess school land into teacher housing Read More »
By Madison Hirneisen, The Center Square, February 15, 2022. A neighborhood group argued in August 2021 that the university exacerbated the city’s housing crisis through excessive enrollment.
Court orders UC Berkeley enrollment freeze over CEQA suit Read More »
By Henry Fountain, New York Times, February 15, 2022. The report provides detailed sea level projections for states and territories by decade as an aid to local officials, planners, and engineers.
New report: Coastal sea levels in U.S. to rise a foot by 2050 Read More »
By Maggie Angst, The Mercury News, February 10, 2022. Within the next year, the city council is expected to again weigh whether to extend the program to encourage high-rise developers to move those projects past the goal line.
By Maxwell Adler, Bloomberg CityLab, February 10, 2022. The phenomenon isn’t new. But as cycling took off during the pandemic, new bike bus initiatives have emerged in SF and elsewhere.
With bike buses, kid cyclists feel safer together on the road Read More »
By Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, February 9, 2022. Many cold spots exist in lower-income neighborhoods such as the Excelsior, Visitacion Valley, and Bayview-Hunters Point.
New research: a startling safety gap for crosswalks in some San Francisco neighborhoods Read More »
By Angela Swartz, The Almanac, February 7, 2022. The council’s initial decision garnered national, and even international, attention.
Woodside decides it’s not a mountain lion habitat, allows housing under SB 9 Read More »
By Katie Lauer, The Mercury News, February 4, 2022. The site has been the focus of a decade-old debate and recently led to the city attorney’s resignation, the city manager’s departure, and a council vote to censure the mayor.
Judge throws out environmental lawsuit against controversial Richmond development Read More »
