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Northern News recognizes our photographers for 2019
Thanks to the 21 people who provided photos for this publication last year. Andrea Mardesich scoured past issues to prepare this list.
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Meet a local planner – Duncan Watry, AICP
Catarina Kidd, AICP, interviews Duncan Watry, AICP, about his role (since January 2020) as planning manager for the New Transbay Rail Crossing, a project of BART and the Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority.
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The price of saving Paradise
By Laura Bliss, Bloomberg CityLab, August 25, 2020. “The fire was a monumental event and altered people’s way of thinking about things,” including whether the entire community should be surrounded by defensible space.
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SF sees historic shift in housing inventory
By Andrew Chamings, SFGate, August 15, 2020. The convergence of coronavirus and the high cost of homeownership in San Francisco may have caused residents to leave for California’s less costly regions.
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SF finally approves 1,100 homes at Balboa Reservoir
By Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, August 12, 2020. The new project includes 550 affordable units, of which 150 are reserved for City College teachers and staff.
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New research: Advancing environmental justice while rebuilding existing locally unwanted land uses
By Miriam Solis, Planetizen, August 11, 2020. A case study of a San Francisco wastewater plant considers the consequences of redeveloping, rather than siting, a locally unwanted land use.
Portland passes the ‘most pro-housing reform’ to low-density zones in US history
By Michael Andersen, Sightline Institute, August 11, 2020. Portland’s new upzoning reforms allow for a wide range of “middle housing” citywide and removes parking mandates from most residential land.
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Report: Single-family zoning dominates Bay Area housing, presenting barrier to integration
By Marc Abizeid, UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute, August 11, 2020. From the first-ever analysis of the proportion of single-family zoning in every Bay Area jurisdiction comes five general policy approaches to help address racial residential segregation.