(The Barcode Project, Oslo, Norway, Aug 2018. Photo by Woodie Tescher.) Five from Northern Section win 2022 Chapter Awards • SIX locally-authored feature articles • TWO upcoming CM webinars • 12 “Who’s where” profiles • 18 from Northern pass AICP exam • 16 articles excerpted in “Planning news roundup,” from Napa Valley to Daly City to Salinas • Four “Where in the world” photos.
Northern News September/October 2022 Read More »
By Dorian Hargrove, CBS8, June 22, 2022. Courts cannot overturn the Regional Housing Needs Assessment. Only state lawmakers can change the law.
Four Socal cities lose legal fight over RHNA Read More »
From Mass Transit Magazine, June 23, 2022. SFMTA says it will engage with the west side community, where support for the bond was lowest, to better understand their transportation needs.
What’s next after defeat of SFMTA’s Prop A infrastructure bond? Read More »
By Emily Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 2022. The deepening drought has wrung moisture out of the vegetation, increasing the risk of a catastrophic wildfire.
Oakland Hills neighborhood at extreme fire danger risk Read More »
By Marisa Kendall, SiliconValley.com, June 15, 2022. A nonprofit is helping religious institutions and large property owners across the East Bay through the planning and permitting process for tiny homes.
Bay Area churches build tiny homes for their homeless neighbors Read More »
By Eli Wolfe, San Jose Spotlight, June 15, 2022. The City Council will consider a detailed policy by the end of the year to incentivize alternative modes of transit and lowers construction costs.
San Jose city council votes to eliminate parking minimums Read More »
By J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, June 15, 2022. More than a dozen projects are on hold until the sewer is upgraded or the sanitary district’s position changes.
Much-needed East Palo Alto developments stalled by sewer system Read More »
By William Frey, Brookings, June 15, 2022. The bigger suburbs are more racially diverse than is our country as a whole.
Today’s suburbs are symbolic of America’s rising diversity Read More »
By Sarah Holder, Bloomberg CityLab, June 15, 2022. Santa Cruz voters hoping to see the return of passenger rail to the beachside city prevailed in a ballot measure to decide the fate of a recreational trail project.
‘Train Fanatics’ score a win in California battle over idled tracks Read More »
By Ryan Burns, Lost Coast Outpost, June 10, 2022. The potential for a multi-use rail-to-trail project connecting San Francisco and Humboldt Bay remains, and the appeal of the project’s denial is unlikely.
Surface Transportation Board rejects project that threatened Great Redwood Coast Trail Read More »
