By Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company, April 29, 2022. Limit meetings to when you need an active conversation that involves bouncing ideas around, suggests author Donna McGeorge.
If your meeting is really needed, keep it to 25 minutes Read More »
By Casey Case, May 2, 2022. Small-scale improvements and amenities can make a big difference in California’s small- and mid-sized downtowns.
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By Jake Blumgart, Governing, May 26, 2022. The effort caught national attention, but the real story is the rest of the package of land use reforms that the city council passed to open up the housing market — especially parking reform.
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By Anna Tong, San Francisco Standard, May 26, 2022. Other Bay Area cities also saw big population declines, while many inland cities, such as Sacramento and Fresno, saw growth.
San Francisco lost a greater percentage of residents than any other large U.S. city Read More »
By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, May 21, 2022. The new terrain that will come with dam removal is expected to boost fish numbers and restore plant and animal biodiversity.
From Staff and Wire Reports, Marin Independent Journal, May 17, 2022. In the Bay Area, many communities were listed as low risk, although the hills in the East Bay were considered high risk.
New study: Sonoma, Napa, and Marin counties facing heightened wildfire risk Read More »
By J. K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, May 15, 2022. The project, which developers hope to open by 2025, would be Marin County’s largest affordable housing development in half a century.
San Quentin site could go from gun range to teacher housing, with state support Read More »
By Angela Swartz, The Almanac, May 9, 2022. According to staff estimates, SB 9 could result in about five new housing units per year in the town.
Atherton sees SB 9 applications trickling in, while neighboring towns have not Read More »
By Eliyahu Kamisher and Maggie Angst, Mercury News, May 6, 2022. Critics of the design say it will lead to ballooning costs while supporters say it would minimize surface-level disruptions.
VTA approves San Jose BART extension contract despite controversial design Read More »
By Anika Singh Lemar, Brookings, May 4, 2022. So many decisions are made during development approvals, there is little incentive to participate in the planning process. Those who do are undermined by later participants in development approvals.
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