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.
Here’s how to fix the broken public hearing process for new housing Read More »
From CalEPA, May 3, 2022. The designation takes into account the latest and best available data and considers factors related to data unavailability.
CalEPA updates Disadvantaged Communities designation Read More »
By J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 2022. If the number of new applications coming in doesn’t jump in the coming months, San Francisco could feel the slowdown in 2025 and 2026.
Applications for new housing in San Francisco hit new low Read More »
By Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, May 1, 2022. Without asking permission from cities, relatively inexpensive micro homes on wheels are built by volunteers and delivered to the homeless.
Inside the DIY effort to deliver tiny homes to homeless people Read More »
By Lauren Hernández, Ricardo Cano, Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, April 29, 2022. The extension could help California balance the jobs-housing ratios between the two regions.
California approves bullet train link from Central Valley to Bay Area Read More »
By Bay City News Foundation, Local News Matters, April 29, 2022. The decision was years in the making. Area plans and infrastructure are ready.
Rohnert Park purchases 30-acre property it plans to redevelop into future downtown Read More »
By Nami Sumada, The Chronicle, April 26, 2022. The Chronicle identified the state (other than California) that best matches each California county based on residents’ demographics and voting behavior.
Here’s the U.S. state each Northern Section county is most like Read More »
By Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, April 25, 2022. The rise of remote work has snipped the tether between home and office, allowing many white-collar workers to move out of high-cost cities.
Why Americans are leaving downtowns in droves Read More »
By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 2022. A coalition of 67 Bay Area nonprofits and public agencies rolled out a $700 million plan for efforts to preserve biodiversity.
Bay Area hopes for more than 100 new park projects by 2030 Read More »
By the California Planning Roundtable, May 2022. As we add housing through infill, we not only need to plan and fund infrastructure to support it, we need to remedy existing deficits in communities where infill growth is directed.
Infrastructure for Infill Read More »
