APA California call for 2022 Awards jurors
The APA California 2022 Awards jurors will evaluate the finest planning work in California and determine the winners.
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Call for Session Proposals, APA California Conference, extended two weeks
Contribute to what will surely be an engaging program of sessions and activities at the first in-person conference in three years.
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Who’s where
News about Jonathan Atkinson, Ozzy Arce, Griffen Dempsey, Samuel De Perio Garcia, Coleman Frick, Michelle Hernandez, and Omar Masry, AICP. Assembled by associate editor Mari Hsu.
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Thank you, APA Northern News, for including me in the “Who’s where” section. I am extremely honored to be back in urban planning. —Ramon Meraz, Santa Rosa
Gas prices bring riders back to BART, Caltrain, and VTA
By Eliyahu Kamisher, The Mercury News, March 14, 2022. For now, BART ridership, for example, is still hovering around 30 percent of pre-pandemic levels.
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Legislature passes reprieve for UC Berkeley’s enrollment cap
By Maria Dinzeo, Courthouse News Service, March 14, 2022. The new amendment, signed by Gov. Newsom, now specifies that changes in student enrollment by itself will not trigger environmental review under CEQA.
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San Jose City Council unanimously accepts recommendations on overcoming barriers to affordable housing
By Jana Kadah, San Jose Spotlight, March 8, 2022. Recommendations addressed three key barriers: construction costs, delays in permitting, and development regulations.
Subdivision consistent with approved specific plan did not need further environmental review
By Kaela Shiigi, Perkins Coie LLP Land Use & Development Law Report, March 7, 2022. Court of Appeal found development project – consistent with a previously approved specific plan – did not need new EIR, as no changes significantly increased specific impacts.
Caltrain approves governance reform plan, but member agencies still must adopt it
By Curtis Driscoll, San Mateo Daily Journal, March 4, 2022. According to various board members, the contentious governance talks have impaired Caltrain’s ability to recruit staff and reduced staff time for other projects.
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Dublin scraps 573-home development over referendum threat
By Joseph Geha, East Bay Times, March 3, 2022. The developers are already prepared to propose a project that would meet the minimum affordable housing standards required by the Housing Accountability Act.
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