Local objective design standards can create a legal loophole that moves away from the HOME Act’s intended ministerial approval of the lot-splitting process and subsequent home building.
How some cities are legally undermining SB9 Read More »
The five-person jury handed out six “Awards of Merit” and nine “Awards of Excellence.”
Northern Section 2022 Awards announced Read More »
(Venice, Italy, April 2012. Photo: Justin Meek, AICP) Northern Section 2022 Awards announced • Four locally-authored feature articles • Upcoming programs and sessions • Five “Who’s where” profiles • 14 excerpts in “Planning news roundup,” from Mendocino to Livermore to Pacific Grove • Four “Where in the world” photos (UK, Bay Area, Australia).
Northern News July-August 2022 Read More »
SPUR has made the majority of its programming free to the public. Here are excerpts from their events calendar for the balance of May and June 2022.
Some of the free SPUR events through June Read More »
The Institute for Local Government offers planning commissioner training free of charge, exclusively for city and county commissioners, new or experienced.
2022 regional Planning Commissioner trainings Read More »
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.
Walkability: Fairfield’s response to post-Covid urban planning Read More »
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.
How important was the single-family zoning ban in Minneapolis? Read More »
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.
