By Michael Wittner, Santa Cruz Patch, January 28, 2022. The award comes from the California Strategic Growth Council’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program.
Santa Cruz gets $29M for affordable housing, transit hub Read More »
By Rachel Treisman, NPR-KQED, January 26, 2022. The land donation can be contextualized as part of the broader ‘land back’ movement, an intersectional effort to return Indigenous lands — and autonomy — to Indigenous communities.
A Mendocino County redwood forest has been returned to a group of Native tribes Read More »
By Pam Marino, Monterey County Weekly, January 24, 2022. The cost of materials is one big reason for the enormous jump, as are financial requirements due to growing fire hazards.
Even in Monterey County, affordable housing does not come cheap Read More »
News about Jim Bergdoll, AICP; Danae Hall, AICP; Dhawal Kataria, AICP; Prathna Maharaj, AICP; Sonja Caldwell Kos, AICP; Ramon Meraz; James M. Moore; Kohar Kojayan, AICP; Garrison Rees, AICP; Carlina Rose; Laura Simpson; Antara Tandon; Benjamin Ulrey; Ami Upadhyay; and Savannah Van Akin. Assembled by associate editor Mari Hsu.
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, Northern News editor, February 17, 2022. Being elected to the AICP College of Fellows (FAICP) is the highest award for the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Hing Wong elected to FAICP Read More »
By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City, February 1, 2022. The trust used zero public dollars to preserve a building and create wealth for tenants — potentially a financing model for community land trusts across the country.
Donations enable Land Trust to make $9.4M affordable housing buy in San Francisco Read More »
Catarina Kidd, AICP, interviewed Ned Thomas, AICP, the Planning Director for the City of Milpitas. Thomas holds a master’s in urban planning from Harvard University and a bachelor of science in geography from Brigham Young University.
Meet a local planner: Ned Thomas, AICP Read More »
By Daniel S. Marks, AICP, February 9, 2022. While local planners work hard to modify codes and procedures in order to address laws that, at best, will make a marginal difference in housing supply, the legislature avoids addressing three fundamental changes that could make a real difference.
By Bryan W. Wenter, Miller Starr Regalia Land Use Developments Blog, January 31, 2022. “Old East Davis Neighborhood Association” is a helpful new decision relying on longstanding principles of California land use law requiring deference to an agency’s general plan and specific plan consistency determinations.
