By Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 2021. The transition toward renewable energy is creating a new kind of demand for rural land. Small farmers hope it can benefit the environment and their business.
Solar energy: a new cash crop for farmers — and sheep can safely graze Read More »
From MTC-ABAG, October 1, 2021. Equity is interwoven into each of the 35 strategies encompassing housing, the economy, transportation, and the environment at the heart of Plan Bay Area 2050. But no plan can satisfy everyone.
Final Plan Bay Area 2050 released Read More »
By Edward Booth, Napa Valley Register, September 29, 2021. City of Napa senior planner Michael Walker expects the roll out timeline of SB 9 units would be similar to ADUs.
Napa County may see a relatively high number of new housing units from SB 9 Read More »
Congratulations to Shannon Allen, Gaspare Annibale, Reena Brilliot, Regina Celestin Williams, Erin Morris, Mayank Patel, Allison Schuster, Laura Shipman, Nick Towstopiat, Stephen Tu, and Julie (Hawkins) Wyrick. Assembled by Hazel (Haeseo) Choi, associate editor.
Four Zoom sessions from ABAG on integrating holistic, realistic approaches to wildfire realities into Safety and Housing Elements.
How to preserve and protect housing from wildfires Read More »
By Roshan Abraham, October 28, 2021. Cities in the East Bay are rewriting their local ADU laws to conform with the new state laws, but some argue there’s wildfire risk in some neighborhoods.
East Bay cities debate ADUs amid increasing wildfire risk Read More »
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Interviewed by Catarina Kidd, AICP. Cueto, a supervising planner with San Jose for the past four years, previously was land use and economic policy advisor in the Office of Mayor Sam Liccardo.
Meet a local planner: Ruth Cueto Read More »
Burlingame’s new General Plan won plaudits for its easy-to-use, highly informative digital version that maintains the integrity of the original 300-page document.
Envision Burlingame cited by Planetizen Read More »
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, editor. Cities and counties may no longer use FAR and minimum lot size to deny Missing Middle housing in zones where such housing is permitted.
