From MTC News & Media, August 5, 2022. Eden Housing needed a grant of at least $5,000 to secure a tax exemption and permanent affordability for a deed-restricted affordable housing conversion.
First in California, BAHFA closes a deal Read More »
PD&R Edge, July 25, 2022. Investments in green infrastructure can provide environmental, health, and economic benefits to communities. California’s Transformative Climate Communities Program helps ensure that green infrastructure does not lead to displacement of low-income residents.
By Nio Howa, August 15, 2022. Over the course of nine weeks, the interns met virtually at least twice a week and once a week for tours and outings on the topics they studied.
San Francisco high school students get a firsthand look at the City Planning field Read More »
Review by Noah Housh. Riggs wants to help us reimagine how we think about our streets. This is an easy to read, data-rich dive into the world of transportation planning.
BOOK REVIEW – Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City Read More »
By Jose Rodriguez in Northern News, June 1986. Jobs, housing, and transportation: How much or how little have these Bay Area planning issues changed in the 36 years since this was written?
Jobs and housing — a delicate balance Read More »
(The Barcode Project, Oslo, Norway, Aug 2018. Photo by Woodie Tescher.) Five from Northern Section win 2022 Chapter Awards • SIX locally-authored feature articles • TWO upcoming CM webinars • 12 “Who’s where” profiles • 18 from Northern pass AICP exam • 16 articles excerpted in “Planning news roundup,” from Napa Valley to Daly City to Salinas • Four “Where in the world” photos.
Northern News September/October 2022 Read More »
By Dorian Hargrove, CBS8, June 22, 2022. Courts cannot overturn the Regional Housing Needs Assessment. Only state lawmakers can change the law.
Four Socal cities lose legal fight over RHNA Read More »
From Mass Transit Magazine, June 23, 2022. SFMTA says it will engage with the west side community, where support for the bond was lowest, to better understand their transportation needs.
What’s next after defeat of SFMTA’s Prop A infrastructure bond? Read More »
By Emily Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 2022. The deepening drought has wrung moisture out of the vegetation, increasing the risk of a catastrophic wildfire.
Oakland Hills neighborhood at extreme fire danger risk Read More »
By Marisa Kendall, SiliconValley.com, June 15, 2022. A nonprofit is helping religious institutions and large property owners across the East Bay through the planning and permitting process for tiny homes.
Bay Area churches build tiny homes for their homeless neighbors Read More »
