By UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation, April 22, 2021. Results suggest that ADUs do provide relatively affordable rental housing units for Californians, but the benefits may not be equitably shared.
First-ever statewide ADU owner survey shows growth, room for improvement Read More »
By Frances Dinkelspiel, Berkeleyside, April 21, 2021. The developers first tried normal development channels, then redesigned the project pursuant to SB 35.
Appeals court rules apartment complex can go up at site Ohlone consider sacred site Read More »
From HUD User, PD&R Edge, April 19, 2021. Fresno Housing Authority, in partnership with HUD, challenged student teams to draft affordable housing proposals for a five-parcel site in an agricultural community.
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, editor, May 15, 2021. In his 2007 article, Leo Vazquez, AICP, distinguishes between diversity and integration and suggests how managers can achieve both in their agencies.
Advancing diversity in the planning profession Read More »
The state’s goal is to deliver a framework for action on key climate resilience priorities across all sectors and regions.
Climate adaptation webinar May 26, and workshops June 21 and 22 Read More »
Earl Bossard writes, May 12, 2021, how SimCity designer Will Wright was urged to use his computer game skills to model city development.
By Alan Murphy, May 6, 2021. The appeals court determined that SB 35 is reasonably related to resolving an issue of statewide concern and does not unduly interfere with the City of Berkeley’s historic preservation authority.
SB 35 streamlining upheld against “home rule” challenge Read More »
By Matthew Moore, May 12, 2021. Fourteen SJSU graduate students reported on how to ameliorate challenges stemming from the pandemic and real estate development and speculation along the Alum Rock Avenue Business Corridor in East San José.
Translating business and customer perspectives into recommendations for change Read More »
By Florentina Craciun, May 13, 2021. From the list of our 2021 winners, I highlight two efforts that overcame the pandemic’s challenges to produce innovative and beneficial results for communities.
Director’s note: Planning Positivity Read More »
