YIMBYs sue for even more housing via RHNA
By Benjamin Schneider, SF Weekly, February 4, 2021. Pro-housing activists accuse the state of underestimating the Bay Area’s housing allocation target.
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A Sunnyvale Toyota dealership is turning its car lot into apartments
By Nate Berg, Fast Company, February 3, 2021. The proposal converts the lot and the space above the dealership into mixed-use.
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How the federal government could help kill highways
By Max Reyes, Bloomberg CityLab, February 1, 2021. A new bill proposes funding for highway removal or alternation.
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Berkeley overhauls off-street parking
By Emilie Raguso, Berkeleyside, January 27, 2021. Most new housing projects in Berkeley will no longer have to build off-street parking.
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Mill Valley resolution would oppose state housing mandates
By Lorenzo Morotti, Marin Independent Journal, January 27, 2021. The resolution addresses both local control preemption and RHNA targets.
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Sen. Scott Wiener introduced two new housing bills
By Bianca Bruno, Courthouse News Service, Feb. 18, 2021. State Senator Scott Wiener announced two new bills to boost multifamily housing.
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Director’s note: Is work part of your identity?
By Florentina Craciun, February 18, 2021. Can the work of urban planning sustain a work-from-home culture?
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Pandemic severely impacted taxable retail sales in Napa-Sonoma Wine Country
By John Rau, Feb 11, 2021. An economic analysis of the Napa/Sonoma wine country trade area for the second and third quarters of 2020 showed that taxable retail sales and revenues in the area declined dramatically in several categories as a result of stay-at-home orders and resulting business closures.
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Calls for social housing in California, Hawaii
By Jared Brey, February 12, 2021. Bills in the California and Hawaii legislatures offer innovative solutions affordable to people at a wide range of incomes. Santa Clara County is highlighted.
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Manga biography celebrates Denise Scott Brown
Now 89, Scott Brown is an icon of modern architecture and urban planning.
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