Northern News archives
April 2011
A hot degree? Maybe not. By Theresa M. Alster, Associate Editor, Northern News April 2011 Northern News northern-news-April-2011
March 2011
Residential TODs in Santa Clara County are “over-parked.” Eduardo C. Serafin, AICP, and Justin Meek, with Robert W. Swierk, AICP, and Ying C. Smith, AICP, a collaboration between SJSU urban and regional planning graduate class and VTA studying parking at transit-oriented developments in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. PAGE…
February 2011
California’s Prop 26: Levies, taxes, and fees. Oh my! Alexandra Barnhill, Esq. PAGE 1 In memoriam. Betty Croly, FAICP, Roy Cameron, South Bay planning director, and William H. Colblon, AICP. PAGE 8 Alvaro Huerta wins National APA Award. PAGE 21 2010 Northern Section holiday party. PAGE 13 To read or…
December/January 2011
How will California’s 2010 propositions play out in local planning? Delilah Leval. PAGE 1 Palo Alto’s hate affair with High Speed Rail. Jumana Nabti. PAGE 11 California Department of Conservation awards Excellence in Reclamation to Canal Quarry. PAGE 16 To read or download the PDF, click here.
November 2010
Sustainable infill development—a planner/developer’s perspective. Mark Rhoades, AICP. PAGE 1 Homelessness costs and interventions. From HUD USER, the cost of first-time homelessness, ways to improve benefits and services, and life after transitional housing. PAGE 5 VOTE NO on Prop 23. Why Prop 23 would render AB 32 ineffective and what…
October 2010
Ending homelessness from San Mateo County. Joshua Abrams, AICP, and Kate Bristol. Ways to prevent and manage homelessness compliant with newly adopted Senate Bill 2. PAGE 1 SJSU students work with City of San José on corridor revitalizations. Erin Hansen and Justin Meek describe the community assessment of a 14-block…
September 2010
Building a foolproof land use planning process. Al Savay, AICP, and Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP. PAGE 1 Will we build by the Bay? Development potential of three major sites as housing: the Saltworks project in Redwood City, Alameda Point, and Hunters Point. PAGE 19 Lessons learned from Prop 16 for…
July/August 2010
Local aging-friendly policies and programs in the San Francisco Bay Area By Amanda J. Lehning, Ph.D., School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley To read or download the PDF, click here. northern-news-July-2010
June 2010
EDITORIAL Vote “NO” on Proposition 16 by Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, Editor To read or download the PDF, click here. northern-news-June-2010
May 2010
CleanPowerSF—a renewable energy alternative on its way to San Francisco By Caroline Teng, Associate Editor, Northern News To read or download the PDF, click here. northern-news-May-2010