Recently added articles from California Planning & Development Report:
- Not.(in brief)
- May 01, 2008 ... Not often does the head of a planning commission suggest that someone should sue her city over a newly adopted ordinance. But it happened in Los Angeles and, in fact, a lawsuit has been filed. In March, Los Angeles City Planning Commission President Jane Ellison Usher sent an ...
- A bill that would permit.(in brief)(City of Industry's redevelopment plan)
- May 01, 2008 ... A bill that would permit the City of Industry to extend its redevelopment plan's effectiveness for 10 years appears to have died when the bill's author, Sen. Gloria Romero (D-East Los Angeles), pulled SB 1771 before a scheduled mid-April committee hearing. Rumors had circulated ...
- The city of Half Moon Bay.(in brief)(settlement agreement with developer Charles Keenan)(Brief article)
- May 01, 2008 ... The City of Half Moon Bay has reached a settlement agreement with a developer who won a takings lawsuit against the city. Last December, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker awarded developer Charles Keenan $36.8 million in damages, plus interest and attorney's fees, because an ...
- The proposed and bitterly contested.(in brief)
- May 01, 2008 ... The proposed and bitterly contested development of Rancho San Juan in Monterey County appears to have been resolved after 25 years of conflict. In April, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and developer HYH Corporation signed an agreement that permits development on about 330 acres ...
- A county planning director.(in brief)
- May 01, 2008 ... A county planning director may also serve as the executive officer of the county's local agency formation commission, a Sierra County judge has ruled. The decision appears to be the first that directly addresses the question of whether a county employee may serve as the LAFCO executive ...
- The Napa County grand jury.(in brief)(farmworker housing projects )(Brief article)
- May 01, 2008 ... The Napa County grand jury has concluded that oversight of two farmworker housing projects that went far over budget was lacking and that "public servants who were supposed to oversee these projects failed to do their job and have not acknowledged that they had any responsibility for the ...
- Initiative activity rekindled: voters in Napa County, San Francisco, SoCal to decide measures.(Solano County)
- May 01, 2008; Shigley, Paul ... After a lull during the off-year election of 2007, land use initiatives and referendums are starting to reappear on local ballots this June. Voters in at least seven jurisdictions are scheduled to decide measures that are related directly or indirectly to what gets built and where. ...
- 98 v.99: hyperbole dominates eminent domain campaigns once again.
- May 01, 2008; Fulton, William ... I hate to be repetitious, but sometimes in the column-writing business it's inevitable. Eighteen months ago, I wrote in this space that the debate over Proposition 90 came down to two unfortunately simpleminded campaign slogans-"protect our homes" or "taxpayer trap." ...
- Editor's note.(California redevelopment projects)(Editorial)
- May 01, 2008; Shigley, Paul ... Redevelopment is big business in California. Four out of five California cities and more than half of the counties have redevelopment agencies, and those agencies pulled in $10.6 billion in total revenue during the 2006-07 fiscal year, according to the state controller's office. That was a ...
- From www.cp-dr.com.
- May 01, 2008 ... Our blog on www.cp-dr.com has been full of stories about the effect of global climate change on cities, sustainability and the housing foreclosure mess. We also have offered regular updates from the American Planning Association convention in Las Vegas. Here are some of the blog entries we ...
- Baldwin Park plans overhaul of downtown, meets resistance.(REDEVELOPMENT WATCH)
- May 01, 2008; Shigley, Paul ... The City of Baldwin Park is pressing forward with an extremely ambitious redevelopment project that would convert the present downtown area of mostly single story commercial structures and modest houses into a very high-density, mixed-use district adjacent to a Metrolink station. However, ...
- Proposed resort in Lassen County faces bankruptcy, much incertainty.(LOCAL WATCH)
- May 01, 2008; Shigley, Paul ... Plans to build the first new, large-scale ski resort in California in four decades-and the largest project in Lassen County history-appear to be in serious jeopardy. The developers of the proposed Dyer Mountain Resort, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains west of Susanville, filed for ...
- Q&A.(Dave Brown, city planner)(American Planning Association award)(Interview)
- May 01, 2008; Brown, Dave ... CP&DR Congratulations on the APA award. BROWN it Surprised me. I think there are a lot of other people who deserve it more. I'd trade it all to conserve some more land. CP&DR How did you get involved in land use planning? BROWN I got involved in planning - ...
- Requests for public agency emails cost landowner: court awards San Rafael $26,000, upholds housing project denial.(Legaldigest)
- May 01, 2008; Shigley, Paul ... A property owner that lost a California Environmental Quality Act suit against the City of San Rafael has been told to pay the city for costs incurred recovering emails related to the property and a proposed development project. Although the developer's attorney characterized ...
- Landowner's defamation lawsuit against elected official advances.(rent control)
- May 01, 2008 ... The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has permitted a property owner's defamation lawsuit against a San Diego County supervisor to go forward. A divided three-judge panel overturned a lower court's ruling that Manufactured Home Communities' lawsuit against Supervisor Dianne ...
- State must pay environmental groups and water agencies, court decides.(attorney's fees)
- May 01, 2008 ... In a potentially important decision for environmental advocates, the Third District Court of Appeal has ruled that environmental groups are eligible for attorney's fees in a Bay-Delta water lawsuit, even though public agencies won similar litigation. The success of the Central ...
- Grand Terrace ordered to prepare EIR for senior Citizen housing.(ceqa)
- May 01, 2008 ... An environment impact report is necessary for a 120-unit senior housing facility in the City of Grand Terrace, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled. The unanimous three-judge appellate panel upheld a trial court judge's ruling that a mitigated negative declaration for the project ...
- Environmental review cases stack up at state high court.(ceqa)(California. Environmental Quality Act)
- May 01, 2008 ... The state Supreme Court has accepted a case involving the baseline for an environmental impact report of a Southern California oil refinery project. The decision to accept the case means the state high court now has four California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases pending. ...
- Value must be based on actual-not hypothetical-use, court rules.(eminent domain)(City of Fremont v. Fisher)(Case overview)
- May 01, 2008 ... A hypothetical or speculative use of property is not a proper basis for determining damages caused by a city's temporary construction easement, the First District Court of Appeal has ruled. The unanimous three-judge appellate panel overturned a jury's decision to award a Fremont ...
- The odd saga of parkland for billboards.(deals)
- May 01, 2008; Newman, Morris ... Remember the cliche about "the deal you can't refuse?" The park-for-a-billboard caper in the city of Los Angeles is just such a deal. I'll tell you about it. (Just as soon, that is, as you put that bottle back in the bag where it belongs. I have no desire to add another item to my ...
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