Recently added articles from California Planning & Development Report:
Calaveras county supervisors.(in brief)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Calaveras County supervisors, in a 3-2 in a 3-2 vote, have denied permits for a golf course that was built without governmental approval on agricultural land protected by a Williamson Act contract. The county has been wrestling with The Ridge at Trinitas for six years. The ...
A Bush administration rule change.(inbrief)(Endangered Species Act )(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A Bush administration rule change that aimed to streamline reviews under the Endangered Species Act and to eliminate any consideration of how a proposed project may contribute to climate change has been dropped. The Bush Interior Department finalized the rule in December despite ...
A locally written plan to aid.(inbrief)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A locally written plan to aid the endangered California tiger salamander in Sonoma County is apparently dead. In May, the Obama administration settled a lawsuit with the Center for Biological Diversity, which had sued the Bush administration over its decision to remove land on the Santa ...
Development company DMB.(inbrief)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Development company DMB Associates announced in May it was dropping a plan to build a 6,800-unit new town in San Benito County. A few days after the announcement, the Arizona-based developer said it had formed a partnership with Cargill to build 12,000 housing units on old San Francisco ...
Voters.(inbrief)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Voters in the Santa Clara County city of Morgan Hill have changed their minds and approved a growth control modification to permit additional housing development in the downtown area. Measure A keeps in place Morgan Hill's population cap of 48,000 by 2020, but permits 500 more units ...