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Housing Development Likely To Crash Because of COVID

April 7, 2020 • CP&DR

Even entitled buildings won’t be built unless they have financing

Solvang Reconsidered

March 31, 2020 • CP&DR

We’re supposed to hate Solvang’s kitsch. But it’s got great bones — for several blocks in all directions

YIMBYism’s Golden Moment

February 24, 2020 • CP&DR

In Golden Gates, Conor Dougherty chronicles the rise of the YIMBY movement and California’s battle over housing — with the aplomb of an East Bay skateboarder

What’s On The March 2020 Ballot?

February 23, 2020 • CP&DR

A typical jumble of land-use measures — but they suggest California’s future direction

How Los Angeles Landed Its First Olympics

February 23, 2020 • CP&DR

Barry Siegel’s new book about the 1932 Olympics shows how much chutzpah counted in early Los Angeles

New Housing Laws Bring Design Standards to Fore

February 17, 2020 • CP&DR

To cut down on discretionary review, new housing laws require cities to approve housing projects so long as they conform to “objective” design standards. Cities are scrambling to draft standards that promote housing and promote desired aesthetic goals

Wiener Loses Again. Or Does He?

February 3, 2020 • CP&DR

SB 50 went down in flames once more. But the bill gave the state cover for other bills that would otherwise would have been considered radical. And RHNA is forcing upzoning all over the state.

Top California Planning Stories of the 2010s

January 3, 2020 • CP&DR

CP&DR’s retrospective of the triumphs, failures, and tensions that influenced California’s built environment in the 2010s

Bidding Unhappy Trails to the Old Retail Landscape

December 16, 2019 • CP&DR

The “retail apocalypse” has claimed a particularly unfortunate victim: the homegrown outdoor equipment chain Adventure 16. California’s cities and wilderness are both worse off

Inadvertent Praise For California’s Environmental Ethic

December 10, 2019 • CP&DR

This Land skewers the federal land management agencies — and, in the process, indirectly provides a good reason to keep CEQA and California’s other environmental laws

El Cerrito Discovers Key to Infill Planning

November 26, 2019 • CP&DR

While many Bay Area cities resist growth, El Cerrito is booming with transit oriented plan on San Pablo Avenue

Mobility Revolution Arriving Fast … and Slow

November 15, 2019 • CP&DR

Advances in mobility technologies — from electric cars to robotic shopping carts — are dazzling. But planners will be hard-pressed to predict which ones will prevail.

The Coming Uberapocalypse

September 13, 2019 • CP&DR

If the Uberpocalypse (Lyftaclysm?) transpires, cities are going to find themselves time-warped back to 2009

Santa Barbara Celebrates “Authenticity,” Faces Housing Crunch

September 12, 2019 • CP&DR

Santa Barbara will be on full display at next week’s conference of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association. In advance of the conference, CP&DR’s Josh Stephens spoke with Santa Barbara Community Development Director George Buell.

Incoming Berkeley Design Dean Seeks to Unite East and West Coasts in Responsible Urbanism

August 29, 2019 • CP&DR

CP&DR’s Josh Stephens spoke with Vishaan Chakrabarti about his transition to Berkeley and the urban environment he will encounter upon moving west.

Housing Crisis Turns School Districts Into Developers

August 29, 2019 • CP&DR

State Begins To Push SB 2 Planning Money Out The Door

July 16, 2019 • CP&DR

SB 2 sets aside enough money for literally every jurisdiction in the state to apply for and receive a grant.

Sometimes Civic Ambition Should Aim Lower

May 14, 2019 • CP&DR

The San Jose tower falls into the all-too-common trap of mistaking a skyline for a city.

Josh has written in:

  • California Planning & Development Report
  • Planetizen
  • Next City
  • Huffington Post
  • In Transition Magazine
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