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Is California Forever Visionary or Just Public Relations?

September 24, 2023 • CP&DR

A “new city” near the Bay Area has caught the popular imagination, for better or worse. What of “regular” planning?

APA Preview: The Central Valley Faces Growth Issues

September 11, 2023 • CP&DR

A roundtable with planners from California’s Central Valley, in advance of the Cal APA conference in Fresno

Cities Rethink Downtown Strategies Post-Pandemic

August 24, 2023 • CP&DR

Post-pandemic, some California downtowns are up. Some are way down…

Will TOD Survive The Transit Downturn?

August 8, 2023 • CP&DR

SB 10 Off To Slow Start

August 8, 2023 • CP&DR

New Rail Line Opens to Cautious Optimism in South Los Angeles

July 24, 2023 • CP&DR

Crenshaw Line brings mass transit to the center of LA’s Black community.

The Perverse Economics of Los Angeles’s “Mansion Tax”

May 1, 2023 • CP&DR

A well intentioned ballot measure to raise affordable housing funds from big-dollar real estate transfers could kill the housing Los Angeles needs most.

Legislature Considers Diverse Range of Housing Bills

April 9, 2023 • CP&DR

Even as cities strain under the weight of new housing regulations, legislators are trying new ideas and resurrecting old ones.

Book Review: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

April 8, 2023 • CP&DR

Review of How Big Things Get Done, by Bent Flyvbjerg.

Yet Again, Culprits for Gentrification Escape Blame

March 5, 2023 • CP&DR

A restaurant critic wonders if they deserve blame for furthering gentrification in San Francisco. It’s an interesting, and utterly counterproductive, question.

Litigation Over Housing Elements Focuses on Peninsula

February 14, 2023 • CP&DR

Housing advocates are lawyering up to force Bay Area cities to produce more housing.

YIMBY Lawyers Sue 12 Bay Area Cities

February 6, 2023 • CP&DR

Coming just days after the region’s RHNA deadline the lawsuits suggest pitched battle ahead over the Bay Area’s housing targets — and maybe even a Builder’s Remedy battle or two.

State Rewards Housing-Friendly Cities with “Prohousing” Designation

January 30, 2023 • CP&DR

Attempting to ease tensions between cities and the state, HCD is given out the planning equivalent of gold stars.

New Los Angeles Mayor Picks Unnecessary Fights over “Luxury” Housing

January 23, 2023 • CP&DR

Los Angeles needs every type of housing. Mayor Karen Bass doesn’t know that yet.

The Top Stories of 2022

December 19, 2022 • CP&DR

2022 was an unusually action-packed year in California planning

Economic Headwinds Push Back on State Housing Goals

December 12, 2022 • CP&DR

California desperately needs housing, but inflation and interest rates may hinder production.

Rating California’s New Transit Lines and Extensions

November 21, 2022 • CP&DR

New public transit lines, extensions, and major upgrades have been opening up all over California lately. CP&DR reviews the impacts of these transformative, and not-so-transformative, projects.

Housing (Mostly) Wins on Local Ballots

November 14, 2022 • CP&DR

But measures calling for increased housing development potential met decidedly mixed results.

Josh has written in:

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