Late Objections Doom Opposition To Lab Expansion
A state appellate court has upheld the environmental impact report for expansion of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It found that project opponents had forfeited most of their claims because...
View ArticlePlanning Departments Struggle To Cope With Budget Cuts
Though the economic prosperity and real estate boom of the past decade may seem like a distant memory, it wasn’t more than two or three years ago that planning departments around the state were buried...
View ArticleMilpitas To Expand Redevelopment Project Area In Defiance Of County
Just to clarify: the City of Milpitas lies inside the County of Santa Clara. Judging by their respective interpretations of redevelopment law, however, they might as well be on separate planets. read more
View ArticleWest Village at UC Davis: Down Home In Eco-Topia
Don't be fooled by the peaceful, pastoral look of West Village, a proposed housing development on the campus of UC Davis.“Shucks,” the conceptual site plan seems to say, “I'm just a little old country...
View ArticleAirport Restrictions Trump Local Planning
An appellate court has set aside the City of Watsonville’s general plan on grounds that it is incompatible with the State Aeronautics Act, and because the city failed to consider a lower growth...
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