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SCOTUS rules that landowners have clear path to federal court for a taking of real property interests -
Allen Matkins – June 25 -
In a dramatic repudiation of 34 years of established precedent and a clear...more
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Google puts up $1 billion to fight housing crisis in its Bay Area backyard -
San Francisco Chronicle – June 18 -
Google announced on Tuesday that, over the next decade, it will establish a $250 million...more
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Climate change poses 'high risk' to federal spending: GAO -
The Hill – June 11 -
Climate change poses a high risk to federal spending, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) re-affirmed in a biannual report on...more
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Los Angeles homelessness rises sharply as housing crisis deepens -
Reuters – June 4 -
Los Angeles County’s homeless population has swelled by 12 percent during the past year as a shortage of affordable housing...more
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Santa Monica passes $800M plan to go carbon neutral by 2050 -
Smart Cities Dive – May 29 -
The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved an estimated $800 million climate action plan late Tuesday night,...more
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California’s statewide rent-cap proposal gets two key changes -
The Mercury News – May 20 -
A closely-watched bill that would ban steep rent hikes throughout California has been softened — slightly — in an effort...more
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Major California housing bill put on hold until 2020 -
San Francisco Chronicle - May 16 -
A controversial measure to revamp local development rules in California by promoting denser housing around public transit...more
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Long Beach votes to oppose SB 50, which seeks to address the state’s housing crisis, due to issues of local control -
Press-Telegram - May 7 -
The Long Beach City Council voted this Tuesday to formally oppose...more
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Mayor Garcetti’s ‘Green New Deal’ would phase out gas-fueled cars in L.A. -
Los Angeles Times - April 29 -
Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a sweeping plan for a more sustainable Los Angeles on Monday, imagining a...more
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High-profile California housing bill clears hurdle after tense debate over local control -
Los Angeles Times - April 24 -
High-profile housing legislation to allow mid-rise apartment construction near mass...more
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Salk Institute gets $35 million for ‘audacious’ plan to fight global warming with carbon-hungry plants -
San Diego Union-Tribune - April 16 -
The Salk Institute will receive more than $35 million, one of its...more
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California Supreme Court says cities can consider visual effects of wireless equipment -
SFGate - April 4 -
The California Supreme Court ruled this Thursday that cities have a right to regulate the placement...more
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San Diego’s downtown planning agency stripped of power -
San Diego Union-Tribune - March 29 -
Civic San Diego, downtown San Diego’s official planning agency, is being stripped of most of its powers as the...more
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San Jose City Council approves taller buildings -
The Mercury News - March 12 -
After more than a decade of debate over how tall buildings in the nation’s 10th largest city should stand, San Jose’s notoriously...more
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Destruction from sea level rise in California could exceed worst wildfires and earthquakes -
Bakersfield Californian - March 13 -
In the most extensive study to date on sea level rise in California, a team of...more
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San Diego City Council votes to eliminate parking requirements for new housing near public transit -
CBS8 - March 4 -
The San Diego City Council voted 8-1 on Monday to remove minimum parking requirements for...more
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Proposed state legislation takes aim at local zoning restrictions -
- Urbanize Los Angeles - February 21 -
Senator Nancy Skinner of Oakland has introduced SB 330, which would curtail the ability of cities and...more
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California regulators get serious about building decarbonization -
Greentech Media - February 15 -
For decades, California has led the world in efforts to reduce the energy consumption of appliances and...more
Senate passes sweeping land conservation bill -
New York Times - February 12 -
The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping public lands conservation bill, designating more than one million acres of wilderness for...more
California construction workers and developers are near deal that could mean a flood of new building -
Los Angeles Times - January 28 -
California developers and construction workers, who have long been fighting over...more
At Governor Newsom’s urging, California will sue Huntington Beach over blocked homebuilding -
Los Angeles Times - January 25 -
In the first move of a promised battle between Governor Gavin Newsom and local governments...more
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L.A. may charge drivers by the mile, adding freeway tolls to cut congestion -
LOS ANGELES TIMES - Jan 22 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is pushing to study how what’s commonly...more
Sustainable Development Focus -
A moonshot for solving America’s water crisis -
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT - Jan 4 The Energy Department last month declared that it is spending $100 million over the next five years to...more
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Court rejects San Diego County’s climate action plan again -
KPBS - Dec 26 A San Diego Superior Court judge in late December rejected San Diego County’s latest climate action plan,...more
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California requires new city buses to be electric by 2029 -
NEW YORK TIMES - Dec 14 California last Friday became the first state to mandate a full shift to electric buses on public...more