Newsom Signs Housing and Planning Bills - CP&DR

Newsom Signs Housing and Planning Bills - CP&DR.

Hello Curtis, Newsom Signs Housing and Planning Bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 15 housing- and planning-related bills on Monday, including a CEQA exemption for many transportation projects, a requirement that some market-rate housing in housing elements be multi-family, and a bill allowing San Jose to swap density in Coyote Valley and infill locations.https://www.cp-dr.com/articles/newsom-signs-housing-and-planning-bills   - Log In to view Controversial Lafayette Apartment Project Approved The controversial and long-delayed Terraces at Lafayette project -- involving 315 apartments -- was approved at the last meeting permitted under SB 330. The project was made famous by Conor Dougherty's book Golden Gates. https://www.cp-dr.com/articles/lafayette-approves-fullsize-version-infamous-apartment   - Log In to view Justice Barrett on Planning: Careful, Narrow, Deferential In her only land-use related ruling as an appellate court justice -- involving a challenge to the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago -- Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote a decision that is careful, narrow, and deferential to the city. https://www.cp-dr.com/articles/barretts-only-property-rights-ruling-careful-narrow LA Metro Approves $400 Billion Long-Range Plan Meanwhile, in other news in our weekly news summary, Sacramento is planning a new transit hub as part of railyards redevelopment. https://www.cp-dr.com/articles/cpdr-news-briefs-september-29-2020 Elsewhere: L.A.'s Coolest Street Foiled By L.A. Uncoolest Politician In a piece on Common Edge, Josh Stephens goes after L.A. City Councilmember Paul Koretz, who killed a cool re-do of Melrose Boulevard in deference to his NIMBY homeowner constituents. https://commonedge.org/los-angeles-least-cool-councilmember-kills-its-coolest-street/ For FULL ACCESS to all our premium content - Subscribe Online Today! (If you're not a subscriber premium articles can be purchased for just $5 each!)  Last Week's Top Ten on www.cp-dr.com Close Call For SB 1120 May Mean More Focus On Duplexes   - Log In to view CP&DR News Briefs September 22, 2020: San Jose Linkage Fee; and More Barrett's Only Property Rights Ruling: Careful, Narrow, Deferential What's It Like to Be a Black Planner in California? CEQA Challenge to Granite Bay Storage Facility Is Moot   - Log In to view CP&DR News Briefs September 15, 2020: Anaheim Stadium Redevelopment; and More Lafayette Approves Full-Size Version of Infamous Apartment Development   - Log In to view Brentwood Again Loses Redevelopment Case   - Log In to view Q&A: Anna Nelson on Abolishing Single-Unit Zoning Los Altos Reverses Decision To Appeal SB 35 Case   - Log In to view Get Josh Stephen’s New Book Now! Check out Josh Stephen’s new book, The Urban Mystique: Notes on California, Los Angeles, and Beyond   For the last decade, CP&DR contributing editor Josh Stephens has chronicled urban planning and development in California. The Urban Mystique is Josh’s attempt to make sense of it all.