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Southern California Wraps Up Public Comment Period on Sustainable Communities Strategy

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is in the final stages of preparing its Regional Transportation Plan, which includes a brand new Sustainable Communities Strategy intended to...
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CA Supreme Court Stays Implementation of Legislation to Dismantle Redevelopment Agencies

California -- The California Supreme Court put the brakes on implementation of AB 26/27, the controversial legislation that effectively eliminates state redevelopment agencies.The California League...
Final Element Completed in Massive TOD Project: Apartments already fully leased

Contra Costa, Calif. - The Avalon at Walnut Creek, a residential mixed-use development in unincorporated Walnut Creek, California, is having early success since its grand opening in October. The...
Lawsuit filed in California to save redevelopment agencies

California - The League of California Cities, the California Redevelopment Association (CRA) and the cities of San Jose and Union City filed a petition with the California Supreme Court, challenging...
California’s new budget requires the state’s local redevelopment agencies to divert their property tax revenue to education or face abolition

Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 26 and AB 27, which would require redevelopment agencies to divert money from real estate projects, including affordable housing, to fund local schools. Agencies that...
LA Moves Closer to Enacting Solar Tariff Program

Los Angeles—Property owners here may not have long to wait to start making money from what is now empty roof space. Councilwoman Jan Perry has introduced a motion to implement a 75 Mega Watt Feed in...
Budget Bright Spot: HCD Can Issue NOFAs!

...But Governor Continues to Pu
An Important Victory for Sustainable Infill Development

By: Mark A. Rhoades AICP, Source: PlanetizenA Berkeley, California resident sued the city to stop a 98-unit affordable housing development, claiming violations of CEQA, the state's density bonus law...
Outlook cloudy for restoration of California's affordable housing funds

When the California Supreme Court refused to rescue redevelopment agencies from abolition, housing advocates asked the state legislature to try to at least preserve the funds the agencies had set...

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