This month's selection of In Brief items includes: surplus state property recommendations, audits of LA City's...
With Sacramento bogged down in the annual battle over the state budget, it appears that the Schwarzenegger...
California Planning & Development Report offers this list of land use bills that passed or failed in Sacramento...
Two bills that give the state the ability to control local tax increment financing advanced at the state Capitol...
A state appellate court has gutted a City of Lodi ordinance governing cleanup of hazardous materials. The court ruled...
Three sweeping growth measures in three very different parts of the state - two measures seeking to tightly...
Cities and counties of all sizes are adopting regulations to limit development of big box stores. Jurisdictions as...
The wildfires of late October and early November - which some fire experts claim were the worst in the state's...
Riverside's University Village - where city officials permitted a 25% reduction of required parking spaces...
Two audits of redevelopment agencies that the Department of Housing and Community Development completed in August...