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Coastal Commission Alters UCSB Housing Plan

Aug 1, 1999

CP&DR Staff, Public Development, Vol. 14 No. 08 Aug 1999

University of California, Santa Barbara, officials proposed building 200 dorm rooms a little too close to wetlands, the California Coastal Commission had decided. The commission approved the student housing but ordered the university to keep the planned construction at least 100 feet from a slough, coastal pools and other wetlands. The decision requires a major redesign of the San Rafael housing addition and will delay the project by a year, according to Tye Simpson, UCSB director of physical and env...

Adult Businesses: Court Extends ï¿½Baby Tam' Tp Permit Suspension Process

by CP&DR Staff on Aug 1, 1999

Vol. 14 No. 08 Aug 1999

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the City of San Diego’s method for suspending and revoking nude dancing licenses is unconstitutional because it allows an adult business to be closed down while the business appeals the city’s action. >>read more

Calfed Preferred Alternative Named; But Massive Report Postpones Peripheral Canal, Storage Issues

Aug 1, 1999

Featured Articles, Paul Shigley, Vol. 14 No. 08 Aug 1999

State and federal officials early this summer released a "draft preferred alternative" for the Calfed Bay-Delta Program, which officials inside the process contend will overhaul the plumbing system on which most California residents, farms and businesses rely. Many observers outside the program, however, struggle to determine how significantly Calfed will alter water and land use policies. Although the full plan weighs in at 40 pounds, it is light on some crucial details that might have major implicat...

San Bernadino County Extends Its Influence Near Cities

Aug 1, 1999

Local Watch, Paul Shigley, Vol. 14 No. 08 Aug 1999

San Bernardino County has adopted a policy that calls for the county to assume more control over land use in unincorporated areas within incorporated cities' spheres of influence. The policy concerns leaders of many cities in San Bernardino County who fear the county may compete with cities for desirable development and approve substandard projects that cities eventually must serve. The policy, which the Board of Supervisors adopted as a general plan amendment in June, is the latest in a se...

Schools Use SB 50 To Hike Impact Fees

Aug 1, 1999

CP&DR Staff, Vol. 14 No. 08 Aug 1999

A 1998 law that builders hoped would keep a lid on school impact fees is instead becoming a tool for some districts to charge far higher fees than builders envisioned. The 1998 measure, known as SB 50, capped school fees at $1.93 per square foot. The Legislature passed SB 50 as part of a deal in which developers then agreed to support a $9.2 billion school facility bond on the November 1998 state ballot. Voters subsequently approved Proposition 1A. (See CP&DR June 1999.) However, SB 50 al...