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Plover Protections Up Against Economic Realities at Santa Barbara’s Waterfront
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Potential sea level rise gives way to a new proposed plan by the USFWS and the EDC supports the plan for the potential boost to area ‘eco-tourism.’ Meanwhile, City Planners are concerned.
Tags: Bettie Weiss, Plover, USFWS
Posted in Economics, Water | No Comments »
Back to Boston for Some Forward Looking Planning
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Section Director Elect and Ventura Planning Manager, Dave Ward, visited the National APA Conference in Boston last month and shares the highlights: sessions on urban agriculture, business incubation and DIY Urbanism.
Posted in Economics, Urban Design | 1 Comment »
Transparency and Efficiency Keys to Ventura County’s One Stop Permit Website
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Tricia Meyer explains that the County’s new website “attempts to …place all of the land-use permitting requirements … at an applicant’s fingertips.”
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The Open Space Survey of Area Inclusionary Housing Policies … Santa Barbara County
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
We continue our informal survey of area inclusionary ordinances. Surprisingly, several Santa Barbara County planning departments have none!
Posted in Economics, Housing | No Comments »
Bill Fulton: Redevelopment Will Not Survive the Week
Monday, March 21st, 2011
The general sense in Sacramento is that the CRA proposals to save redevelopment is too little too late – especially after the scorched-earth approach taken by the CRA and the League since January.
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California’s Prop 26: Levies, Taxes and Fees, Oh My!
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
The basics of the major property tax laws in California, and an introduction to our latest addition. But there are seven types of levies that are excluded from this taxpayer protection bill…
Posted in Economics | 1 Comment »
V I D E O: RRM Instrumental in Ventura’s Managed Shoreline Retreat of Surfer’s Point
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
The Surfrider Foundation has recently produced a video that explains the history and process behind restoring part of Ventura’s shoreline damaged in 1999.
Posted in Economics, Urban Design, Water | No Comments »
Ventura County Compact Releases its Phase II Report
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Phase II makes a continued case for regional planning and reports on survey results in the Compact Survey concerning growth boundaries, infill development, small lot single family housing and more.
Posted in Economics, Urban Design | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Catherine shares career advice and anecdotes from a 30-year career in the corporate world of biology and environmental planning.
Posted in Economics, People | No Comments »
A 2 Part Series by the LA Times on CA Redevelopment Agency Performance
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Red ink and politics are still keeping redevelopment agencies under the microscope. The LA Times brings their brand of investigative journalism into the mix and data from HCD is used to rank each agency’s performance since 2001.
Posted in Economics, Housing | No Comments »
