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Larkspur residents fight housing for chronically homeless
Larkspur residents are engaged in a legal fight to stop a Project Homekey development to house chronically homeless people.Read More
Senate takes up CEQA bill that would negate UC Berkeley enrollment cap
State Senate budget committee members voted Monday afternoon in favor a bill that will effectively allow about 2,600 more students to attend the University of California at Berkeley in...Read More
Permanent exemption for environmental review sought for California transit projects
A current California law to speed up certain transit and transportation projects by exempting them from environmental review could be made permanent.Read More
Newsom signs Senate Bill 7, paving way for expedited development
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in San Jose on Thursday to extend development regulations that allow for expedited reviews of environmental effects. Senate Bill 7, authored by Sen....Read More
Breed, Haney propose stricter appeals process for city projects
Supervisor Matt Haney is looking to tighten requirements surrounding how public appeals to city projects are considered. Mayor London Breed is supporting the proposal. Haney will introduce legislation during...Read More
With appeals out of way, transit agency pushes to finish third Slow Streets phase by month’s end
After fighting off several California Environmental Quality Act appeals at the Board of Supervisors last week, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is again moving forward with plans to...Read More
Cardenas market battle wages on in Concord City Council
The Concord City Council is set to take up on Tuesday night an ongoing rift over some design aspects of a recently opened Cardenas Markets grocery store on Monument...Read More
Concord delays 310 units of downtown housing
The Concord City Council asked the developer to come back with a commitment to hiring local, organized labor.Read More
13th Street bikeway moves forward after appeal fails
Construction on the eastbound 13th Street bikeway is expected to start this summer.Read More
Court upholds dismissal of crude oil lawsuit
A state appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday upheld a trial judge's dismissal of a lawsuit in which four environmental groups sought to challenge rail shipments of crude oil.Read More
CEQA circus swirls to a close
Citizens appealing City decisions about any large building project now have a clear set of rules for filing the paperwork.Read More
CEQA plans sent to full Board of Supervisors
After months of proposals, not one but two versions of CEQA appeal legislation were kicked up to the full Board of Supervisors.Read More
CEQA reform is a bit like herding cats
Supervisor Scott Wiener is trying revise City codes dealing with the California Environmental Quality Act.Read More