CP&DR News Briefs, November 2, 2015: HSR Costs May Soar; L.A. City, County...
Matthew Hose California's High Speed Rail project is finding more hurdles in the way of the intended 2022 finish of its first phase from Burbank to Merced. A Los Angeles Times analysis finds that the...
View ArticleElection Results: Turning Point on San Francisco Density?
CP&DR Staff Was Tuesday's election the turning point in the San Francisco density battles? There's been a lot of talk lately about how the city's longtime policy of controlling new development may...
View ArticleCP&DR News Briefs, November 9, 2015: L.A. Overlooks Impact Fees; S.F. Arena...
Matthew Hose An audit (pdf) by Los Angeles's controller finds that the city is failing to charge developers millions of dollars in development impact fees -- frequently used to increase police and...
View ArticleCP&DR News Briefs, November 16, 2015: 9,100 Homes for Mountain View; L.A....
The Mountain View City Council specified the number of houses it is prepared to build in the city's North Bayshore business district, choosing the densest option of building 9,100 units in the area...
View ArticleWhat Will AB 744 Do To Parking?
Josh Stephens The High Cost of Free Parking, by UCLA professor emeritus Don Shoup’s landmark call for parking reform, was published in 2005. On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, some of his...
View ArticleCP&DR News Briefs, November 23, 2015: L.A. Development Moratorium; Shifting...
Matthew Hose A group calling itself the Coalition to Preserve L.A. announced that it is going to shoot for a ballot measure to block “mega-projects" in Los Angeles. The initiative would effectively...
View ArticleCP&DR News Briefs, November 30, 2015: $700 Billion Mobility Plan for L.A....
Matthew Hose The libertarian nonprofit Reason Foundation released a speculative mobility plan for the Los Angeles region, seeking to ease congestion through a network of toll roads and varying pricing...
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