Redevelopment Agencies Prepare to Fight for Their Lives
After an agonizing six-month prelude, the curtain has finally risen on the drama that is redevelopment in California. Agencies are now forced contemplate the costs of staving off their own demise.read...
View ArticleRedevelopment May Survive, But Will It Be Stronger?
The new rules of redevelopment – if the courts agree – are now clear: You’re dead, but you can buy your way back to life. That’s probably enough to keep most redevelopment agencies in business. But is...
View ArticleKen Alex Leads State Planning Efforts at OPR
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research occupies an unusual place in California planning. Even though planning is an intensely local function, part of OPR’s mission is to convey Sacramento’s...
View ArticleAdherence to Local Seismic Codes Suffices for CEQA Mitigation
A thorough analysis of building codes and local ordinances applicable to seismic hazards provides the substantial evidence necessary to uphold a city’s revised environmental impact report, the First...
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