November 18 Election Update: Another Transit Victory
In balloting November 4 on local land use measures in California, slow-growth advocates won 22 of 39 elections. Opponents of development rejected an ambitious plan for the San Diego waterfront,...
View ArticleLodi Voters Kill Redevelopment Plan
Voters in Lodi rejected redevelopment, while those in Alamo said no to incorporation of a new city during municipal balloting on March 3. In Los Angeles, voters narrowly rejected two charter...
View ArticleMorgan Hill Voters Endorse Downtown Development
Voters in the Santa Clara County city of Morgan Hill have changed their minds and approved a growth control modification to permit additional housing development in the downtown area. Measure A keeps...
View ArticleElection Update: Slow Growthers Win In Davis, Mendocino County
Slow-growth advocates won major victories in November 3 local elections when voters rejected a housing project in Davis and a shopping center in Mendocino County, as well as sewer extensions in...
View ArticleEastvale Will Decide Whether it Can Afford Cityhood
Riverside County has gained the dubious distinction of being one of the foreclosure capitals of California, if not the country. One bright spot, however, has been the unincorporated community of...
View ArticleBrentwood's Measure F Tests Definition of 'Control'
Even as commuters have grown weary of the long drive from the western edge of the Central Valley to the employment centers of the Bay Area, a group of landowners in Brentwood see robust development...
View ArticleAnother OC City Considers Vesting Zoning Power in Voters
As residents of one of the nation’s oldest master-planned cities, Mission Viejo voters will be asked, essentially, to decide whether the city’s planners got it right the first time.Measure D, billed by...
View ArticleLiquidation of State Property Puts Costa Mesa Voters in Control of Fairgrounds
Whether or not the state’s “fleet reduction” plan to sell 11 properties for an estimated $2 billion makes the slightest bit of fiscal sense remains to be seen (see CP&DR Blog April 29, 2010). As...
View ArticlePleasanton Voters Decide, What's in a Ridgeline?
Many long, hard-fought battles have been waged for the control of high ground, and the one surrounding Pleasanton’s Measure D is no exception. Measure D asks whether a 51-home development known as Oak...
View ArticleIs Santa Clara Ready for Some Football?
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League are trying to punt themselves out of creaky Candlestick Park and into a shiny new home in Santa Clara. Whether political winds will carry them...
View ArticleElection Wrap-Up: Voters Statewide Opt for Compact Development
Local voters in the Nov. 2 California election were not necessarily “pro-growth” or “anti-growth” but rather seem to have embraced smart growth like never before. They expressed subtle but clear...
View ArticleJune Ballots Include Few Questions on Local Land Use (Updated)
CP&DR Staff While the presidential Primary Election will be a non-event in California,this upcoming Election Day, June 5, will be a relatively quiet one for land use measures in California as...
View ArticleJune 3, 2014 election: results on land-use ballot measures
CP&DR Staff Below are a dozen picked results from June 3 local ballot measures affecting land use. Links are included here to more detailed county results pages. [Update 6/22/14: adding Measure AA...
View ArticleIn Roundup of Local Land Use Measures, San Francisco Wins for Most...
CP&DR Staff A typically diverse array of land use measures appears on the November ballot in a handful of localities around the state. Most questions ask voters to endorse or oppose specific...
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...
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