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FPPC Fines Former Planning Director

Former Siskiyou County Planning Director Wayne Virag has been fined $2,600 by the Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to disclose economic interests in real property and for failing to file...

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Kern County Approves Huge Wind Energy Project

The largest wind energy project ever in California won unanimous approval from the Kern County Board of Supervisors in mid-December.Alta Windpower Development plans to erect up to 320 wind turbines on...

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Setback For North San Diego County Housing Project

The proposed Merriam Mountains housing development in North San Diego County suffered a setback in December when the Board of Supervisors split 2-2 on the project. The tie vote equates to rejection of...

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Sacramento Riverfront Project Approved

The City of Sacramento has approved a specific plan for the 29-acre Docks site along the Sacramento River, across Interstate 5 from downtown.read more

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Second Phase Of Playa Vista Nears Approval

The second and final phase of the Playa Vista development near Playa del Rey appears headed toward approval in early 2010, as the Los Angeles Planning Commission recommended approval of the project...

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Decision Delayed On 11,000-Unit Project

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has postponed until January a decision on a new town proposal that has drawn significant opposition from hunters, bird watchers and environmentalists because...

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State Lands Commission Issues Sea Level Rise Warning

About 475,000 residents, major sea ports and airports, thousands of miles of roads and rail lines, power plants and wastewater treatment facilities are at risk of flooding due to sea level rise,...

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OPR Updates Reference Documents

The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research released updates of two reference documents in December – the 2010 edition of “Planning, Zoning and Development Laws,” and the 2010 version of the...

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Kern-Castaic Water Transfer EIR Upheld

The environmental impact report for a water transfer from a Kern County irrigation district to an urban water supplier in the Santa Clarita Valley has been upheld by the Second District Court of...

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Inyo County General Plan 'Clarification' Invalidated

A state appellate court has thrown out an Inyo County general plan amendment that the county argued was nothing more than a clarification of a longstanding policy.A unanimous three-judge panel of the...

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The Biggest Stories Of 2009

Many people in the planning and development community are saying good riddance to 2009. It was a year marked by extreme financial distress for government agencies and private industry. If 2008 was a...

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