Pleasanton

Exurban Commute

'Valley Link' Planned to Relieve Bay Area Super Commuters

Planners are working quickly to refine a proposal for a $1.8 billion project connecting the 680 corridor in the East Bay Area to bedroom communities in the Central Valley.

August 12, 2018 - The Mercury News

Costco

Bay Area Activists Mobilize to Ban Big-Box Stores

The latest front line of the battle to prevent the spread of big-box stores is the city of Pleasanton, California.

July 14, 2016 - East Bay Times

The Bay Area's Coming 'Freeway Revolution'

This will not be a revolution against freeways, as some may have hoped, but a revolution marked by new express lanes totaling 550 miles, beginning with a new stretch of 14 miles on I-580 through Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore in the East Bay.

February 16, 2016 - San Jose Mercury News

Leaving California

Leaving California - A Wall Street Journal Explanation

WSJ editorial write Allysia Finley opines on the out-migration of working class Californians in search of employment and lower housing costs, contrasting it with in-migration of the same class of Americans during the Depression - also on video.

March 7, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal

"Presence Sensors" Save Bicyclists By Controlling Traffic Lights

A new system using "microwave motion" sensors can detect when a bicyclist enters an intersection and control traffic to accommodate them.

October 8, 2011 - Governing Magazine

Regional Housing Plan Trumps Growth Control Ordinances

A court has ruled that, contrary to its zoning laws, the bedroom community of Pleasanton must add more bedrooms. The ruling wipes out local, voter-approved growth control ordinances.

March 28, 2010 - California Planning & Development Report

Residential Growth Cap Overruling Could Reshape California

A recent court ruling preventing a California town from placing a cap on residential development could change the shape of the state, according to the San Francisco Chronicle's John King.

March 21, 2010 - San Francisco Chronicle

Town's Plan to Cap Residential Growth Violates State Law

A judge has overruled a voter-approved plan in the California city of Pleasanton to cap the number of new residences allowed in the city in an effort to curb the area's growing congestion.

March 18, 2010 - San Francisco Chronicle

Jerry Brown Sues Suburb Over Housing Element

The CA Attorney General wants cities to take their housing obligations seriously - so much so that he has joined a 2006 lawsuit against the Alameda County suburb of Pleasanton over a 'housing cap' of 29,000 units approved by its voters in 1996.

July 6, 2009 - CBS Broadcasting

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