California Planning and Development Report

California Planning and Development Report publishes the results of 60 California land-use-related ballot measures.

CP&DR lists all the 54 local land use ballot measures for November 8, 2000.

With affordable housing ranking as a major issue in nearly all of California, the Davis administration and the Legislature responded this year with a gigantic increase in funding for housing programs.

The November 7, 2000 election is shaping up as a potential landmark in ballot-box planning in California.

The process of initiative and referendum is California’s most peculiar institution. William Fulton explains why.

California cities Brentwood and San Ramon are suing Contra Costa County over a decision to "shrink" the county’s urban limit line.

The state Legislature completed its two-year session without adopting major land-use policy changes or local government fiscal reform.

CP&DR Editor William Fulton evaluates the return of linkage fees -- will they do any good — or any harm?

California is the nation’s largest dairy state. With annual production at $3.6 billion, the dairy industry is the largest agricultural sector in California.

CP&DR Editor Bill Fulton suggests that Governor Davis' new Congestion Relief Plan is "called a plan, but it looks a lot like pork."

With the approval last March of a statewide initiative and the signing of a pact between the governor’s office and 63 Indian tribes, development of Indian casinos is taking off.

A proposal from Cisco Systems to build a 6.6 million-square-foot campus for up to 20,000 workers in south San Jose has focused attention on the Silicon Valley’s housing shortage.