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Some are questioning county's permit process after old Montecito home was partially demolished

July 22 - Santa Barbara News-Press

The Dublin City Council favors two of the three anti-growth measures due for the November ballot, each of which aim to curb city sprawl.

July 22 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Los Angeles Unified School District is presenting a new facilities master plan for $2.4 billion for new school construction and renovation.

July 22 - Los Angeles Daily News

New state allocation system may mean millions more for LAUSD to help with land-acquisition and development of new schools.

July 22 - Los Angeles Daily News

University of California professor is developing robotsto automatically respond to traffic emergenciesfaster than humans could.

July 22 - Time

The potential benefits of public capital investments are of two sorts -- market benefits and "quality of life" benefits.

July 22 - The Brookings Institution

InformationWeek Stock Index reports that the new hot trend is a focusing on a decidedly real estate issue -- which companies own office property in LA, SF and Seattle?

July 22 - Information Week

A six month delay is granted to JARCO's 2-million-square-foot retail redevelopment project near North Hollywood's Red Line station.

July 21 - The Los Angeles Times

Wealthy retirees, aging baby-boomers, and professionals with flexible work arrangements aided by technologyare flocking to coastal areas and the resulting growth boom is reshaping the nation's coasts.

July 21 - USA Today

Plan to construct 63 hillside homes is rejected to protect thehabitat of the endangered Peninsular Bighorn Sheep in California's Riverside County.

July 21 - Press-Enterprise

Contra Costa Times columnist Theresa Keegan discusses Conta Costa's urban growth boundary. The goal should not be where Contra Costa grows, but how it grows -- slowly.

July 21 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

New fast-setting concrete that sets in four hours instead of two to three days helps Caltrans reduce traffic problems due to construction.

July 21 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Poll finds Santa Clara County voters want the BART in San Jose and are willing to pay more taxes to make it happen.

July 21 - San Jose Mercury News

How would you like to commute 100 miles in each direction? It's happening in Silicon Valley because jobs there are a dime a dozen. Housing isn't.

July 21 - Planning Magazine

The Brookings Review takes a new approach to converting vacant land into valuable development.

July 21 - The Brookings Institution

Major donations from celebrity entertainers help environmentalists meet court deadline to post a $250,000 bond to temporarily halt logging near the Headwaters preserve in the North Coast regionof California.

July 20 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

County planning analysis finds Sierra Club's open space initiative unlikely to ease traffic and or save agriculturein Alameda County, California.

July 20 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

An entertainment complex is planned for San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Too much like Las Vegas, say critics. Great tourist appeal say supporters.

July 20 - The Los Angeles Times

Increased housing pressure from hi-tech millionaires prompts conservation group to purchase oceanfront land to prevent development of trophy homes along California's San Mateo County coastline.

July 20 - San Jose Mercury News

Proposed 1000-home project in Oceanside, CA, approved by City Council.

July 20 - The San Diego Union-Tribune