Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Contra Costa County Cities Encourage Mixed Use

Cities in Contra Costa County, CA, find smart growth appealing.

August 29, 2004 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Schwarzenegger Proposes Hydrogen Highway

The Governor's top environmental aide unveiled California's plan to build hydrogen stations every 20 miles along major highways by 2010.

February 28, 2004 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

A Fee For Owning Three Or More Cars?

The City of Berkeley, CA, is re-considering charging a fee to residents who own three or more cars.

February 22, 2004 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Linking Transportation And Housing Funding

California's new Business, Transportation and Housing Secretary, Sunne Wright McPeak, wants to link state transportation fuding with housing construction.

January 15, 2004 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Expensive Housing at the Expense of Basic Needs

A study on poverty in the San Francisco area shows that skyrocketing housing costs have kept residents from meeting basic household budgets.

December 13, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

What a Difference a Granny Makes

In efforts to increase the availability of affordable housing, a new California state law will make the construction of granny units easier.

November 13, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Bay Area Smart Growth Fund In Action

A business group in the Bay Area invests in a private firm 'to bring private dollars into poor neighborhoods and promote infill, local business revitalization and contaminated site cleanup.'

November 13, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Growth Vision: It's Not About Principles, It's About Control

Cities and counties tussle over who controls growth in Contra Costa.

June 26, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Does Sprawl Really Make You Fat? It's Not That Simple...

While New Urbanists suggest that urban sprawl may be responsible for expanding waistlines, detractors think otherwise.

June 24, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Study Urges County To Fight Sprawl

A study by the Greenbelt Alliance urges Contra Costa County, CA, to fight sprawl.

June 20, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Airport-Transit Link's Thirty-Year Odyssey

After thirty years, BART finally reaches the San Francisco International Airport.

June 16, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Ordinances Target Grocery Stores In Wal-Marts

A new ordinance in Contra Costa, CA will restrict full-service grocery stores in super-stores.

June 8, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Historic Planning Summit In Contra Costa

A historic growth summit brings together 200 elected and planning officials to shape the region's future.

May 20, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Urban Growth Boundary By Ballot

Contra Costa, CA, is seeking a ballot measure to shift responsibility to the public for deciding on changes to the county's urban growth boundary.

May 16, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Bay Area To Add 2 Million People By 2030

Estimates by The Association of Bay Area Governments predict that the region will add 2 million more people by 2030.

March 20, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Transit Plans Focus On Smart Growth

Plans for a BART extension are being evaluated by smart growth standards.

March 15, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Compact For A Sustainable Bay Area

Six Bay Area agencies plan for the future.

February 12, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

City Admonished For Sprawl Tendencies

The California city of Vacaville is admonished to curb its sprawling ways; planners told to embrace smart growth.

November 15, 2002 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

After 25 Years Of Delay -- Malibu's Coastal Land Use Plan

The California Coastal Commission is set to adopt a coastal land use plan that the 27-mile-long ritzy seaside community has avoided for a quarter century.

September 13, 2002 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

CA Developers To Bear Runoff Costs

New clean water requirements to treat runoff will is expected to cost developers $300 million in Northern California.

September 2, 2002 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

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