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Quicker Easier Cheaper The Efficacy Of Ceqa Streamlining For Infill Developmentt
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Book Synopsis Quicker, Easier, Cheaper?: the Efficacy of CEQA Streamlining for Infill Developmentt by : Lisa Loann Reynolds
Download or read book Quicker, Easier, Cheaper?: the Efficacy of CEQA Streamlining for Infill Developmentt written by Lisa Loann Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a recent survey of cities and counties ranks the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental review process well below other barriers to implementing infill projects, many developers still feel CEQA is vexatious, creating uncertainty that hinders investment and drives up costs, especially when hampered by frivolous lawsuits. Developers believe CEQA adds time, cost, and uncertainty to infill and mixed-use development projects. This perception may deter needed development and inhibit the building industry's shift to more infill development projects. While infill development will not satisfy all market demands, infill helps California meet the AB 32's requirement to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Further, infill development creates a more sustainable development, a healthier environment, and a more vibrant quality of life. To boost infill development, the California Legislature adopted several CEQA reforms to streamline --or in some cases exempt -- certain infill projects. No mechanism comprehensively tracks the use of specific infill streamlining provisions. Further, there is almost no empirical research that analyzes these streamlining provisions for either their effectiveness or promoting infill development. I conducted nine interviews to find out more about the CEQA reforms in SB 375 and SB 226, plus the exemption for residential infill development in SB 1925. I wanted to solicit information about individual experiences and perceptions within the real estate development industry. I also wanted to know about the challenges of using those CEQA streamlining provisions and exemptions. Most importantly, I wanted to know if the recent CEQA streamlining legislation supports infill development by making the environmental review process for these projects quicker, easier, and cheaper. My research revealed multiple barriers to infill development, but interview respondents agreed that infill development is harder than greenfield development. I also discovered several projects that used (or are using) recent CEQA reforms to streamline the environment review process. I believe that the recent streamlining provisions can reduce time and costs. While streamlining provisions help infill development, the process could be still faster, easier, and less expensive. I conclude that challenges still remain before CEQA streamlining reforms can really work.
Download or read book Water for Growth written by Ellen Hanak and published by Public Policy Instit. of CA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California's population is expected to add another 14 million people by 2030, reaching a total of 48 million. One of the most serious concerns of policymakers is whether the state will be able to supply the water needed to sustain such a population. Although many large water projects in the past were undertaken with state and federal leadership, most current options are local or regional in scope. The frontline agencies responsible for water supply are the hundreds of municipal utilities serving the state's residential and commercial customers. In this report, the author examines how well California is faring in meeting the water supply challenges of growth throughout the state and the extent to which local governments are integrating water supply concerns into their land-use planning. The report also evaluates progress in implementing the new "show me the water" laws, SB 610 and SB 221, which require up-front screening of water availability for large development projects.
Book Synopsis Collaborative Governance Regimes by : Kirk Emerson
Download or read book Collaborative Governance Regimes written by Kirk Emerson and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether the goal is building a local park or developing disaster response models, collaborative governance is changing the way public agencies at the local, regional, and national levels are working with each other and with key partners in the nonprofit and private sectors. While the academic literature has spawned numerous case studies and context- or policy-specific models for collaboration, the growth of these innovative collaborative governance systems has outpaced the scholarship needed to define it. Collaborative Governance Regimes breaks new conceptual and practical ground by presenting an integrative framework for working across boundaries to solve shared problems, a typology for understanding variations among collaborative governance regimes, and an approach for assessing both process and productivity performance. This book draws on diverse literatures and uses rich case illustrations to inform scholars and practitioners about collaborative governance regimes and to provide guidance for designing, managing, and studying such endeavors in the future. Collaborative Governance Regimes will be of special interest to scholars and researchers in public administration, public policy, and political science who want a framework for theory building, yet the book is also accessible enough for students and practitioners.
Book Synopsis California's Housing Element Law by : Paul George Lewis
Download or read book California's Housing Element Law written by Paul George Lewis and published by Public Policy Instit. of CA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :California. Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century Publisher :DIANE Publishing ISBN 13 :9780756706319 Total Pages :248 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (63 download)
Book Synopsis Growth Within Bounds by : California. Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century
Download or read book Growth Within Bounds written by California. Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997 the State of California Legislature created the Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century to review current statutes &, where appropriate, recommend revisions to the laws that govern city, county, and special district boundary changes. Over a period of 16 months, the Commission held 25 days of public hearings, received over 100 recommendations, and had nearly 90,000 visits to the commission's website. Based upon this extensive input and deliberations on the information received, the Commission has issued this report, which concludes with a strategic plan for its implementation by the California Legislature. Illustrated.
Book Synopsis Manual of Traffic Engineering Studies by : Institute of Transportation Engineers
Download or read book Manual of Traffic Engineering Studies written by Institute of Transportation Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fish and Game Code written by California and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author :Project for Public Spaces Publisher :Transportation Research Board ISBN 13 :9780309062657 Total Pages :84 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (626 download)
Book Synopsis Transit-friendly Streets by : Project for Public Spaces
Download or read book Transit-friendly Streets written by Project for Public Spaces and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1998 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents 10 strategies used in both the United States and Europe to create transit-friendly streets. The strategies are followed by case studies of five communities that have pursued different initiatives to improve their livability by making their streets more transit-friendly.
Download or read book Railtown written by Ethan N. Elkind and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and sprawl motivated citizens to support urban rail as an alternative to driving, and the city has started to reinvent itself by developing compact neighborhoods adjacent to transit. As a result of pressure from local leaders, particularly with the election of Tom Bradley as mayor in 1973, the Los Angeles Metro Rail gradually took shape in the consummate car city. Railtown presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Ethan Elkind brings this important story to life by showing how ambitious local leaders zealously advocated for rail transit and ultimately persuaded an ambivalent electorate and federal leaders to support their vision. Although Metro Rail is growing in ridership and political importance, with expansions in the pipeline, Elkind argues that local leaders will need to reform the rail planning and implementation process to avoid repeating past mistakes and to ensure that Metro Rail supports a burgeoning demand for transit-oriented neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This engaging history of Metro Rail provides lessons for how the American car-dominated cities of today can reinvent themselves as thriving railtowns of tomorrow.
Author :ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) Publisher :John Wiley & Sons ISBN 13 :1118762355 Total Pages :1204 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (187 download)
Book Synopsis Transportation Planning Handbook by : ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers)
Download or read book Transportation Planning Handbook written by ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-disciplinary approach to transportation planning fundamentals The Transportation Planning Handbook is a comprehensive, practice-oriented reference that presents the fundamental concepts of transportation planning alongside proven techniques. This new fourth edition is more strongly focused on serving the needs of all users, the role of safety in the planning process, and transportation planning in the context of societal concerns, including the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. The content structure has been redesigned with a new format that promotes a more functionally driven multimodal approach to planning, design, and implementation, including guidance toward the latest tools and technology. The material has been updated to reflect the latest changes to major transportation resources such as the HCM, MUTCD, HSM, and more, including the most current ADA accessibility regulations. Transportation planning has historically followed the rational planning model of defining objectives, identifying problems, generating and evaluating alternatives, and developing plans. Planners are increasingly expected to adopt a more multi-disciplinary approach, especially in light of the rising importance of sustainability and environmental concerns. This book presents the fundamentals of transportation planning in a multidisciplinary context, giving readers a practical reference for day-to-day answers. Serve the needs of all users Incorporate safety into the planning process Examine the latest transportation planning software packages Get up to date on the latest standards, recommendations, and codes Developed by The Institute of Transportation Engineers, this book is the culmination of over seventy years of transportation planning solutions, fully updated to reflect the needs of a changing society. For a comprehensive guide with practical answers, The Transportation Planning Handbook is an essential reference.
Book Synopsis Regional Approaches to Affordable Housing by : Stuart Meck
Download or read book Regional Approaches to Affordable Housing written by Stuart Meck and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do regional approaches to affordable housing actually result in housing production and, if so, how? Regional Approaches to Affordable Housing answers these critical questions and more. Evaluating 23 programs across the nation, the report begins by tracing the history of regional housing planning in the U.S. and defining contemporary big picture issues on housing affordability. It examines fair-share regional housing planning in three states and one metropolitan area, and follows with an appraisal of regional housing trust funds--a new phenomenon. Also assessed are an incentive program in the Twin Cities region and affordable housing appeals statutes in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The study looks at recent private-sector initiatives to promote affordable housing production in the San Francisco Bay area and Chicago. A concluding chapter proposes a set of best and second-best practices. Supplementing the report are appendices containing an extensive annotated bibliography, a research note on housing need forecasting and fair-share allocation formulas, a complete list of state enabling legislation authorizing local housing planning, and two model state acts.
Book Synopsis Professional Real Estate Development by : Richard B. Peiser
Download or read book Professional Real Estate Development written by Richard B. Peiser and published by Urban Land Institute. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This basic primer covers the nuts and bolts of developing multifamily, office, retail, and industrial projects. Small-scale examples are ideal for anyone new to real estate development.
Book Synopsis Traffic-study Requirements by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Download or read book Traffic-study Requirements written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Architecture of Community by : Leon Krier
Download or read book The Architecture of Community written by Leon Krier and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2009-05-08 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leon Krier is one of the best-known—and most provocative—architects and urban theoreticians in the world. Until now, however, his ideas have circulated mostly among a professional audience of architects, city planners, and academics. In The Architecture of Community, Krier has reconsidered and expanded writing from his 1998 book Architecture: Choice or Fate. Here he refines and updates his thinking on the making of sustainable, humane, and attractive villages, towns, and cities. The book includes drawings, diagrams, and photographs of his built works, which have not been widely seen until now. With three new chapters, The Architecture of Community provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing today’s fragmented communities. Illustrated throughout with Krier’s original drawings, The Architecture of Community explains his theories on classical and vernacular urbanism and architecture, while providing practical design guidelines for creating livable towns. The book contains descriptions and images of the author’s built and unbuilt projects, including the Krier House and Tower in Seaside, Florida, as well as the town of Poundbury in England. Commissioned by the Prince of Wales in 1988, Krier’s design for Poundbury in Dorset has become a reference model for ecological planning and building that can meet contemporary needs.
Book Synopsis Cities Under Pressure by : Paul George Lewis
Download or read book Cities Under Pressure written by Paul George Lewis and published by Public Policy Instit. of CA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growing Cooler written by Reid H. Ewing and published by Urban Land Institute. This book was released on 2008 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a comprehensive study review by leading urban planning researchers, this investigative document demonstrates how urban development is both a key contributor to climate change and an essential factor in combating it -- by reducing vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
