#land-use

#land-use

The Council's message when it ignores the custom of member deference seems to be: See? We're not provincial, turf-protecting insiders! We act in the interest of the whole city! But we're talking about four instances in two decades, if not longer. The Council has considered thousands of land use applications in that time, and in 99.9 percent of them, the local member has decided the result. Make no mistake: Member deference is alive and well.

A library does not belong in a place and space that is taking away from Miami Dade College's students.

would put a wide range of land use decisions in the hands of mayoral appointees.

The extreme weather that fuelled astonishing blazes across Spain and Portugal last month was made 40 times more likely by climate breakdown, early analysis suggests. The deadly wildfires, which torched 500,000 hectares (1.2m acres) of the Iberian peninsula in a matter of weeks, were also 30% more intense than scientists would have expected in a world without climate change, according to researchers from the World Weather Attribution network.

John Paul Hanna, a distinguished California land use and real estate lawyer, passed away peacefully at home on August 6, surrounded by family.

Rancho Palos Verdes has approved a permanent ban on new construction across 715 acres affected by destructive landslide movement. The decision protects the safety of local residents.

Removing the Council from these processes would undermine accountability, silence local voices, and ultimately lead to worse outcomes for the very communities we all seek to serve.

"We are very pleased to have had the opportunity to collaborate with the previous landowner to have achieved such a positive outcome," said Gordon Clark, president of the Peninsula Open Space Trust.

The first discussion a potential ULURP applicant should typically have is with relevant staff from the Department of City Planning to discuss land use rationale.

The bill would set a 90-day deadline for decisions on housing applications in urban areas and ease design review requirements, aimed to expedite land use.