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Co-housing provides opportunity for more sustainable communities

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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November 9 2011

In some California communities, the recent trend to build mixed use developments has morphed into “co-housing,” the practice in which homes are built to share resources and space

California high speed rail agency requests billions to start construction

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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November 4 2011

California’s bullet train agency today formally requested a multibillion-dollar appropriation to start construction next year, after dozens of people from across the state attacked the $98-billion project’s cost, rationale and effects on communities

LED streetlights in Palo Alto

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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October 27 2011

The City of Palo Alto’s Climate Protection Plan provided the impetus for the City to launch its light emitting diode (LED) streetlight demonstration program

Governor signs legislation designed to speed CEQA process

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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October 14 2011

In the last two weeks, Governor Brown has signed into law three pieces of legislation designed to streamline the CEQA process

Stockton takes on urban infill

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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October 6 2011

The City of Stockton has begun identifying candidates for in-fill development as part of a regional plan being created showing how transit-oriented development can reduce greenhouse gases by diminishing vehicle travel

BCDC approves Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-08

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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October 6 2011

Today BCDC approved staff’s final recommendation on Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-08, which revises various sections of the Bay Plan to address climate change and adds a new Climate Change section to the San Francisco Bay Plan

Peter Calthorpe takes on climate change with his vision of urbanism

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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September 28 2011

Peter Calthorpe is one of the most respected urban planners in the world, which has led municipalities from California to China to ask for his assistance in creating livable, sustainable cities

Rescuing the rural edge it takes a village

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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September 22 2011

Where suburbia merges into countryside typically looks peaceful enough, with lawns giving way to forests and fields

Homebuilder offers views on building sustainable affordable housing

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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USA
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September 12 2011

More and more, affordable housing developers are finding that the first two questions city officials ask about proposed projects are: how much will it cost, and, is it sustainable?