Precise Plan News Today

In a community workshop gathering input for a project alternative to a massive life science campus proposal in the Redwood Shores neighborhood, residents raised concern over its sheer mass and

Stanford University was granted the permits it needs to move forward with Phase 2 of its campus development in Redwood City, following raving support from the city’s Planning Commission Tuesday.

(BCN) — Santa Clara is planning a major facelift of its five-acre downtown after years of neglect, thanks to a determined group of residents. The Santa Clara City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved rezoning for a new downtown plan and environmental impact report. Mayor Lisa Gillmor recused herself. The plan revitalizes the downtown grid, which […]

This is the first in a continuing series of articles that talks about the early history of the OB Rag, of some of the people involved, the issues that concerned OB Rag staffers, the Ocean Beach activist network, as well as the community at large; (to quote a friend, "it's interesting to see how much…

Every now and then we step back and gaze at our seaside village through the lens of time. Today, we view what was happening in Ocean Beach one decade ago in August of 2012. Here are some of the stories from the pages of the OB Rag that month. OB Planning Board Takes on Variances…

From street level, the Ocean Beach Planning Board's Project Review Committee meeting of October 19, 2011, appeared as just another pedestrian exercise for determining how much floor area ratio (FAR) can fit on the head of a pin. However, below surface grade lay a potential flood of liabilities for those entrusted with the public good…

Part 2 By Frank Gormlie While it participated deeply in the negotiations during the remainder of 1974 and into the next year, the Community Planning Group had enough depth to juggle its activism and successfully respond to new construction projects—mainly large, bulky apartments—still coming down the development pipeline. Over this period CPG was able to…

Editor: This May 4th Ocean Beach celebrates the 40th anniversary of the historic vote that established the very first OB Planning Board and the first popular community plan for the neighborhood. Below is an accounting of that vote and events leading up to it, taken from a larger article entitled "How Working Class Ocean Beach…

In this special report, journalist Gennady Sheyner takes a deep dive into Peninsula downtowns and how some cities have transformed theirs using a powerful 1970s planning tool.

In this special report, journalist Gennady Sheyner takes a deep dive into Peninsula downtowns and how some cities have transformed theirs using a powerful 1970s planning tool.