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In the News Current News l 2008 News | 2007 News | 2006 News |In the News Archive 12/18/08 Urban Outings: Mountain View Cemetery 12/09/08 San Jose council approves affordable housing plan 11/28/08 New Land-Use Law's Message: Build Near Transit 11/27/08 Urban Outings: Corte Madera Creek to Ross 11/19/08 Concord leaders leaning toward village land-use concept on shuttered military base 11/15/08 San Pablo Avenue Urban Outing 11/13/08 Urban Outings: Vermont Street and McKinley Square 11/4/08 Smart Infill 11/1/08 Mayoral Candidates Respond to Questions Raised by the Public 10/31/08 Green ballot measures 10/31/08 Measure T would save farmland 10/31/08 Extend Orderly Growth -- 'Yes' on 10/30/08 Open space ballot measures 10/30/08 Urban Outings: Lake Merritt 10/25/08 Vote yes on Measure T and save our farmland 10/22/08 Park bond stirs open space debate 10/21/08 SMART: A green, effective solution 10/16/08 Urban Outings: Fort Funston 10/15/08 Infrastructure projects linked to economic recovery 10/1/08 Bay Area Environment on the November Ballot 9/12/08 Two plans for Concord naval station -- only one will sail 6/5/08 Urban Outing: Pier 7 5/1/08 Urban Outing: Lake Elizabeth 4/3/08 Urban Outing: Golden Gate Promenade 3/6/08 Urban Outings: Bay Model 2/22/08 Woodside meets Tuesday on college housing 2007 News 12/27/07 Urban Outings: Indian Rock, Berkeley 11/22/07 Urban Outings: Jack Early Park 11/16/07 "The
Country in the City" - interview with Richard Walker 11/16/07 Pittsburg plans James Donlon extension 9/25/07 Building out of bounds? 8/30/07 Panel accused of favoring
developer 8/26/07 Letter to the editor: Speculation,
not environment, pushing home prices 8/22/07 Letter to the Editor: We can make
it easy to be green 8/8/07 Piepho defends study beyond urban limit line 7/26/07 Council postpones
hillside development discussion 7/24/07 Panel will help write blueprint for city's growth 7/22/07 Coyote review slammed 7/14/07 Do not allow paving of hills in East County 7/1/07 Ear to the Ground [East Contra
Costa Habitat Conservation Plan] 6/21/07 Group strives to ID greener
developments 6/19/07 Greenbelt Alliance, developer announce partnership 6/15/07 Volunteers ride through Almaden as part of annual 'sprawl' survey 6/8/07 Go Greenbelt! event, Santa Rosa station area plan 6/7/07 Go Greenbelt! on Salon.com: The
great sprinkler storm of Greenbelt 2007 6/3/07 Letter to the editor: In-fill development good for San Jose 6/2/07 Group helps good businesses walk the talk 5/16/07 Not In Menlo's Backyard 5/15/07 Lagoon Valley - How does its future sound to you? 5/15/07 Eisele honored
with Thollander award 5/12/07 Growth tempts city leaders 5/11/07 Land trust vows to continue 5/10/07 Seeno subdivision gets green light from Pittsburg planners 5/8/07 Letter to the editor: Editorial on Coyote Valley EIR on the Money
- 'We Have to Get a Better Handle on Development' 5/7/07 Nonprofit profile: Greenbelt Alliance, Tom Steinbach, executive
director 5/3/07 The battle for California, as seen by bike 5/3/07 Head for the hills 4/27/07 The Green Roots of Home: Sonoma
County Native Returns Home to be the eyes and ears for environnmentalist
Greenbelt Alliance 4/22/07 How the Bay
was saved -- Development threatened to fill it in 4/20/07 Hillside plan
blasted 4/15/07 The growth myth 4/9/07 On again, off again, all over again
-- projects take Toll on developer 4/5/07 Land
Use Agency Adopts Farm Preservation Policies 4/1/07 So Fresh and So Green 3/29/07 Letter to the editor: Suisun Valley
is a poor site for school 3/25/07 Taking green up a notch 3/24/07 Rules on development of hills stir up hornet's nest 3/17/07 Radio interview: Keeping greenery in the scenery: Greenbelt Alliance 3/17/07 Letter to the editor: Emerald City? 3/13/07 Critics assail developer over lawsuit 3/9/07 Are land-use regulations to blame for the lack of affordable housing? 3/4/07 Letter to the editor: We should encourage affordable housing 2/22/07 Urban planning talk Tuesday at Acterra 2/16/07 Sonoma on the verge 2/15/07 LAFCO loosens policy 2/12/07 Attack signs on Seeno's land untrue 2/4/07 Fix set for land-use panel 2/2/07 Misleading signs 2/1/07 Officials seek input on growth 1/30/07 Signs along Highway 4 raise tensions 1/22/07 Pleasanton affordable-housing forum, panel discussion Tuesday 1/18/07 Court issues temporary ruling on Greenbelt's Oakley lawsuit 1/18/07 Despite opposition, council extends growth boundary 1/15/07 Citizen input critical 1/13/07 Protecting the hills of Pittsburg 1/4/07 Make it a goal to cycle the Bay's Greenbelt 1/1/07 (Jan-Mar) Ear to the Ground [re. November 2006 election]
12/29/06 Saving a mountain and more (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 12/29/06 2006 marked new faces and growth for cities (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 12/28/06 Macondray Lane, anyone? (San Francisco, Greenbelt Outings) Santa Rosa Press Democrat 12/24/06 School district clears air about causes of asthma (Solano-Napa, Transportation), Vacaville Reporter 12/23/06 The Green Belt Movement and How It Might Save Your Life (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning) e/the Environmental Magazine 12/14/06 Bay Area's 'smart' growth (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 12/14/06 Board delays urban limit line decision (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 12/5/06 Coalition urges Vallejo to address lack of affordable homes (Solano-Napa, Affordable Housing), Bay City News Wire & CBS5 12/5/06 Letter to the Editor: Mixed-use project the right one to do (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Jose Mercury News 12/5/06 Vallejo Council to discuss inclusionary housing ordinance (Solano-Napa, Affordable Housing), Bay City News Wire & CBS5 11/15/2006 Letter to the Editor: A big step (Solano-Napa, Affordable Housing), Vallejo Times-Herald 11/12/2006 Green groups relish victories (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Jose Mercury News 11/9/2006 ELECTION 2006: Growth Limits Backed -- To A Point (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 11/07/2006 Letter to the Editor: Yes on Measure R (Sonoma-Marin, Transportation), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 11/1/2006 Letter to the Editor [re. Concord Naval Weapons Station] (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 10/27/2006 Letter to the Editor: Yes on Measure K (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Fremont Argus 10/22/2006 Letter to the Editor: Growth Expected (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 10/20/2006 Avoid taxpayer trap: Proposition 90 should be defeated at ballot (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), Vacaville Reporter 10/16/2006 Contra Costa to pass inclusionary ordinance Tuesday (East Bay, Affordable Housing), Bay City Newswire - ABC and CBS 10/15/2006 City set for hearing over housing plans - Greenbelt Alliance alleges development is irresponsible in its impact on environment, residents (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 10/13/2006 CAMPAIGN 2006: San Mateo County's Measure A - 16,000 acres of parkland need quite a bit of attention (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 10/09/2006 Patterson Ranch debate rages on (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Fremont Argus 10/08/2006 Open Forum: Oakley is creating a new Ninth Ward (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 10/06/2006 Growth initiative sparks dollar chase toward vote (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Vacaville Reporter 10/06/2006 Measure A: Changing South Bay landscape? (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), ABC7 KGO-TV 10/04/2006 Letter to the Editor: The Prop 90 Disaster (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Bay Guardian 10/04/2006 Letter to the Editor: Smart-growth housing is long overdue in City of Cupertino (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Cupertino Courier 10/04/2006 Letter to the Editor: Greenbelt Alliance [on the Pacifica Quarry] (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Pacifica Tribune 09/29/2006 Greenbelt to discuss transit development (Sonoma-Marin, Outings), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 09/27/2006 Hayward needs to keep growing (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Hayward Daily Review 09/26/2006 Letter to the Editor: Vote 'No' on Proposition 90 (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), Morgan Hill Times 09/21/2006 Measure A campaign deflects federal lawsuit (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Milpitas Post 09/17/2006 Forum on rezoning to be held Monday (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Fremont Argus 09/06/2006 City stays undecided on plans for developing North Livermore (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Tri-Valley Herald 09/05/2006 Proposition 90: A First Look at a Revolutionary Initiative (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), Berkeley Daily Planet 08/31/2006 On foot: The Bear Valley Triathlon, BOW camp and Golden Gate romp will get you moving (San Francisco, Outings), San Francisco Chronicle 08/27/2006 Rolling Hills of Fun (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Jose Mercury News 08/23/2006 Eminent Changes (San Francisco, Land Use and Planning), SF Weekly 08/22/2006 Panel rejects annexation of 800 acres (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 08/22/2006 Radio Spot (28 MB): The 2020 Foresight Edition (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), KALW 08/17/2006 Main Events (Sonoma-Marin, Outings), San Francisco Chronicle 08/09/2006 Now’s the time to see city plan (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Petaluma Argus Courier 08/06/2006 Bay Meadows plan poised to move forward (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Mateo County Times 08/03/2006 Radio Spot (21 MB, 36-minute mark): Oak to Ninth Avenue Waterfront Development (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), KPFA 07/29/2006 Campaign over orderly growth measure taking shape, (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Fairfield Daily Republic 07/28/2006 Annexation request gets nod from LAFCO (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Brentwood Press 07/28/2006 Supes put orderly growth on the ballot (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Fairfield Daily Republic 07/20/2006 Transit sales tax on ballots (Sonoma-Marin, Transportation), San Francisco Chronicle 07/19/2006 Officials to alter measure (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 07/19/2006 Public split on racetrack ruling (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Mateo County Times 07/16/2006 Petaluma leads way in smart growth (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 07/16/2006 The Next Million (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 07/13/2006 Land-use initiative on November ballot (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Milpitas Post 07/13/2006 Letter to the Editor: A vision for growth (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 07/11/2006 A Garden on Codornices Creek Welcomes Wildlife (East Bay, Outings), The Berkeley Daily Planet 07/08/2006 Voters likely to face growth initiative (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Vacaville Reporter 07/08/2006 Developers Against Land Initiative (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Morgan Hill Times 07/07/2006 City Lands Top Spot in 'Smart Growth' Ratings (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 07/06/2006 Petaluma tops Bay Area for 'smart growth' (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Petaluma Argus Courier 07/02/2006 Editorial: How does your region grow? (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 07/01/2006 Growing smarter (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), The Napa Valley Register 06/29/2006 Commission splits on developments (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 06/29/2006 High Marks on Smart Growth Scorecard (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Gilroy Dispatch 06/28/2006 Environmental Group Finds Bay Area Development Policies Lacking (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), cbs5.com, San Francisco Sentinel.com 06/28/2006 Bay Area Cities Not Doing Enough to Prepare for Growth (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), KCBS 06/28/2006 Make room for a million: Significant sprawl by 2020 (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning); The Oakland Tribune; San Mateo County Times; The Argus, Fremont; The Daily Review; Tri-Valley Herald; Alameda Times-Star 06/28/2006 Bay Area 'smart growth' stunted (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning); Contra Costa Times; Bradenton Herald; Centre Daily Times, PA 06/28/2006 Cities score low on smart growth study (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), The San Mateo Daily Journal 06/28/2006
Radio Spot on the Smart Growth Scorecard 06/26/2006 Patterson Ranch debate brewing (East Bay, Land Use and Planning); The Argus, Fremont; The Daily Review 06/23/2006 Change is most reliable constant in Tri-Valley (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 06/22/2006 Triad Communities to shepherd Angwin development (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), The St. Helena Star 06/20/2006 Affordable apartments pledged for big project (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 06/20/2006 Santa Clara Co. Supes Reject Study on Land Conservation Measure (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Bay City News 06/18/2006 Festive Father's Day by the bay (East Bay, Outings), Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News 06/17/2006 The Interstate Highway System at 50 (Bay Area-Wide, Transportation); San Francisco Chronicle; Knoxville News Sentinel, TN; Scripps Howard News Service, DC; SitNews, AK; Fitchburg Sentinel, MA 06/16/2006 Billions to state from housing (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 06/13/2006 Radio Spot: Interview with David Reid, East Bay field rep for Greenbelt Alliance and Anthony Flint, author of "This Land: The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America" (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), KPFA 06/10/2006 Letter to the Editor: Protect scenic hills (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 06/07/2006 First Glimpse Of Caldecott Tunnel Project (East Bay, Transportation), ABC News 06/04/2006 Measure H: Flawed, but necessary (Solano-Napa, Transportation), Vacaville Reporter 06/03/2006 Saving Sonoma County's open space (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 06/01/2006 Hillside preservation initiative on fall ballot could affect Almaden (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Silicon Valley Community Newspapers 06/01/2006 Letter to the Editor: At risk of sprawl (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 05/31/2006 Bay Area land at risk of becoming suburban sprawl (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), cbs5.com, San Francisco Sentinel 05/28/2006 Voter's Guide to the June 6 California Primary Bay Area Measures (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 05/27/2006 Hidden cost of housing (Solano-Napa, Affordable Housing), Vacaville Reporter 05/26/2006 Bay Area's open space at risk during next 30 years (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), Monterey Herald 05/25/2006 A red flag against sprawl (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 05/25/2006 Silicon Valley, greenbelt leader (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Jose Mercury News 05/25/2006 Fewer acres at risk than 5 years ago, study says (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 05/25/2006 New Report: South Valley at Risk (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Gilroy Dispatch 05/25/2006 Greenbelt Alliance warns Solano open space at risk (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Vacaville Reporter 05/25/2006 Group sees Solano sprawl potential (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Fairfield Daily Republic 05/25/2006 Report details sprawl's threat to Bay area open space (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), Associated Press 05/13/2006 Conservation plan in jeopardy (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 05/09/2006 Land-Use Initiative Submitted (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Gilroy Dispatch 05/08/2006 Open space measure heading to ballot (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Jose Mercury News 05/01/2006 Celebrated by Twain, frog jumps to center of debate on species protection (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Associated Press 04/25/2006 Contra Costa Considering Affordable Housing Ordinance (East Bay, Affordable Housing), cbs5.com 04/25/2006 Bikers embark on ride to protect greenbelt (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Vacaville Reporter 04/24/2006 Affordable housing on Contra Costa agenda (East Bay, Affordable Housing), Contra Costa Times 04/20/2006 Letter to the Editor: There is a Difference Between County Land Conservation Initiative and Santa Clara County Hillisde (sic) Ordinance (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Gilroy Dispatch 04/12/2006 Lawsuits Filed To Stop Building Near Levees (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), ABC News 04/12/2006 Oakley sued over plans for 4,000 homes on flood-prone tract (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Jose Mercury News, KESQ, The Sacramento Union (04/13), Monterey County Herald (04/13), FoxReno.com, San Diego Union Tribune, KTVU.com, San Luis Obispo Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Centre Daily Times (PA), Press-Enterprise (subscription, CA ), Monterey County Herald 04/12/2006 OAKLEY: Environmental group sues to block below-sea-level housing tract (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 04/12/2006 Group sues to stop housing project (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 04/07/2006 Radio Spot (mp3 file, 5 MB): Redeveloping the Concord Naval Weapons Station (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), KPFA 04/06/2006 MAIN EVENTS: Seeing the green
in greenbelt; Petals pop on the Peninsula; Mute rock concert; more
(East Bay, Outings), San Francisco Chronicle 04/02/2006 Bay Meadows plan touts supporters (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Mateo County Times 03/31/2006 Letter to the Editor: Region must curb sprawl, preserve land (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times March 2006 Growing Up (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), North Bay Biz 03/27/2006 Saving land will pay off in future (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 03/23/2006 Footloose Forays (Bay Area-Wide, Outings), San Francisco Chronicle 03/23/2006 Regulation led to high cost of housing, builders say (Bay Area-Wide, Affordable Housing), Contra Costa Times 03/23/2006 Bid to uncap development stirs debate (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 03/21/2006 Dougherty Valley grows up (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 03/12/2006 Greenbelt stresses vision in building (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 03/11/2006 Storms reveal hidden gems (East Bay, Outings), Contra Costa Times 03/09/2006 Letter to the Editor: Never wanted to stop all housing, (Solano-Napa, Affordable Housing), Vacaville Reporter 03/08/2006 Letter to the Editor: Urban limit line not yet on June ballot (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 03/04/2006 Letter to the Editor: Use infrastructure bond for infill growth (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), San Francisco Chronicle 03/02/2006 Citizens will advise on county's land use (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Vacaville Reporter 03/01/2006 Sales tax for transit put on ballot (Solano-Napa, Transportation), Vacaville Reporter 02/26/2006 San Mateo is dreaming in green (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Mateo County Times 02/26/2006 Undone Deal (Solano-Napa, Transportation), Vacaville Reporter 02/13/2006 Drive to curb rural growth (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), San Jose Mercury News 02/12/2006 Letter to the Editor: County needs more affordable homes (Solano-Napa, Affordable Housing), Vacaville Reporter 02/10/2006 Proposal to Curb Growth (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Gilroy Dispatch, Hollister Free Lance 02/09/2006 Critics of Coyote plan upset over vacancy (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Almaden Resident 01/27/2006 Lodi greenbelt may go to voters (Bay Area-Wide, Land Use and Planning), The Stockton Record 01/24/2006 Cloverdale to consider setting urban growth limits (Sonoma-Marin, Land Use and Planning), Santa Rosa Press Democrat 01/17/2006 Growing Communities, Growing Issues (South Bay, Land Use and Planning), Morgan Hill Times 01/08/2006 Concord sees land of plenty at Navy base (East Bay, Land Use and Planning), Contra Costa Times 01/01/2006 The Year Ahead (Solano-Napa, Land Use and Planning), Vacaville Reporter
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