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This Week: 14th Street Oakland, Housing, Decarbonation
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Here is a list of events this week.
This Week: SPUR Social, Smart City Cycling, Ballots and Brews
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Here is a list of events this week.
SPUR Talk: High-Speed Rail on its Way to Northern California
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High-Speed Rail construction is well underway in the Central Valley, said Ben Tripousis, Northern California Regional Director for the California High Speed Rail Authority, during a forum at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association’s (SPUR) Mission Street center. “The High-Speed Rail question has shifted from ‘if’ to ‘when,'” he told the packed house at today’s […]
SPUR Citizen Planning Institute Series: First Session
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First session: Responding to the Context: State LegislationSB 375 and Sustainable Community Strategies Whether professional planners, community groups, or activist citizens, we all work to create change within the legislative framework. Absent national policy, even something as weak as ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, these laws and policies are primarily at the state level. SB 375 holds tremendous […]
Advocate Roundup on Key City and State Propositions
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What are leading advocacy organizations recommending on relevant ballot initiatives?
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Economic impacts of SB 375, California’s new anti-sprawl legislation
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"How will SB 375 — the 2008 bill that limits greenhouse gas emissions by curbing sprawl — change our economic landscape? A new report by the Urban Land Institute assesses the impacts of the bill on land values and economic vitality in California. Learn about the results and what the implementation of this bill will […]