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Los Angeles could end COVID-19 eviction moratorium on Dec. 31
 Spectrum News – August 31
A report released last week by the City of Los Angeles’ housing department in response to a June City Council directive for recommendations and possible amendments to the city’s eviction moratorium suggests that the council approve ending protections for tenants facing hardship due to the financial impact from COVID-19 on Dec. 31. The recommendations also include allowing landlords to increase rent in 2024 for tenants living in rent-controlled apartments, which account for three-quarters of apartments in Los Angeles.
San Diego County Board of Supervisors approves trio of sustainability measures
The San Diego Union-Tribune – September 1
San Diego County supervisors have approved an updated plan to slash carbon emissions, a series of sustainability measures, and expanded options for composting. The three actions last Wednesday aim to advance the county’s goals of combating climate change and reducing waste and enlist cities, businesses and other organizations in that effort. That plan, called the decarbonization framework, explores ways to remove carbon emissions from energy, buildings, transportation, land use, and natural resources, as well as food systems and the reuse or recycling of resources.
Palo Alto directs new homes away from transit
The Real Deal – August 29
While cities such as San Jose and Oakland plan new housing near transit hubs, Palo Alto leaders are encouraging new apartments along Highway 101 and San Antonio Road, among the least developed outskirts of the city, The Mercury News has reported. The City Council relaxed height limits and other rules this month to approve more than 1,400 new homes in southeast Palo Alto, stoking a construction boom that could help the city meet its state-mandated goal of building 6,000 new homes by 2031.
Southeast Los Angeles County cities react to Metro land-banking plan: Don’t take away local control
Los Angeles Daily News – August 30
A proposal known as “land banking” that would allow Los Angeles County and Metro to venture deeper into housing development and land zoning, especially near rail lines, is under fire from 11 southeast L.A. County cities who call it a power grab that undermines local control. The cities are part of a joint-powers group whose leaders wrote a stern letter to L.A. County and LA Metro asking to remove their cities from Metro’s land banking planned along a light-rail line to be built between Union Station downtown and the city of Artesia.
New lawsuit could threaten fate of a massive redevelopment of San Diego’s Sports Arena site
CBS8 – September 2
San Diego has been hit with another lawsuit challenging its decision to raise the height limit in the Midway District, days before a city council committee will decide whether to select a developer to redevelop the San Diego Sports Arena. The lawsuit filed by Save Our Access alleges the city did not properly vet the environmental impacts of removing the 30-foot height limit in the Midway District.
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