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1.30.25 New Housing Laws Training Recording

Recording from the January 2025 Planning Commissioners Training on New Housing Laws featuring a deep dive into HAA/Builder’s Remedy and AB 1893, new ADU laws (SB 1211, AB 2533), and SB 9 and SB 450. Please note that this recording has been compressed, and the final five minute discussion has been cut out due to audio …

January 30, 2025Meeting Materials, Presentationmp4
HCD ADU Handbook Update 2025

HCD’s ADU Handbook, updated January …

January 30, 2025Handout/Flyer, Meeting Materials, Toolkitpdf
HCD SB 9 Fact Sheet

HCD’s SB 9 Fact …

January 30, 2025Bill Summary, Fact Sheet, Handout/Flyer, Meeting Materialspdf
ABAG 2024 New Housing Legislation Webinar

Presented by ABAG/MTC: The recent state legislative session brings many changes to housing laws in California. Several new laws impact jurisdictions’ housing processes. In this webinar, staff from Goldfarb & Lipman LLP provided an overview of some of the most significant legislation and what it means for …

January 30, 2025Meeting Materials, Presentationwww
The Problem with Everything Bagel Liberalism

Excerpt from Ezra Klein’s The Problem with Everything Bagel Liberalism, published originally in The New York Times, presented in this format for the January 2025 New Laws …

January 30, 2025Article, Meeting Materialsdocx
ABAG 2024 New Housing Laws Summary

This document was prepared for the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) program, to be shared with local planning staff. Below is a summary of significant housing legislation that was passed in the 2024 legislative session and subsequently signed into law by Governor Newsom. All bills become effective on January 1, 2025, unless otherwise …

January 30, 2025Bill Summary, Meeting Materialspdf
1.30.25 New Laws Training Slides

Slides from the January 2025 Planning Commissioners Training on New Housing Laws featuring a deep dive into HAA/Builder’s Remedy and AB 1893, new ADU laws (SB 1211, AB 2533), and SB 9 and SB …

January 30, 2025Meeting Materials, Presentationpdf
1.30.25 New Laws Training Flyer

Flyer for the January 2025 Planning Commissioners Training on New Housing …

January 30, 2025Flyer, Meeting Materialspdf
ABAG 2024 New Housing Laws Powerpoint

Slides from the 2024 New Housing Laws Webinar presented by ABAG/MTC: The recent state legislative session brings many changes to housing laws in California. Several new laws impact jurisdictions’ housing processes. In this webinar, staff from Goldfarb & Lipman LLP provided an overview of some of the most significant legislation and what it means for …

January 30, 2025Bill Summary, Meeting Materials, Presentationwww
1.30.25 New Laws Training Agenda

Agenda from the 2025 New Housing Laws …

January 30, 2025Meeting Materialspdf
5/30/24 Planning Commissioners Training Agenda: Building Resilient Communities

5/30/24 Planning Commissioners Training …

May 30, 2024Meeting Materialsdocx
5/30/24 Planning Commissioners Training Slides: Building Resilient Communities

5/30/24 Planning Commissioners Training presentation slides Presentation by Michael Lane, State Policy Director at SPUR, on Building Resilient Communities: the nexus between environmental protection, housing, transportation, and economic …

May 30, 2024Meeting Materialspptx
2/29/24 Planning Commissioners Training Agenda: 2024 New Laws

2/29/24 Planning Commissioners Training …

February 29, 2024Meeting Materialsdocx
2/29/24 Planning Commissioners Training Slides: 2024 New Laws

2/29/24 Planning Commissioners Training presentation slides Presentation by Community Planning Collaborative on 2024 New Housing …

February 29, 2024Bill Summary, Meeting Materialspptx
10/30/23 Planning Commissioners Training Agenda: Promoting Healthy Working Relationships

10/30/23 Planning Commissioners Training Agenda Plans, Passions, and Conflict: How to Promote a Healthy Working Relationship Between Staff and Planning …

October 30, 2023Meeting Materialsdocx
10/30/23 Planning Commissioners Training Slides: Staff and Commissioner Roles

10/30/23 Planning Commissioners Training presentation slides Plans, Passions, and Conflict: How to Promote a Healthy Working Relationship Between Staff and Planning Commissioners Presentation by Kohar Kojayan on staff and Planning Commissioner roles and …

October 30, 2023Meeting Materialspptx
5/31/23 Planning Commissioner Training Agenda: New Laws

5/31/23 Planning Commissioner Training …

May 31, 2023Meeting Materialspdf
5/31/23 Planning Commissioners Training Slides: New Laws

5/31/23 Planning Commissioners Training presentation slides Presentation by Community Planning Collaborative on New Housing …

May 31, 2023Bill Summary, Meeting Materialspptx
San Mateo County BRT Presentation

Meeting Materials for Planning Commissioner Training 3 – By Adam Burger on Bus Rapid …

November 6, 2019Meeting Materialspdf
SPUR How Does Transportation Planning Work

Understanding Transportation Planning presentation from SPUR for the Planning Commissioners Training on …

October 30, 2019Meeting Materialspdf
Commute.org Presentation

Intro presentation from Commute.org for the October 30th, 2019 Planning Commissioner …

October 30, 2019Presentationpptx
Agenda – Planning Commissioners Training 3

Planning Commissioners training agenda on transportation transformation from October 30th, …

October 30, 2019Meeting Materialsdocx