Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transit-Oriented Development

Developers Don’t Want to Pay for Caltrain/HSR Extension to Transbay Center

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 5, 2014 | 24 Comments

Developers who are building towers around the Transbay Transit Center in SoMa are fighting to reduce a special property tax that will be levied on developments in the area. The biggest loser could be the downtown rail extension to bring Caltrain and California high-speed rail into the terminal, as more of the funds for the […]

CA Seeks Input for Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program

By Melanie Curry | Aug 19, 2014 | No Comments

Housing advocates and local officials gathered in Oakland last week to discuss guidelines for California’s new Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC). It was one of three packed meetings held throughout the state by the Strategic Growth Council (SGC), the state agency that oversees the AHSC, to gather input on the new program’s guidelines. The ASHC was created to […]

Initiative to Slow Downtown Menlo Park Growth Lands on Ballot

By Andrew Boone | Jul 18, 2014 | 63 Comments

On Tuesday evening, Menlo Park’s City Council reluctantly forwarded to the November 4 ballot an initiative that would reject two proposed developments that would replace largely-vacant auto dealerships with walkable offices, retail space, and apartments, and slow or stop future development along El Camino Real. The proposed developments would boost transit ridership by bringing thousands […]

SGC Awards Grants to Boost Smarter Urban Planning in CA Cities

By Melanie Curry | Jun 11, 2014 | No Comments

The Strategic Growth Council, a state committee made up of representatives from six California agencies, awarded over $40 million in planning grants last week for projects large and small that are aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One of the grants went to the Los Angeles City Planning Department to help quantify the GHG emission reductions […]

SAP Arena Wants Parking Crater Around San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station

By Andrew Boone | Jun 6, 2014 | 18 Comments

SAP Center, the corporation that owns the 19,000-seat arena across Santa Clara Street from San Jose’s downtown Caltrain station, doubts that the next 30 years of transit improvements will bring more visitors to events at the “Shark Tank.” Instead, they insist that 20,000 new car parking spaces be built within its redeveloping neighborhood. “It is […]

Steinberg: CA Cap-and-Trade Must Fund Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing

By Melanie Curry | May 19, 2014 | No Comments

Negotiations over the California state budget are producing dueling proposals on how best to spend revenue from the state’s cap-and-trade program. While Governor Jerry Brown continues to call for a third of the cap-and-trade funds to go to CA high-speed rail, Senate President ProTem Darrell Steinberg last week expanded upon his alternative proposal to spend a […]

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