- Sacramento area home builders struggle with rising demand, lack of ready lots (SacBee, 2013-04-21); I guess this is mostly a good thing, but my concerns are that too much of the homebuilding will happen at the periphery because of the way we subsidize greenfield development and transportation, and that older housing stock will be abandoned
- Sacramento County considers turning mines into retail, housing (SacBee, 2013-04-20)
- A college-town vision for Cordova Hills (Sacramento Business Press, 2013-04-19, paywall)
- Dead pedestrian ID’d as 39-year-old man (SacBee, 2013-04-19)
- Losing the life aquatic (Sacramento News & Review, 2013-04-18)
- Owners share vision of Sacramento’s Downtown Plaza without sports arena (SacBee, 2013-04-18)
- Recession slowed central Sacramento’s job loss to suburbs (Sacramento Business Press, 2013-04-18)
- Plenty of possibilities for undeveloped land in Elk Grove (Sacramento Business Press, 2013-04-17)
- Sacramento parents and activists meet over school closures (SacBee, 2013-04-17); Volunteers sought on future of Sacramento’s closing campuses (SacBee, 2013-04-17)
- Electric charging stations hit milemarker in region (Sacramento Business Journal, 2013-04-16)
- West Jackson Highway development gets closer look (Sacramento Business Journal, 2013-04-16)
- Mercy Housing marks nearly full occupancy at downtown affordable development (Sacramento Business Journal, 2013-04-16)
Note: I’ve created a separate page for California legislation under consideration in the 2013-2014 session, and will keep updates there, with only major actions included in my weekly news summaries.
- CA Safe Routes to School bill passes Transportation Committee unanimously! (Safe Routes to School California, 2013-04-15)
Note: It seems as though the Sacramento Bee has removed its monthly article viewing limitation. It also seems that the Sacramento Business Journal is putting fewer articles behind its paywall, so more are available in full without subscribing.
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