Placer County Land Use & Development Articles

The project proposes to expand the regional park to nearly 4,000 acres, including doubling the trail network from 30 to 60 miles and adding vehicle, ADA and equestrian parking.

Various red tape and construction delays, such as the related widening of Sierra College Boulevard between Brace and Taylor roads, have pushed the Loomis Costco opening back to January 2024.

The Rocklin City Council voted unanimously to approve the final design and features of a planned Whitney Park Bike Park.

The California Coastal Commission has broad authority to protect the state's shoreline. Now, some want to curtail its power over affordable housing proposals.

Loomis Town is seeing a rise in home lot splits under Senate Bill 9, a state law designed to streamline local home building to combat the state housing shortage.

A new grocery option is just around the corner for Auburn shoppers, as the long-awaited BriarPatch Food Co-op announced its opening date of Aug. 10.

The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved contracts for The Gathering Inn to operate the county’s congregate and mobile temporary shelters.

Broadway highlighted several local businesses and discussed Rocklin development, transportation upgrades and upcoming projects slated for the city during his address.

The proposed Industrial Park appears in the Roseville budget five-year forecast, but there are no expenses present for the 2023-24 fiscal year.

Cyrene at Meadowlands on 6.2 acres of land consists of 81 two- and three-bedroom homes.

The Placer County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the scope of work for the county’s 2050 General Plan update, the comprehensive update to the General Plan since 1994.

The proposed project is slated for a 17.96-acre portion of a 44.14-acre site and would include a 26,000-square-foot warehouse for the agricultural operation and a multilevel octagon structure with space for production, a caretaker unit, commercial kitchen, tasting room, gravity …

Zoning laws that restrict new housing development cause environmental damage, racial and class segregation, and force people into cars creating traffic. Now, a new movement wants to abolish zoning in the United States.

The Auburn City Council approved the acceptance and use of a $650,000 grant that aims to reimagine one of the city’s few infill properties.

While working on the details of the 2023-24 budget, the council voted in a rare 3-2 split to not set aside $500,000 in next year’s budget for solar at the police station and carport.

Zoning laws determine what can be built and where. These laws have shaped California, but are they really just tools for social engineering? The history of zoning is closely tied to racial segregation, as well as the state's shortage of …

Sierra College District sold $63 million of the $350-million Measure E General Obligation Bonds approved by registered voters in 2018.

A new interpretation of an old law gives homebuilders leverage over California cities and their zoning codes. They’re using it to push through thousands of new apartments around the state.

City of Auburn Public Works crews have been busy at work preparing and working with neighboring agencies ahead of a large roadway overlay project scheduled this summer.