San Joaquin County Land Use & Development Digest

In their December 18 meeting, the Lodi City Council approved a camping ban ordinance. Read on to learn about what comes next.

Learn more about the 88-home Meadowood hosing development under construction in Ripon.

The City of Manteca is considering adding an inclusionary housing fee to development of new homes, but is the extra added cost the best way to subsidize affordable housing? Read on to learn more.

There’s no law requiring California property owners to carry insurance, but the vast majority buy it to protect themselves from fire and other perils, or are required to do so by their mortgage lenders.

Learn how the City of Lodi and nonprofit partners are preparing to step up efforts to move homeless from encampments into shelter and services with an increased emphasis on accountability.

Some rural California communities are resisting efforts to streamline permitting for wind and solar farms and battery storage for environmental or safety reasons.

The effort to redevelop the 192-acre former golf course and green space inched forward when the Stockton City Council approved $1.3 million for the final design. Read on to learn more about about this project in South Stockton.

When disaster strikes, California gets federal funding to hire temporary workers to clean debris. But the jobs are tough, and some agencies struggle to manage the grants.

In their December 10 meeting, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a 62-acre former golf course in Stockton, with plans to develop it into a safe caming zone for homeless.

In their December 3 meeting, the Stockton City Council approved funding for the Miracle Mile Public Safety, Maintenance Substation and Parking Improvement Development Project. Read on to learn how much funding, and details about the project.

The levee at the southwest edge of Victoria Island was found to have sunk enough to warrant concern. Read on to learn more about this project.

In their December 3 meeting, the Sacramento City Council unanimously voted against a proposed 'anti-displacement' ordinance. Read on to learn more about the ordinance and why it failed.

Excessive groundwater pumping is behind the sinking of the ground level in the San Joaquin Valley. Read on to learn more about the Stanford University research behind this startling finding.

Learn more about the Quarterra Project, an 818 unit housing development breaking ground in 2025 on a 59-acre parcel at the corner of the 120 Bypass and South Main Street.

In their November 19 meeting, the Stockton City Council approved a plan to issue $50 million in bonds to finance a 94-unit low-income housing development on a East Lindsay Street parcel. Read on to learn more.

The Stockton City Council approved a stricter ban on camping on public property in their November 19 meeting, and declared a local emergency on homelessness. Read on for details as to what that entails.

Read on for updated information about repairs to a leaking and damaged levee on Victoria Island which was the subject of an emergency declaration by San Joaquin County.

Learn more about the 2-acre park being funded by a large apartment development in Manteca.

The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted to acquire a 62-acre former golf course on North Wilson Way in Stockton and are considering using it for a homeless campground and other county facilities. Read on to learn more.

Read on to learn how the City of Manteca General Plan anticipates growth in the designated industrial zone, several future housing projects and options for a new road extension to connect with Highway 99.

In a November 14 press conference, City of Sacramento officials outlined a planned major investment in the Old Sacramento Waterfront. Read on for details.

Following the flooding caused by the atmospheric river storms of 2023, the San Joaquin needs to adapt to future deluges. Learn what some experts think lies ahead.

A new 44-unit apartment complex planned for Wawona Street is the latest of over 1,400 to be developed along the Airport Way Corridor. Read on for details.

Ribbon cuttings celebrated two new parks in the Tracy Hills development in the City of Tracy.

The City of Manteca sold a 3.7-acre parcel on Airport Way for future development of multi-family housing.

An October 29 ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the opening of the new Community Medical Centers Lodi East facility.

A local state of emergency was issued by San Joaquin County when an inspection revealed risk of a levee failure on Victoria Island in the Delta.

An update on construction under way at Manteca High.

Capturing and storing carbon underground is a big part of California’s efforts to tackle climate change but community members and environmentalists say it prolongs the life of fossil fuels.

East Bay Municipal Utilities District is considering a ban on use of motorized personal watercraft at Lake Camanche.

Citing letters of concern, the San Joaquin County Planning Commission voted in their October 17 meeting to put on hold plans to use mobile homes on agriculture zoned parcels as affordable housing.

The Yes and No on 33 campaigns have collectively spent more than $140 million. CalMatters fact checked some of the more pervasive claims made by both sides.