San Joaquin County Land Use & Development Digest

A new bill in Congress proposes banning new offshore fossil fuel drilling along the coast from Monterey to Mendocino County, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, said this week. The Central Coast of California Conservation Act would prohibit new exploration, development or production leases for natural gas or oil along the Central Coast, and a portion of the North Coast.

In their April 22 meeting, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved funding towards construction of a mental health and substance abuse treatment facility.

A new online urban tree canopy mapping tool for California has been released by CalFire.

A look at plans to fund the expansion of the animal shelter in Manteca.

Crews have repaved Industrial Park Drive between South Main Street and Vanderbilt Circle in Manteca where pavement had been damaged by years of heavy truck traffic, with more work planned for other streets.

In an effort to expedite new housing construction, the City of Sacramento is fast tracking the permitting, inspection and approval pipeline.

California Senate Housing Committee Chair Aisha Wahab is a staunch progressive who is clashing with pro-development activists and other Democrats who want to build more, faster.

An update on work underway to replace the Austin Road Bridge in Manteca.

A look at the many new housing developments in the pipeline in and around Manteca.

On April 18, a groundbreaking ceremony at the Tenmile Slough signaled the beginning of a $2 billion levee project to protect Stockton from future flooding.

A look at where the new electric vehicle charging clusters are slated to be installed in Manteca.

On an April 15 visit the the Reimagined Housing project at 22 South Main in Lodi, Representative Josh Harder delivered a $500,000 check to help fund the next phase of development, and praised the city's leadership in combatting homelessness.

A look at City of Manteca resident weed abatement policies and the recent approval of funding for weed abatement at municipal properties.

Following a decision about the location of the next police station, City of Manteca officials announced that the homeless services navigation center and temporary housing will remain at 555 Industrial Park Drive, with plans to expand services.

Officials at the City of Manteca have come to a decision to build the next police station, at a cost of up to %56 million, at 680 South Main Street.

A look at the City of Lodi Access Center which provides services to local homeless at 710 North Sacramento Street and considerations about selling it to a private vendor and contracting for continued operation.

A look at the elaborate $2.8 million Splash Pad in development at Woodward Community Park, with construction set to begin this summer.

Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

A deep dive into the strategy employed by the City of Manteca to leverage developed fees and state funding to pay for the ongoing costs to provide municipal services to new housing developments over the long term.

In their April 2 meeting, the Tracy Planning Commission voted to delay a vote on a light industrial complex to give them more time to consider traffic and air quality impacts.

After a three day hearing this week, State Farm is one step closer to approval for a rate hike on its California customers.

California’s Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators turned them down.

The Delta faces a funding crisis to repair and maintain an aging network of 1,100 miles of levees. These earthen berms, mostly on private land, could rupture and endanger half a million people and flood thousands of acres of farmland.

Following publication of a Stocktonia story about the lack of electricity, a swift response has turned the lights back on, for now, at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.

Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments

A handful of legislators rallied near the state Capitol Thursday to promote what they’re calling an “extremely unsexy,” but important, bipartisan bill package intended to put California’s housing development into overdrive.

A number of bills are making their way through the state legislature with the goal of reducing red tape and fast tracking construction of new housing.

In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown.

The infrastructure improvement work for the 49-acre DeBenedetti Park in Lodi has begun.

CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps. Different colors come with different rules.

Read on for details about the 20-year partnership with Home Depot approved by the Stockton City Council in their March 18 meeting which is expected to generate up to $1 million annually.

Read on for more information about how development fees applied to a new subdivision on Union Road in Manteca will be utilized by the city.