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Hardly a day goes by without hearing about some new app or dire warning about artificial intelligence (AI): how it will take our jobs and take over the world. The ... … more »
"This broad definition will allow the Infill Exemption to be used in areas that may not meet specific definitions of “urban”, but as a matter of common sense are clearly “urbanized”. This decision is important because it reinforces and even broadens the applicability of the Infill Exemption in both typical urban areas and smaller cities." … more »
Sea level rise is not to be confused with King tides. That is a totally different phenomenon I covered in an earlier article. On January 12, the Marin IJ publish... … more »
"We have been getting an increasing number of questions about global risks that could change things for the worse." … more »
“California will force Malibu and other towns to add housing. Here’s why that’s not nearly enough.” So reads the headline on an op-ed published by the Los Ange... … more »
"In California, communities have long warned that continued development in high-risk wildfire zones. But real estate interests and state lawmakers and HCD have lobbied hard against any development restrictions, helping exacerbate the fires raging in Los Angeles now." … more »
An extraordinary telling of the roots of our socioeconomic system and institutions based in the turbulent histories of Amsterdam, London and New York that we would be wise to learn lessons from. It's the history that none of us were ever taught in school. … view media »
"In 2023, the California State Legislature passed SB 272 (Laird), Sea level rise: planning and adaptation. SB 272 addresses the need for coordinated standardized sea level rise adaptation by requiring local governments along the San Francisco Bay shoreline to develop Subregional Shoreline Adaptation Plans." … more »
"This past year, 2024, was the warmest ever measured for the global ocean, following a record-breaking 2023. In fact, every decade since 1984, when satellite recordkeeping of ocean temperatures started, has been warmer than the previous one." … more »