Planning

Almost every infill site requires site assessment and planning before redevelopment can occur. In this webinar, the Center for Creative Land Re-use (CCLR) highlights two funding opportunities that can

The Housing Accountability Act (HAA) was enacted by the California Legislature in 1982 to establish limitations to a local government’s ability to deny, reduce the density of, or make infeasible

Integration Concepts for General Plan Updates outlines concepts for integrating various policy topics and new requirements in General Plan updates, housing element updates and other local planning

The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) developed the Adaptation Planning Guide (APG) to provide guidance to local governments on local adaptation and resiliency planning. The APG

Climate change impacts do not affect all communities in the same way. California must move beyond embracing equity to making equity real. This requires centering community needs and building social

The goal of the Resilience Toolkit is to help cities, regions and other partners integrate various planning processes — including for hazard mitigation, climate adaptation, sustainability and equity —

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Local Mitigation Planning Handbook provides guidance to local governments on developing or updating Local Hazard Mitigation Plans (LHMP) to meet the FEMA

The Clean Building Compass is a one-stop online clearinghouse of vetted information to assist local government planners and staff in developing and adopting the practices required to accelerate the

This website features a suite of online tools and information resources to support local jurisdictions in enacting pro-housing policies and practices. Many of the links provide examples of policies

Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) developed a series of guides for jurisdictions to develop their own resilience projects. To learn how these supplies are used in the ART Approach to adaptation planning