The two text books used in CP 252 are the CP 252 Reader and Fulton, W., Guide to California Planning, 3rd Ed. Both may be purchased at Copy Central located at 2560 Bancroft Way between Bowditch and Telegraph.
 

Overview of course, use of the course web site landuseprof.com, course requirements, attendance and grading policy.

Readings:
q  Landuseprof.com: Introduction and Course Overview.

q  Landuseprof.com: Government Regulation and Control of Private Property in the American Legal System.

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Overview of Land Use Controls Available to Government for Land Use Policy Formulation, Implementation and Assessment.

q Norman Williams, Jr., The Three Systems of Land Use Controls, 25 Rutgers Law Review (1970) 80.

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapters 1 through 3.

PART ONE -- THE OFFICIAL SYSTEM

Official System -- Policy Formulation and Planning

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Policy Formulation and Planning.

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapters 4 through 6.

q O’Toole, The High Price of Land Use Planning, S. F. Chronicle, May 22, 2006.

Official System -- Zoning Regulations

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Zoning

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapters 7 and 18.

q Governor's Office of Planning and Research, The Planner's Training Series: Zoning.

q Governor's Office of Planning and Research, The Planner's Training Series: The Conditional Use Permit.

q Governor's Office of Planning and Research, The Planner's Training Series: The Variance.

Official System -- Subdivision Regulationsof Land and Building Codes

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Regulation of the Subdivision of Land

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapter 8.

q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Building Codes

Official System -- Permitting and Vesting

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Permitting and Vesting.

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapter 12, 13.

Official System -- The Consistency Doctrine

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Consistency Between Plan and Their Implementation Programs.

q Governor's Office of Planning and Research, General Plan Guidelines, Chapter 9: Consistency Provisions in State Law and Legal Precedents.

Official System -- Intergovernmental Coordination

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Intergovernmental Coordination in California.

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapter 17.

q Bissey, Tina, State Comprehensive Planning in California, June 2002.

Official System -- Citizen Participation in Representative Government

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Citizen Participation in Representative Government

Official System -- Citizen Participation: Direct Democracy

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Direct Democracy: Initiative, Referendum and Recall.

q "March of the Plebiscites" from Schrag, Paradise Lost, The New Press, 1998.

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapter 11.

GUEST SPEAKER: Barry Fadem, Esq.

Official System -- California Environmental Quality Act

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

q Governor's Office of Planning and Research, General Plan Guidelines, Chapter 4: The California Environmental Quality Act and the General Plan.

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapter 9.

Official System – Emerging State and Federal Involvement in Local Land Use Controls.

Readings:                         
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- State and Federal Involvement in Land Use Controls.

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapters 22, 23 and 24.

q GUEST SPEAKER: David Dolter, AICP.

PART TWO -- THE TAX SYSTEM

Unofficial System: Tax System

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System -- Taxation and the "Fiscalization" of Land Use.

q Extract from South San Francisco General Plan.

q "The Spirit of 13" from Schrag, Paradise Lost, The New Press, 1998.

q Hickey, R., Tax Reform for Smarter Growth, December 2002.

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapter 14.

IN CLASS VIDEO: Bigger $ Boxes: The Battle Over America's Superstores

Unofficial System -- Preferential Taxation

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System -- Preferential Taxation.

PART THREE -- THE PUBLIC WORKS/INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM

Public Works/Infrastructure System

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System -- Public Works/Infrastructure System Planning,

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapters 19, 20 and 21.

q Golden v. Planning Board of Town of Ramapo (1972) Court of Appeals of New York.

Public Works/Infrastructure  -- Government Acquisition of Interests in Land

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System -- Government Acquisition of Interests in Land

q Kobler, Amanda, Conservation Easements and the Land Trust Movement: A Private Response to a Public Concern, December, 2002.

GUEST SPEAKER: Harry Pollack, Esq.

Public Works/Infrastructure -- Land Recycling, the Brownfields Movement

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System -- Land Recycling and Brownfields.

q Dayrit, Ignacio, Successful Redevelopment and Risk Management in Emeryville, California. April, 2002.

q Emeryville Brownfields Pilot Project: Fact Sheet.

Land Use Controls at the Movies

Readings:
q The Californians: “A Politically Inspired Environmental Romance”  Fabrication Films, 2005

Public Works/Infrastructure -- Water

Readings:                                                 
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial Systme -- Water Supply and Recycled Water

q Lennihan, Martha, What City Officials Should Know About Evolving Laws Linking Water and Land Use, California Municipal Practitioner, April, 2006.

GUEST SPEAKER: Bert Michalczyk, General Manager, Dublin/San Ramon Services District

Public Works/Infrastructure -- Resource Recycling

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System -- Resource Recycling.

q Feinbaum, Bob, The Treasure Grows in Berkeley, In Business, July/August 2003.

q Resource Recovery Park.

q Knapp, Daniel, Disposers vs. Diverters, Biocycle, August, 2003.

GUEST SPEAKERS:
Dan Knapp, President, Urban Ore
John D. Moore, Esq., Henn, Etzel & Moore

Public Works/Infrastructure -- Energy

Readings:
q Scavuto, Andrew E., The Assumption of Energy Availability in Land Use Planning: Trends in California Growth and Global Energy Consumption, 2002.

GUEST SPEAKER: Jaime Levin, Director of Marketing and Alternative Fuels Policy for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District

PART FOUR -- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Public-Private Partnerships -- Overview and Joint Development

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System: Public-Private Partnerships -- Overview

Public-Private Partnerships -- Common Interest Development

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System: Public-Private Partnerships -- Common Interest Development (CIDs).

q State of California, Department of Real Estate, Living in a California Common Interest Development.

GUEST SPEAKER: Peter Saputo, Esq., Little and Saputo

Public-Private Partnerships – Redevelopment

Readings:                                 
q Landuseprof.com: Unofficial System -- Redevelopment

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapters 15 and 16.

GUEST SPEAKER: Pat O'Keefe, Director of Redevelopment, Emeryville, California

PART FIVE -- THE NEXT FRONTIER IN LAND USE CONTROLS

Evaluation and Assessment of Land Use Controls

Readings:
q Landuseprof.com: Official System -- Evaluation and Assessment

q Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Understanding the New Periodic Review Process: Senate Bill 543.

q Palm Beach County, Florida, Executive Summary, Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR).

q Fulton, Guide to California Planning, 2005 Edition, Chapters 25.

PART SIX: COURSE PROJECT IN-CLASS PRESENTATIONS