Over the past year, development impact bonds, or DIBs—international development’s newest hot trend—have generated a tremendous amount of buzz from champions and detractors alike, along with some ...

Labor and business leaders declared victory Tuesday night over a bitterly contested ballot measure that would have imposed new restrictions on building apartment towers, shops and offices in Los ...

Santa Monica’s elected leaders are split over whether the City should place a development-related measure on the November ballot. The proposed measure would require a supermajority vote from the City ...

Joseph Schuchter ( [email protected]) is an independent consultant in Berkeley, California. Douglas P. Jutte is an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and executive director ...

MY WRTIE — City Hall politicians are on the hunt for new tax revenues. So, hold onto your hat, Martha, you're going to be soaked and it's not the ALS ice bucket challenge. City Council has placed two ...