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How many homes does California expect your Monterey Bay-area city or county to plan for?
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How many homes does California expect your Monterey Bay-area city or county to plan for?

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 8, 2022

The Monterey Bay Region is about to enter another state-mandated housing cycle for 2023 to 2031. Cities and counties are expected to plan for …

AMBAG Board rejects housing number appeals from Sand City and  Greenfield on split votes.
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AMBAG Board rejects housing number appeals from Sand City and Greenfield on split votes.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 11, 2022

The ongoing housing crisis has the state of California getting serious about cities and counties zoning for more housing units, after years of…

Weekly Roundup: Island no more, Cemex, a landmark land deal and ICE rumors.
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Weekly Roundup: Island no more, Cemex, a landmark land deal and ICE rumors.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 11, 2017

Time and resources being finite, there were a lot of stories the Weekly had to leave on the table this week, some of which were reported elsew…

Local governments move to break PG&E monopoly.
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Local governments move to break PG&E monopoly.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Dec 7, 2016

Just a few months ago things looked shaky, with both the city of Salinas and Monterey County contemplating bowing out of a plan to break Pacif…

Santa Cruz veterans plan cannabis expansion to Monterey County.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

Santa Cruz veterans plan cannabis expansion to Monterey County.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 24, 2016

In 1974, Albert Brett decided he wanted nothing to do with his fellow Vietnam War veterans. “I didn’t want to be associated with any of those …

Cemex mine reflects human hunger for sand.
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Cemex mine reflects human hunger for sand.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 14, 2016

At the Cemex mine, a disappearing coast reflects human hunger for one of the world’s most consumed natural resources.

Tri-county planning group debates how to allocate over 10,000 affordable housing units.
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Tri-county planning group debates how to allocate over 10,000 affordable housing units.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 27, 2013

On his way to meet with planners at the Marina office of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG), Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Ka…

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