San Jose Development Services Process Improvement and Cost Recovery
On Thursday November 10 San Jose Planning Director Harry Freitas led a Process Improvement and Fee Study Workshop with the stated purpose of "building understanding around the context, methodology and potential outcomes of the City's cost recovery study". The workshop featured the presentation of a city sponsored study conducted by Management Partners that looked at over 90 recommendations for development services process improvements and associated cost recovery data. A follow up workshop will be scheduled in the near future. To view the preliminary process improvement recommendations
click here. To view the cost recovery presentation,
click here.
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Election Status for Land Use Ballot Measures
BIA Bay Area supported Santa Clara County's Measure A, the $950M Affordable Housing Bond Measure and Measure B, the $6.3B sales tax measure targeting transportation improvements throughout the south bay region. Measure A is passing with 67.35% voter approval and Measure B with 71.22% voter approval. To win each measure requires a 2/3 voter approval at time of certification by the Santa Clara County Registrar's office. The Registrar is currently posting a 79% counting of all ballots cast.
Full Story
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CC LAFCO Adopts Ag/Open Space Policy
BIA|Bay Area has successfully thwarted a sustained 18-month push from anti-housing forces to mandate unreasonable open space and farmland mitigation ratios as part of the Contra Costa County Local Agency Formation Commission's new countywide agricultural and open space policy. Instead, applicants seeking annexations or other boundary changes will have the flexibility to propose their own mitigations when agricultural and open space lands are converted to other uses. Full Story
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CURRENT JOB POSTINGS:
The Stone Group - Account Marketing Coordinator
Fuscoe Engineering - Sr. Civil Engineer
Click HERE for complete Job Board.
Postings will only be available to members, and will be distributed weekly to over 2,500 individuals within our BIA. For more information, please contact
membership@biabayarea.org
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Annual PASS Reception & Toy Drive Tomorrow! Door Tickets Available!
Don't miss out on this great member's only event. We have 20 builder companies in attendance. Brookfield Residential, CalAtlantic Homes, Comstock Homes, D.R. Horton, DeNova Homes, Lennar Homes, Meritage Homes, Ponderosa Homes, Pulte Homes, Richmond American Homes, Ryder Homes, Shea Homes, Signature Homes, Taylor Morrison, The New Home Company, Toll Brothers, TRI Pointe Homes, Trumark Homes, William Lyon Homes and Warmington Residential. Each attendee will receive the Builder Project Directory (via email post event).
Check out the BIA event page for full details
HERE
. Thank you to our sponsors:
Benchmark Communities,
Blue Mountain Construction Services, Inc.
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BMC
, LG Hausys,
Victory Fire Protection
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John Burns Economic Forecast - December 8
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January 27 - BIA Installation. Save the Date!
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HomeAid Northern California
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Homelessness Awareness Month
November is Homelessness Awareness Month and everyone can play a part in ending homelessness...you can provide a meal at a shelter,
donate a toy
at our Toy Drive, assemble Care Kits to provide essentials, volunteer for a Care Day to paint or clean up landscaping at a shelter, donate materials to one of our shelter "builds" or
make a donation
to HomeAid. Contact Cathie today to see you you can help cnewitt@homeaidnc.org.
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Click here
for BIA's Housing4All blog, where you will find news about the Bay Area's housing shortage along with videos, statistics and an opportunity to join us in our quest to provide housing for all.
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