The San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board has released a Tentative Order for a revised Municipal Regional Permit (MRP).  The MRP is a region-wide permit adopted pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act to address stormwater runoff from a variety of activities, including new development. Full Story

The Pleasanton City Council will consider on May 19, 2015, slowing or stopping work on the East Pleasanton Specific Plan, an 1,100-acre swath of primarily former quarry lands where a 19-member citizen task force is envisioning 1,300 homes, 1.6 million square feet of business and commercial and 759 acres of open space.  Full Story 

A representative of BIA|Bay Area has been invited to serve on the Contra Costa Sales Tax Expenditure Plan Advisory Committee, which will help develop the spending plan for the proceeds of a potential voter-approved sales tax extension.  Full Story

In the first in a series of hearings leading up to the release of the city's draft updated transportation impact fee nexus study, the Walnut Creek Transportation Commission will consider a revised list of projects eligible for the inclusion in the traffic impact fee program. Full Story 

Residential developers with interests in Sunnyvale may want to attend a special outreach meeting set for May 19, 2015, where Housing Department staff will explain proposals to expand the city's commercial linkage fee and establish a new rental housing impact fee.  Full Story

Are rent control modifications on the horizon in San Jose? That's the proposal by San Jose Councilmember Raul Peralez. In his memo presented at last week's Rules Committee meeting, the councilman's suggested revisions included expanding rent control to units built between 1979 - when the city first enacted rent control -, and 1985 - when the state passed rent control regulations in the Costa-Hawkins Act - was passed. Full Story