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�,� -�o THE LEAGUE WANTS YOUR HOUSING STORIES Do you have a good story to tell about how ship discussion and debate on housing policy your community is dealing with housing issues? issues. The League would like to hear about it for possible publication in one or more of several venues: How to Contribute: Simply send any stories you have written, or ideas you may have to Jennifer Western Citv Ma�aazine. The League's award- Lewis, jlewis@cacities.org, (916) 65&8226. , winning monthly magazine will start a 6-month series on housing, beginning with the June 2005 How Long Should The Story Be? About 200 issue. Each month will focus on a different aspect — 400 words for newsletters; up to 800-1000 words of the housing issue. for Western Ci1y. A New "Focus On Housin�" MonthN Electronic Do We Accept Photos? Definitely. Pictures Newsletter. Set to launch in March 2005, the help to tell the story. Please send eledronic photos newsletter will include feature stories about policy, to us when you submit your story, and provide a legislative and legal developments relating to caption for each photo. housing; "good news stories" about what cities are doing to address housing issues in their areas; When to Contribute? You don't have to wait guest columns by a city or state offiaal, housing till the final chap#er is written to tell us what is going advocate, planner, developer, homeowner, renter on. A housing project in the works is of interest, as or others; and letters or comments to the editor. are local deasions or processes that can have an The style of these stories will be short, quick and to impact on housing. the point - 200-300 words are optimum. Thank you in advance for your interest and A New Housin�t Resource Center. This new support. addition to the Institute of Local Govemment Website (vwvw.ilsg.org) will be spo�ored by both •• •••• ••• •••••••••• ••••••• the League and the Institute. With sections for LEAGUE SEEKS DEPUBLICATION OF both the newcomer to housing issues, as well as housing `�vonks", we hope that this new resource COURT OPINION center will become the one-stop shop for anyone In the January 7, 2005 edition of Priority Focus, interested in learning more about housing in We told you about the case of Nasha v. City of Los California. Mostly, this site will link visitors to other Angeles (2004) 125 Cal.App.4"' 470, wherein the 2nd resources. It will also include story summaries with District Court of Appeal overtumed a planning links back to the aties or other organizations commission's decision on due process grounds. providing the information. The court found that a planning commissioner's Ptannina Deaartment's Quarterlv Newsletter. authorship of an article hostile to the projed before the commission gave rise to an unacceptable The League's Planning and Community Develop- probability of bias against the project and that the ment Department publishes a quartery newsletter commissioner should have recused himself from focusing on planning issues around the state. The partiapating in the decision. issue published in February focused on affordabte housing stories, and the spring issue will focus on On January 26, the Legal Advocacy Executive redevelopment success stories. Committee recommended that a letter brief request- Why the Focus on Housing? A key League �ng depublication of the opinion be filed on behalf goal for 2005 is to work to °Expand Housing Supply °f the League with the state Supreme Court. The and Affordability consistent with the planning and League would like to thank Brad Fuller and Michael environmental qualily objectives of the League's Colantuono for writing the letter brief, which may be Principles for Smart Growth, and in balance with the reviewed at: http://www.cacities.ors�/recentfilins�s. creation of new jobs." These publications are a way to share information, and encourage member- PAGE 7JPRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org