The California Shelf

Guide to California Planning: 6th Edition
William Fulton
Solano Press Books
www.solano.com
9781938166372, $70.00, PB, 427pp

https://www.amazon.com/GUIDE-California-Planning-William-Fulton-ebook/dp/B0= 9YK9MJ9X

Synopsis: Since it was first published in 1991, "Guide to California Planni= ng" by William Fulton has served as the authoritative textbook on city and = county planning practice throughout the state. The first book ever written = that covers all aspects of planning in a single state, "Guide to California=
Planning" is used as a textbook in virtually every college- and graduate-l= evel planning program in California.

Now in a fully revised and expanded sixth edition, "Guide to California Pla= nning" continues to lay out planning laws and processes in detail and descr= ibe how planning really works in California -- how cities and counties and = developers and citizen groups all interact with each other on a daily basis=
to shape California communities and the California landscape, for better a=
nd for worse.

Significant new topics addressed in this edition include the state's increa= sing focus on housing production and planning for climate adaptation; The h= istory of urban planning and land use regulation in California; The structu=
re of planning decision-making and the players at the local, regional, stat=
e, and federal levels; The basic tools, including General Plans, zoning ord= inances, development codes, the Subdivision Map Act, and the California Env= ironmental Quality Act; Advance techniques, including exactions, growth man= agement, Specific Plans, and development agreements; Important urban develo= pment topics such as economic development, climate change, sustainability, = infill development, and property rights; Infrastructure and infrastructure = finance; Natural resource protection.

Critique: Comprehensive, up-to-date, thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organi= zation and presentation, this new sixth edition of "Guide to California Pla= nning" is an ideal textbook and ideal tool for planning professionals, memb= ers of allied professions in the planning and development fields, and citiz=
en activists. While also available for personal reading lists in a digital = book format (Kindle, $35.00), this new sixth edition of the "Guide to Calif= ornia Planning" is an essential and unreservedly recommended addition to pe= rsonal, professional, community, governmental, college, and university libr= ary California Land Use and Urban Planning collections.

Editorial Note: William Fulton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fulton= _(urban_planner) is an American author, urban planner, and politician. He s= erved as mayor of Ventura, California, from 2009 to 2011, and later as the = Planning Director for the City of San Diego. From 2014 to 2022, he was the = head of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University in Houst= on, Texas. He is considered an advocate of the "Smart Growth" movement in u= rban planning. In 2009, he was named to Planetizen's list of "Top 100 Urban=
Thinkers".He is also the founder and publisher of the California Planning =
& Development Report.

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