Solano Press Books

10/01/2026

We are off to the APA California - Northern conference.

APA California 2026: Crafting Our Narrative: Planning as Storytelling
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Solano Press is excited to be at the APA conference in Los Angeles, California, Crafting Our Narrative, Planning as Storytelling on October 3-6, 2026.

Solano Press author Bill Fulton, FAICP, Editor & Publisher, California Planning & Development Report, will be in attendance and on discussion panels at the conference.

"I will be at the California Chapter, American Planning Association conference in Los Angeles, where I’ll moderate two panels, one sponsored by the Terner Center on what laws California housing developers are using to get their entitlements and the other sponsored by the UCSD Center for Housing Policy & Design on how parking reforms are affecting affordable housing residents. I’ll also be hanging out at California Planning & Development Report’s table in the exhibit hall." - Bill Fulton

Solano Press will also host a pre-release “meet and greet” at our booth during the Consultants Reception on Monday, October 5 from 5:30 -6:45 pm. with David Early, as we celebrate the new, completely revised edition of his book on General Plan preparation entitled Crafting the General Plan: A Step-By-Step Guide for Planners and Stakeholders in California.

Please come to the Solano Press table and pre-order your copy now. Free shipping on all pre-orders!

Thank you to the APA conference hosting committee for this opportunity.

Solano Press Books

09/29/2026

Solano Press is excited to be at the APA conference in Los Angeles, California, Crafting Our Narrative, Planning as Storytelling on October 3-6, 2026.
Solano Press author Bill Fulton, FAICP, Editor & Publisher, California Planning & Development Report, will be in attendance and on discussion panels at the conference.
And a pre-sale “meet and greet” on Monday, October 5 from 5:30 -6:45 pm. Crafting the General Plan: A Step-By-Step Guide for Planners and Stakeholders in California with new book author David Early.
Please come to our table and say hello and visit with us.
Thank you to the APA conference hosting committee for this opportunity.

Solano Press Books is a California publishing house specializing in definitive references on land use, planning law, urban affairs, and environmental subjects.

09/27/2026

APA California 2026: Crafting Our Narrative: Planning as Storytelling
Join APA California in Los Angeles for the APA California 2026

Conference, where planners from across the state will come together to explore Crafting Our Narrative, Planning as Storytelling.
Stop by our table. Peruse our wide selection of books, which are available to order at a conference discount!
October 3-6, 2026
Los Angeles, CA at The JW Marriott LA Live
Set in one of California's most dynamic and diverse regions, this conference will spotlight the power of planning to shape communities, influence policy, and bring the stories of our communities to life.
Engage in thought-provoking sessions, hands-on workshops, and energizing networking opportunities designed to inspire, inform, and elevate your planning practice.
https://members.apacalifornia.org/mpage/APACONF2026

General Plan in California
Exciting News - a 2nd edition of The General Plan in California is in the works!! Watch this space for updates on the release date!
Crafting the General Plan: A step-by-step Guide for Planners and Stockholders in California
The first edition is a detailed guide to preparing and updating a city or county General Plan in accordance with California law - with many ideas and tips relevant to comprehensive and regional planning across the US. Offers approaches to creating General Plans that are legally sound, technically rigorous, progressive, and reflective of the communities they serve. A practical, valuable reference for public sector planners, consultants, interested citizens, and students.
2018 Addendum Now Available! Click here for the free download.
Author: David Early
Print Price: $80 plus tax and shipping
Also available as an e-book on Amazon.
California Land Use & Planning Law 40th edition

For over four decades, California Land Use and Planning Law

has provided a succinct and definitive summary of the major provisions of California’s land use and planning laws and has been cited by the California Supreme Court and numerous appellate courts as an authoritative source.
Cecily Barclay has authored this book since 1999 and was joined by Matt Gray as co-author in 2006. After years of continually expanding the book with added topics, new analysis, and additional authors for certain chapters, Cecily and Matt recently focused on making the book more concise and reader-friendly, while still addressing the most significant new developments of the past several years.

This 40th edition summarizes two years of published decisions, statutory revisions and other agency policies and guidance.
Authors: Cecily Barclay and Matt Gray
Print Price: $130 plus tax and shipping
Also available as a e-book on Amazon.

Guide to California Planning 7th Edition

Since it was first published in 1991, Guide to California Planning 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-level planning program in California.
In this revised and expanded seventh edition, William Fulton lays out planning laws and processes in detail and describes 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 and for worse. Significant new topics addressed in this edition include the state's increasing focus on housing production, planning for climate adaptation, and responding to devastating wildfires. Easy to read and understand, Guide to California Planning is far more than a textbook. It's an ideal tool for planning professionals, members of allied professions in the planning and development fields, and citizen activists.

Author: William Fulton
Print Price: $75 plus tax and shipping
Also available as a an e-book on Amazon.
Solano Press Books

Join APA California in Los Angeles for the APA California 2026 Conference, where planners from across the state will come together to explore Crafting Our Narrative, Planning as Storytelling.

09/15/2026

September 2026
California Environmental Law & Policy, 2nd edition
The only book that covers the entire field of California environmental, land use, and natural resources law in a concise, user-friendly format. Topics include:

Significant updates to federal and state environmental law that occurred between 2008 and late 2016.
An additional major chapter on international, national and state climate change law and policy.
This book was written to serve the needs of planners, project applicants, developers, landowners, regulatory agency staff, consultants, attorneys, environmental managers, interested citizens, and students with a survey of California environmental law written for a general, non-technical audience.
Authors: Albert I. Herson and Gary A. Lucks

Print Price: $130 plus tax and shipping

ISBN: 978-1-938166-15-0

E-book now available on Amazon.com.

ISBN: 978-1-938166-16-7

California Land Use & Planning Law 40th edition

This 40th edition summarizes two years of published decisions, statutory revisions and other agency policies and guidance, including:

• Analysis of new statutory requirements for expanded or updated General Plan content relating to safety, circulation, and conservation elements (Chapter 2)

• Discussion of new California Supreme Court authority clarifying what constitutes a prior lawful “division” of property under the Subdivision Map Act for purposes of the Act’s grandfathering provision (Chapter 5)

• Discussion of new CEQA exemptions for qualified infill residential projects (AB 130) and proposed housing projects that would be exempt “but for a single condition” (SB 131) (Chapter 6)

Authors: Cecily Talbert Barclay and Matthew Gray

Print Price: $130 plus tax and shipping

Navigating the California Coastal Act

Topics include:
The Coastal Commission—its qualifications, organization, and role in implementation of the Coastal Act
The Local Coastal Program—its purposes, processes, and common issues
Coastal development permit requirements—types of permits, and emerging or recurring issues
The Coastal Commission hearing and appeal process
Interpreting and applying Coastal Act standards
Appendices contain a glossary of terms and summaries of key legal cases.

Author: Jana Zimmer

Print Price: $80 plus tax and shipping

ISBN: 978-1-938166-21-1

E-book now available on Amazon.com

ISBN: 978-1-938166-29-7
www.solano.com

Solano Press Books is a California publishing house specializing in definitive references on land use, planning law, urban affairs, and environmental subjects.

07/30/2026

August 2026
California Environmental Law & Policy, 2nd edition
The only book that covers the entire field of California environmental, land use, and natural resources law in a concise, user-friendly format. Topics include:

Significant updates to federal and state environmental law that occurred between 2008 and late 2016.
An additional major chapter on international, national and state climate change law and policy.
This book was written to serve the needs of planners, project applicants, developers, landowners, regulatory agency staff, consultants, attorneys, environmental managers, interested citizens, and students with a survey of California environmental law written for a general, non-technical audience.
Written in non-technical language, the book comprehensively surveys the most important California environmental statutes and regulatory programs, as well as relevant federal environmental statutes and regulatory programs. It highlights landmark court cases and current policy issues, and provides practical tips on getting through the regulatory process successfully. To assist in more in-depth research, the book identifies sources of further information for each major program.
Authors: Albert I. Herson and Gary A. Lucks

Print Price: $130 plus tax and shipping

ISBN: 978-1-938166-15-0

E-book now available on Amazon.com.

ISBN: 978-1-938166-16-7

California Land Use & Planning Law 40th edition
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This 40th edition summarizes two years of published decisions, statutory revisions and other agency policies and guidance, including:

• Analysis of new statutory requirements for expanded or updated General Plan content relating to safety, circulation, and conservation elements (Chapter 2)

• Discussion of new California Supreme Court authority clarifying what constitutes a prior lawful “division” of property under the Subdivision Map Act for purposes of the Act’s grandfathering provision (Chapter 5)

• Discussion of new CEQA exemptions for qualified infill residential projects (AB 130) and proposed housing projects that would be exempt “but for a single condition” (SB 131) (Chapter 6)

• Analysis of new case law addressing CEQA requirements, including stability of project descriptions, substantial evidence required to support exemptions, development of thresholds of significance, reliance on offsets for GHG mitigation, requirements for tribal consultation, and calculating the statute of limitations for NODs (Chapter 6)

• Analysis of the Corps and EPA’s November 2025 jointly proposed revisions to federal regulations defining “waters of the United States” subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, and the Corps’ June 2025 proposed reissuance and modifications of Nationwide Permits (NWPs) (Chapter 7)

• Analysis of the USFWS and NMFS’s November 2025 jointly proposed revisions to the federal regulations addressing Section 7 consultations, decisions to list and delist species, designations of areas of critical habitat, and exclusions of areas from such designations (Chapter 8)

• Analysis of significant new United States Supreme Court authority—Sheetz v. County of El Dorado—on the application of Nollan’s and Dolan’s nexus and rough proportionality standards to legislatively enacted exactions in California and discussion of how local agencies and California courts may respond to Sheetz (Chapter 12)

• Discussion of new case law on the distinction between legislative actions subject to referendum as compared to those considered administrative and thus beyond the reach of ballot box challenge (Chapter 13)

• Discussion of new legislation establishing that qualified transit-oriented housing development projects “shall be an allowed use” on sites zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development near TOD stops in eight urban counties (SB 79) (Chapter 15)

• Discussion of revisions to other state housing laws, including Housing Element Law, Density Bonus Law, the Housing Accountability Act and the Affordable Housing and High Roads Act of 2022, as well as of the new Office to Housing Conversion Act (for adaptive reuse projects) (Chapter 15)

• Analysis of new case law addressing recovery of attorneys’ fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, particularly in light of new Government Code section 65589.5(p)(1), which requires a court give “due weight” to the degree to which the challenged agency approval furthers HAA policies (Chapter 18)

Authors: Cecily Talbert Barclay and Matthew Gray

Print Price: $130 plus tax and shipping

Navigating the California Coastal Act
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The only book that provides a comprehensive but concise overview and guide to practice under the California Coastal Act. Offers a clear understanding of current substantive standards and procedures—including how development along the coast is defined, where it may be permitted and under what substantive and procedural standards, and how jurisdiction over planning for development and conservation in coastal areas is determined. Practice tips throughout the book suggest ways to work effectively with Coastal Commission staff and present cases to the Commission.

Navigating the California Coastal Act is intended for planners and officials at local, state, and federal agencies, as well as property owners, real estate developers, attorneys and judges, interested citizen activists, and students.

Topics include:

The Coastal Commission—its qualifications, organization, and role in implementation of the Coastal Act
The Local Coastal Program—its purposes, processes, and common issues
Coastal development permit requirements—types of permits, and emerging or recurring issues
The Coastal Commission hearing and appeal process
Interpreting and applying Coastal Act standards
Other relevant agencies and laws
Enforcement of the Coastal Act
Judicial review
Appendices contain a glossary of terms and summaries of key legal cases.

Author: Jana Zimmer

Print Price: $80 plus tax and shipping

ISBN: 978-1-938166-21-1

E-book now available on Amazon.com

ISBN: 978-1-938166-29-7

07/08/2026

Wednesday July 8 2026
Practical CEQA: A Stepwise Guide to California Environmental Quality Act Compliance

A step-by-step reference for public agency staff, consultants, attorneys, developers, and citizens seeking to understand the environmental review process. Explains CEQA from start to finish in plain language. Offers practical advice to help CEQA practitioners make their way through the process.

With this book users will be better able to:

Understand the environmental review process and determine the roles and responsibilities of state and local agencies
Determine whether CEQA applies to proposed projects and when exemptions are applicable
Learn when a Negative Declaration is appropriate or when an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) must be prepared
Prepare a legally defensible Negative Declaration, Mitigated Negative Declaration, or EIR
Prepare a “program level” EIR and understand how to streamline CEQA by “tiering” later analyses from that EIR
Write feasible, enforceable, and effective mitigation measures
Meaningfully review, evaluate, and comment on CEQA documents prepared by other public agencies
Prepare joint CEQA/NEPA documents to satisfy both CEQA and the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
2026 Supplement available now

Authors: Antero (Terry) Rivasplata and Greta Brownlow

Print price: $80 plus tax and shipping

ISBN: 978-1-938166-35-8

Also available as a Kindle ebook

ISBN: 978-1-938166-36-5

Navigating the California Coastal Act
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The only book that provides a comprehensive but concise overview and guide to practice under the California Coastal Act. Offers a clear understanding of current substantive standards and procedures—including how development along the coast is defined, where it may be permitted and under what substantive and procedural standards, and how jurisdiction over planning for development and conservation in coastal areas is determined. Practice tips throughout the book suggest ways to work effectively with Coastal Commission staff and present cases to the Commission.

Navigating the California Coastal Act is intended for planners and officials at local, state, and federal agencies, as well as property owners, real estate developers, attorneys and judges, interested citizen activists, and students.

Topics include:

The Coastal Commission—its qualifications, organization, and role in implementation of the Coastal Act
The Local Coastal Program—its purposes, processes, and common issues
Coastal development permit requirements—types of permits, and emerging or recurring issues
The Coastal Commission hearing and appeal process
Interpreting and applying Coastal Act standards
Other relevant agencies and laws
Enforcement of the Coastal Act
Judicial review
Appendices contain a glossary of terms and summaries of key legal cases.
Appendices contain a glossary of terms and summaries of key legal cases.

The book reflects both a love of the coast, and a love of the law, and is enhanced by extraordinary photography, courtesy of Reeve Woolpert, and the artwork of the author.

Author: Jana Zimmer

Print price: $80 plus tax and shipping

ISBN: 978-1-938166-21-1

Also Available as a Kindle ebook

ISBN: 978-1-938166-29-7

California Land Use & Planning Law 40th edition
Inline Image
For over four decades, California Land Use and Planning Law has provided a succinct and definitive summary of the major provisions of California’s land use and planning laws and has been cited by the California Supreme Court and numerous appellate courts as an authoritative source.

This 40th edition summarizes two years of published decisions, statutory revisions and other agency policies and guidance, including:

• Analysis of new statutory requirements for expanded or updated General Plan content relating to safety, circulation, and conservation elements (Chapter 2)

• Discussion of new California Supreme Court authority clarifying what constitutes a prior lawful “division” of property under the Subdivision Map Act for purposes of the Act’s grandfathering provision (Chapter 5)

• Discussion of new CEQA exemptions for qualified infill residential projects (AB 130) and proposed housing projects that would be exempt “but for a single condition” (SB 131) (Chapter 6)

• Analysis of new case law addressing CEQA requirements, including stability of project descriptions, substantial evidence required to support exemptions, development of thresholds of significance, reliance on offsets for GHG mitigation, requirements for tribal consultation, and calculating the statute of limitations for NODs (Chapter 6)

• Analysis of the Corps and EPA’s November 2025 jointly proposed revisions to federal regulations defining “waters of the United States” subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, and the Corps’ June 2025 proposed reissuance and modifications of Nationwide Permits (NWPs) (Chapter 7)

• Analysis of the USFWS and NMFS’s November 2025 jointly proposed revisions to the federal regulations addressing Section 7 consultations, decisions to list and delist species, designations of areas of critical habitat, and exclusions of areas from such designations (Chapter 8)

• Analysis of significant new United States Supreme Court authority—Sheetz v. County of El Dorado—on the application of Nollan’s and Dolan’s nexus and rough proportionality standards to legislatively enacted exactions in California and discussion of how local agencies and California courts may respond to Sheetz (Chapter 12)

• Discussion of new case law on the distinction between legislative actions subject to referendum as compared to those considered administrative and thus beyond the reach of ballot box challenge (Chapter 13)

• Discussion of new legislation establishing that qualified transit-oriented housing development projects “shall be an allowed use” on sites zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development near TOD stops in eight urban counties (SB 79) (Chapter 15)

• Discussion of revisions to other state housing laws, including Housing Element Law, Density Bonus Law, the Housing Accountability Act and the Affordable Housing and High Roads Act of 2022, as well as of the new Office to Housing Conversion Act (for adaptive reuse projects) (Chapter 15)

• Analysis of new case law addressing recovery of attorneys’ fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, particularly in light of new Government Code section 65589.5(p)(1), which requires a court give “due weight” to the degree to which the challenged agency approval furthers HAA policies (Chapter 18)

Authors: Cecily Talbert Barclay and Matthew Gray

Print price: $130 plus tax and shipping

Solano Press Books

Solano Press Books is a California publishing house specializing in definitive references on land use, planning law, urban affairs, and environmental subjects.

07/06/2026

Practical CEQA: A Stepwise Guide to California Environmental Quality Act Compliance

A step-by-step reference for public agency staff, consultants, attorneys, developers, and citizens seeking to understand the environmental review process. Explains CEQA from start to finish in plain language. Offers practical advice to help CEQA practitioners make their way through the process.

With this book users will be better able to:

Understand the environmental review process and determine the roles and responsibilities of state and local agencies
Determine whether CEQA applies to proposed projects and when exemptions are applicable
Learn when a Negative Declaration is appropriate or when an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) must be prepared
Prepare a legally defensible Negative Declaration, Mitigated Negative Declaration, or EIR
Prepare a “program level” EIR and understand how to streamline CEQA by “tiering” later analyses from that EIR
Write feasible, enforceable, and effective mitigation measures
Meaningfully review, evaluate, and comment on CEQA documents prepared by other public agencies
Prepare joint CEQA/NEPA documents to satisfy both CEQA and the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
2026 Supplement available now

Authors: Antero (Terry) Rivasplata and Greta Brownlow

Print price: $80 plus tax and shipping

ISBN: 978-1-938166-35-8

Also available as a Kindle ebook

ISBN: 978-1-938166-36-5

Navigating the California Coastal Act

The only book that provides a comprehensive but concise overview and guide to practice under the California Coastal Act. Offers a clear understanding of current substantive standards and procedures—including how development along the coast is defined, where it may be permitted and under what substantive and procedural standards, and how jurisdiction over planning for development and conservation in coastal areas is determined. Practice tips throughout the book suggest ways to work effectively with Coastal Commission staff and present cases to the Commission.

Navigating the California Coastal Act is intended for planners and officials at local, state, and federal agencies, as well as property owners, real estate developers, attorneys and judges, interested citizen activists, and students.

Topics include:

The Coastal Commission—its qualifications, organization, and role in implementation of the Coastal Act
The Local Coastal Program—its purposes, processes, and common issues
Coastal development permit requirements—types of permits, and emerging or recurring issues
The Coastal Commission hearing and appeal process
Interpreting and applying Coastal Act standards
Other relevant agencies and laws
Enforcement of the Coastal Act
Judicial review
Appendices contain a glossary of terms and summaries of key legal cases.
Appendices contain a glossary of terms and summaries of key legal cases.

The book reflects both a love of the coast, and a love of the law, and is enhanced by extraordinary photography, courtesy of Reeve Woolpert, and the artwork of the author.

Author: Jana Zimmer

Print price: $80 plus tax and shipping

ISBN: 978-1-938166-21-1

Also Available as a Kindle ebook

ISBN: 978-1-938166-29-7

California Land Use & Planning Law 40th edition
For over four decades, California Land Use and Planning Law has provided a succinct and definitive summary of the major provisions of California’s land use and planning laws and has been cited by the California Supreme Court and numerous appellate courts as an authoritative source.

This 40th edition summarizes two years of published decisions, statutory revisions and other agency policies and guidance, including:

• Analysis of new statutory requirements for expanded or updated General Plan content relating to safety, circulation, and conservation elements (Chapter 2)

• Discussion of new California Supreme Court authority clarifying what constitutes a prior lawful “division” of property under the Subdivision Map Act for purposes of the Act’s grandfathering provision (Chapter 5)

• Discussion of new CEQA exemptions for qualified infill residential projects (AB 130) and proposed housing projects that would be exempt “but for a single condition” (SB 131) (Chapter 6)

• Analysis of new case law addressing CEQA requirements, including stability of project descriptions, substantial evidence required to support exemptions, development of thresholds of significance, reliance on offsets for GHG mitigation, requirements for tribal consultation, and calculating the statute of limitations for NODs (Chapter 6)

• Analysis of the Corps and EPA’s November 2025 jointly proposed revisions to federal regulations defining “waters of the United States” subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, and the Corps’ June 2025 proposed reissuance and modifications of Nationwide Permits (NWPs) (Chapter 7)

• Analysis of the USFWS and NMFS’s November 2025 jointly proposed revisions to the federal regulations addressing Section 7 consultations, decisions to list and delist species, designations of areas of critical habitat, and exclusions of areas from such designations (Chapter 8)

• Analysis of significant new United States Supreme Court authority—Sheetz v. County of El Dorado—on the application of Nollan’s and Dolan’s nexus and rough proportionality standards to legislatively enacted exactions in California and discussion of how local agencies and California courts may respond to Sheetz (Chapter 12)

• Discussion of new case law on the distinction between legislative actions subject to referendum as compared to those considered administrative and thus beyond the reach of ballot box challenge (Chapter 13)

• Discussion of new legislation establishing that qualified transit-oriented housing development projects “shall be an allowed use” on sites zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development near TOD stops in eight urban counties (SB 79) (Chapter 15)

• Discussion of revisions to other state housing laws, including Housing Element Law, Density Bonus Law, the Housing Accountability Act and the Affordable Housing and High Roads Act of 2022, as well as of the new Office to Housing Conversion Act (for adaptive reuse projects) (Chapter 15)

• Analysis of new case law addressing recovery of attorneys’ fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, particularly in light of new Government Code section 65589.5(p)(1), which requires a court give “due weight” to the degree to which the challenged agency approval furthers HAA policies (Chapter 18)

Authors: Cecily Talbert Barclay and Matthew Gray

Print price: $130 plus tax and shipping

website www.solano.com or call our office at (800) 931-9373

Solano Press Books is a California publishing house specializing in definitive references on land use, planning law, urban affairs, and environmental subjects.

06/03/2026

Wednesday June 3 2026
Strategic Code Enforcement

The definitive guide to creating, administering, and enforcing land use regulations and building, housing, and nuisance abatement codes and procedures. A complete update of Solano Press's Code Enforcement: A Comprehensive Approach, reflecting changes in the field and the legal, policy, and political complexities confronting code enforcement professionals today, such as zoning reform, housing preservation, hoarding, homeless encampments, and vacant properties. Outlines core principles and practices for data-driven decision-making, proactive leadership, creative management and cross-agency, cross-sector collaborations to advance community goals. Highlights innovative strategies and models from pioneering cities across the country, and examples of statutory and case law from California and other states. An essential reference for local government policymakers, planning and housing directors, municipal attorneys, prosecutors, code enforcement practitioners, and their nonprofit and community partners.

Solano Press Books congratulates co-authors Joe Schilling and Doug Leeper, who will serve as faculty at the 10th Annual Strategic Code Enforcement Management Academy (SCEMA) that will be hosted at the University of Memphis Law School, June 10th-12th, 2026. Cross departmental code teams (housing, fire, building, zoning, law, etc.) from the following cities will cover many of the core principles and practices outlined in the Solano Press Strategic Code Enforcement (2025): Baltimore (MD), Baton Rouge (LA), Cleveland (OH), Elk Grove (CA), Jackson, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville (TN), Puerto Rico, Stockton (CA), St. Louis (MO) and Syracuse (NY). In celebration of its 10th year, SCEMA participants and faculty will receive a discount on purchases of the Strategic Code Enforcement.

Authors: Joe Schilling, Douglas Leeper & Diane Silva Martinez

Print Price: $180 plus tax and shipping

Navigating the California Coastal Act

The only book that provides a comprehensive but concise overview and guide to practice under the California Coastal Act. Offers a clear understanding of current substantive standards and procedures—including how development along the coast is defined, where it may be permitted and under what substantive and procedural standards, and how jurisdiction over planning for development and conservation in coastal areas is determined. Practice tips throughout the book suggest ways to work effectively with Coastal Commission staff and present cases to the Commission.

Navigating the California Coastal Act is intended for planners and officials at local, state, and federal agencies, as well as property owners, real estate developers, attorneys and judges, interested citizen activists, and students.

Author: Jana Zimmer

Print price: $80 plus tax and shipping

Also available as an e-book on Amazon

Land Use Planning in California: An Essential Reference

A comprehensive guide to how land use planning works in California. Extensive, easy-to-use cross-references help readers find what they need and understand the connections and interrelationships among a wide range of planning topics. A vital resource for new and seasoned planners; students in planning and related fields; and professionals in public works, architecture, landscape architecture, law, real estate, public health, air quality, water resources, wildfire management, transportation, coastal resources, and climate protection - as well as journalists, community activists, land conservation and historic preservation advocates, and legislative staff.

Author: Thomas Jacobson

Print price: $75 plus tax and shipping

Also available as an e-book on Amazon