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Real Estate/Development,
Construction,
Transportation

Jan. 10, 2018

SB 680: Transit-oriented development projects near BART

Senate Bill 680 extends the boundaries within which BART can pursue commercial, residential or mixed-use development from a quarter mile to a half-mile of its stations.

Amara Morrison

Partner
Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP

Email: amorrison@wendel.com

Amara practices land use, environmental law and public agency law. Morrison was previously a city attorney for the cities of Walnut Creek and Livermore where she worked extensively on the BART to Livermore project before joining private practice.

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This past July, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 680, which extends the boundaries within which BART can pursue commercial, residential or mixed-use development from a quarter mile to a half-mile of its stations. SB 680 has now been codified as Public Utilities Code Section 29010.3.

BART estimates that extending the distance from a quarter mile to a half-mile (typically, a 10-minute walk) could result in the construction ...

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