Planners, artists talk live-work spaces
Based on recent input from local artists, the Planning Commission will request a year-long extension of a moratorium on artist live-work projects in Laguna Canyon to conduct more research. A commission subcommittee has scheduled three public workshops to resolve issues that have plagued the ordinance.

Professor: Housing market back to normal in 2014
In fact, it wasn’t all bad news this week on the housing front. A report on Tuesday — the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index of major cities — shows prices in July climbed for the fourth month in a row. Prices rose 0.9% in July compared with June, but they’re still 4.

ARTISTS
Outer Laguna Canyon was annexed in the early 1990s. Zoning was approved to preserve existing uses as much as possible, Planning Commissioner Norm Grossman said. Those uses included the sale of sheepskins, home businesses, kennels, a religious compound that was later converted to a school, car repair shops and residential projects.

JERGLER
And those who can afford the minimum 20% down payment required to buy a home nowadays, and if they have a golden credit report, have very little interest in buying now thanks to low expectations of appreciation in the price of homes for some time to come.