There is a flood of new ballot measures on local development headed for municipal ballots in California. News of four such measures is below. I'll be moderating a Zocalo LA panel on this phenomenon on May 27 at 7 p.m. at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park in Los Angeles.

Voters in LA county will decide whether to charge themselves a global warming fee.

The Conejo Valley teachers union sides with Home Depot, and opposes a ballot initiative backed by a local chain of hardware stores that would limit big box development in Thousand Oaks.

A classic Santa Monica battle over a proposed ballot measure that would limit the size and imprint of commercial development.

Here's a report on a new local ballot initiative filed in an attempt to limit growth in Grass Valley. (That's in Nevada County, northern California).

And a bonus item from Arizona, cultural colony of California: Paradise Valley can't approve a Ritz without a referendum.