Community / Economic Development

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo announced $21million in funding to Los Angeles County for economic development projects in the City of Commerceand West Hollywood, a move that will create almost 1,700 jobs and stimulate more than

San Jose is about to launch a massive residential renewal effort by establishing neighborhoodadvisory groups to identify needs and set priorities.

Companies in older neighborhoods are working with corporate, government, police and community leaders to reduce crime by building more sustainable neighborhoods.

After leading the nation into a sweeping deregulation of the electric industry, California's electrical system is on the verge of failure.

Santa Monica used to be a haven for artists. But high rents are driving many away, and the city isn’t doing much to keep them.

The resale housing market in California continues to chug along, according to the latest data from the California Association of Realtors.

A record 67.2 percent of American households owned their own homes in the second quarter of 2000 – once again shattering all previous records.

California Trade and Commerce program recognizes nine commuities with California Main Street certification.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo awarded a$34.4 million grant to the Housing Authority of the City of Oakland, CA, that will be used to provide housing for 329 families and to demolish 178 deteriorated public housing apartments.

The Ventura Freeway Corridor, which stretches from Glendale to Ventura, is the latest region to try to get itself on the high-tech map.

East Palo Alto, CA, residents worked for six months to craft a proposal that was awarded a $4.5 million Hewlett Foundation Grant to help bring affordable housing, jobs, and technology training to the city's residents.

Communities face cultural differences, economic resentment, and competition for services in a fast-changing economy and shifting demographics.

The community neighboring the vacant Cornfield site in Chinatown is in desperate need of parks, schools and jobs--priorities that are often in conflict with each other.

San Francisco Chronical editorial highlights poorplanning, an unstable market and a booming economy as the major culpritsin the power crisis that has hit San Diego residents the hardest and hasbeen felt by areas across the state.

Disney is developing a dramatic set of projects that coincide with the expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center and vast infrastructure improvements.

In 1994 Lucy Blake, former director of the CA League of Conservation Voters, founded the Sierra Business Council for which she recently received $500,000 as a MacArthur Fellow.

Gated communities may not be the utopian haven they were designed to be.

San Jose neighborhood leads city's community upgrading effort.

California reflects the nation's changing demographic, economic, and political realities. California practically invented the "metroplex" concept.

A new report by the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy tracks welfare caseloads in the 89 counties that contain the 100 largest U.S. cities.