Sacramento Votes For Flood Assessment
Sacramento property owners vote for largest flood control project since Fulsom dam.
The Sacramento Bee
LA's Porter Ranch Downsized and Approved
Porter Ranch requests and receives approval for scaled-back development from Los Angeles Planning Commisssion.
The Los Angeles Times
Cities Choose Renewable Energy Sources
Oakland, Santa Monica and Palmdale have become the first cities in the state to choose "green power."
The Los Angeles Times
Pasadena's Urban Investment Priorities
Pasadena's Mayor Bill Bogaard discusses 710 Freeway expansion, his vision for alternative transit, Pasadena's power company. and how to maintain a high quality of life.
The Metro Investment Report
TRPA Lifts Tahoe Construction Ban
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) has lifted a limited ban on condominium construction in the Tahoe Basin.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Congestion Relief Plan... Or Pork?
CP&DR Editor Bill Fulton suggests that Governor Davis' new Congestion Relief Plan is "called a plan, but it looks a lot like pork."
California Planning and Development Report
HUD Announces $100 Million Urban Investment
Vice President Al Gore and Housing and Urban Development Secretary AndrewCuomo today announced that a new $10 million Community Empowerment initiative will generate upto $100 million to help revitalize some of the nation's most distressed urban neighb
HUD News
San Jose Funding for Affordable Housing
San Jose City Council approved $150 million funding for 2,056 new affordable homes.
San Jose Mercury News
New Report Supports BART Expansion to San Jose
Report suggests that BART expansion from Fremont to San Jose would lure 44,800 commuters onto BART.
The San Francisco Chronicle
Clash over North Coast's Redwoods
Pacific Lumber, environmentalists clash over loggingin the last unprotected area within the Headwaters Forest Reserve in California's North Coast.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
BART Extension Plan in Jeopardy?
A sales tax to fund a BART extension to San Jose may be in jeopardy after the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors gave it a lukewarm endorsement.
San Jose Mercury News
Zoning Approved for Shoreline Hotel
Mountain View, California, approveszoning changes to make way for a hotel complex that could add to rush-hour traffic problems.
San Jose Mercury News
Plan to Dump Runoff In Delta Dropped
Controversial plan to drain agricultural runoff into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is rejected.
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Future of Transportation
Will the need for mobility or the need for community define the future of transportation? Christopher Lee examines the future of transportation over the next 25 years.
Urban Land Magazine
San Jose Downtown Growth
High demand for office space in the Silicon Valley willdramatically impact San Jose's downtown skyline where plans for 10 new high-rises are in the works.
San Jose Mercury News
Long Beach Approves $100 Million Project
Long Beach City Council approved the $100 Million Queensway Bay Project which includesa waterfront entertainment, dining and retail complex.
Long Beach Press-Telegram
$9 Billion for Housing Programs
State Agency Will Finance Homes for 64,600 Families Over Five Years.
State of California, Office of the Governor
California's Coastline At Risk
FEMA report says erosion will destroy 5,000 homes along California' coast over next 60 years.
The Los Angeles Times
Indian Casinos Sweep Across The State
With the approval last March of a statewide initiative and the signing of a pact between the governor’s office and 63 Indian tribes, development of Indian casinos is taking off.
California Planning and Development Report
Chief Operating Officer Discusses MTA
An insider's look how the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Agency is dealing with the Consent Decree's ruling and regaining the public's trust.
The Metro Investment Report
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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