The Sacramento Bee

A proposal is quietly advancing for a new upscale resort inside Yosemite Valley's park gates.

The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Coalition forClean Air threatened to sue state agencies on Thursday for failing tomeet California's Smog Check II program emission-reduction goals due tolax regulations and poor enforcement.

Economists are coming up with dollar values for California's most popular beaches. Ammenity valuations could have dramatic impacts on land use decisions.

In an editorial, SACOG's executive director outlines the steps SACOG is taking to ensure that the Sacramento area meets state and federal clean air requirements.

A Placer County plan to conserve open space through a quarter-cent sales tax increase has been approved for the November ballot.

Sacramento Bee editorial praises annual "Fainted Ladies" tour to save historic homes endangered by demolition.

Governor Davis signs far-reaching $6.8-billion transportation plan with a variety of targeted projects throughout the state.

Sacramento Bee asks: Who pays for the costs of pollution -- the polluter or the public? Voters will decide in November.

Placer and Sacramento counties evaluate 18 flood control projects for 100-year flood event.

Both Sacramento and Portland have roughly the same population. So why is Portland so much more "livable?" More importantly, is Portland's smart growth sustainable?

New $250 million University of California campus is looking at innovative ways to deal with environmental and land use concerns while maintaining political support.

Sacramento property owners vote for largest flood control project since Fulsom dam.

San Joaquin counties would have failed new EPA standards; new funds for UC Merced to "enhance environmental stewardship."

Nine-year effort by Pacific Gas and Electric would double the size of Sacramento commuter town by opening up farmland east of the city limits.

SacBee Columnist Dan Walters criticizes the politicized development process for a luxury hotel along the Sacramento River.

How do planners balance smart growth concepts with the University of California's campus development formula?

An unintended consequence of Proposition 13, which limits local governments’ ability to impose taxes, is more State decisionmaking for local planning efforts.

Attempt to bring Sacramento Affordable Housing Requirment in compliance with State mandates likely to be a controversial issue.

Sacramento considers shifting more of the cost of infrastructure required for new development to new homes buyers.

Failed school bond measure forces Folsom Cordova Unified School District to redraw school attendance boundaries to reduce overcrowding