The San Diego Union-Tribune

This article presents readers with several questions to determine whether or not they live in smart-growth neighborhood.

Speakers at the New Partners for Smart Growth conference say smart growth can improve security.

Logan Jenkins says "smart growth" is actually "old growth."

This article profiles Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening, one of the nation's most prominent voices in the smart-growth movement.

The state Legislature will begin to review a bill that would create a regional government agency that would deal with transportation and land use issues.

Housing advocates in San Diego, CA, are calling for more housing that working people can afford.

The San Diego County Taxpayers Association reports on transportation, growth, infrastructure and finance issues of the county.

The City of San Diego, CA is criticized for failing to address chronic sewage spills.

Los Angeles county and city officials say a major billboard company has violated ordinances by installing billboards along freeways.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepares a proposal to rehabilitate a 16-mile stretch of the Santa Clara River that supports threatnened species.

Though Silicon Valley has created millionaires it has also generated sky-rocketing housing prices, sprawl, and traffic congestion.

Three foundations have emerged as some of the biggest advocates of smart growth.

The San Diego Association of Governments has forecast a growth slowdown in San Diego County, CA, but warned that the county still faces a housing crisis.

A report by conservation biologists says a 23,000-acre area in southern Orange County, CA, should be protected at all costs due to its importance as wildlife habitat.

As California's population climbs past 34 million people, a heralded decade of recycling and trash diversion is being overtaken by unceasing population growth.

Local housing advocates and policymakers from SanDiego's central-city community met during a half-day forum toaddress how older neighborhoods will meet the region'sexpected population growth of 1 million people.

A bill that would require developers to prove they have adequate water for major subdivisions is now in the hands of Gov. Gray Davis.

An effort to rebuild the World Trade Center towers will face economic and security challenges.

A passed bill for environmental clean-up of small contaminated sites may revitalize blighted neighborhoods and slow sprawl.

A new lighting system for the Jefferson Memorial will reduce electricity requirements by 80 percent.