Government / Politics
Colorodo Grapples With Growth
Colorado lawmakers gather to discuss sprawl-related legislation.
All We Wanted Were Directions
The long and twisting road to getting signs installed in a city with 22 million visitors a year.
Los Angeles With A Borough System?
What would happen if Los Angeles took a lesson from New York City and developed a federation of boroughs? Would it work?
Are Bush's Appointments Anti Environment?
Bush's Choices for Energy, Interior Secretaries are condemned by a conservation group as a step backwards.
Planning News From Washington
APA publishes it's January legislative update on public policy issues of interest to planners and communities.
Rust Belt's Clout Crumbles Further
The Rust Belt lost a crucial component of its political clout, as the Census Bureau released the first numbers from its 2000 census.
How LA Escaped California's Energy Crisis
Los Angeles' Department of Water & Power is a poster-child of success while California experiences a full-fledged energy crisis.
Suburbs Keep Their Census Identity
A federal ruling put an end to the idea of classifying cities together as "megapolitan areas" for census data.
First Census 2000 Results: Live Webcast
First Census 2000 results announced in a live webcast at 11:00 a.m. EST.
APA Director Retires
Executive Director Frank So will retire from the American Planning Association on March 30, 2000.
US Government's 50 Greatest Achievements
The Brookings Institute has compiled a list of the US government's greatest achievements in the last 50 years.
Can Los Angeles Be Split In Two?
Income versus expenditures for services is causing disputes already as the study about the breakup of L.A. begins.
Advertising On City Websites?
Honolulu became the first known city to accept advertising on its website. Here's what other cities are saying...
Los Angeles: Hapless Giant?
Columnist Dan Walters asks: Is LA's political clout clouded by a population that is heavily low-income?
A Sewer Runs Through it
A story of raw sewage, public health, environmental justice, and politics.
APA Poll Finds Support For Managing Growth
The results of the American Planning Association poll show broad public support for a federal Smart Growth Agenda.
City Won't Take Mall Stores
Huntington Beach City Council blocks the use of eminent domain to makeover aging mall.
Goodbye To Hollywood?
The study begins to see if Hollywood can afford independence. The vote to secede may come in 2002.
Neighborhood Councils: Good News-Bad News
An editorial discusses the disparity between affluent and poor neighborhoods in the creation of neighborhood councils.
Do Voters Support Open Space?
A report on last week's election from the Land Trust Alliance shows that citizens votedoverwhelmingly for parks and open space.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
