Government / Politics
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.
California Cities Make The Grade
See how the Golden State's cities stack up in this report card of the 35 largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
Repealing Oregon's Land Use System
Opponents of measure 7 say it's a radical and deceptive scheme to dismantle Oregon's environmental and land-use legacy.
Ballot Box Planning Initiatives By State
The Brookings Institute presents a preliminary survey of state-wide ballot initiatives and key local initiatives that impact smart growth.
Prop. 35 Pits Public Vs. Private Engineers
State architects and engineers and private firms are battlingto determine the outcome of Proposition 35, an initiative that wouldlift restrictions on the state and allow it to contract out to privatecompanies for public projects
Growth Control Ads Go For Emotions
Colorado's beauty is what unites both sides of the growth control debate. The similarities end there.
California Voters Face Quality of Life Issues
Californians face a myriad of local initiatives addressing 'quality of life' issues- specifically traffic, housing, and open space; these measures will have a longstanding affect on future land-use decisions statewide.
Gore Goes Green
Threatened by Nader's popularity, Vice President Gore emphasizes environment in stump speeches.
Is Deregulation Still the Answer?
California State Senator Bowen offers perspective on whether deregulation is the answer to this summer's shocking electricity price hikes in San Diego.
Millions Ride on Prop. 35
What is Prop. 35? Why have private companies contributed $11.5 million to try to convince voters to approve it?
Smart, Equitable Investment
Phil Angelides advances smart, equitable investment in urban infrastructure in his first year as California's State Treasurer.
Open Space, Urban Sprawl On Ballots Around The Bay
Local growth control measures will be on 50 ballots statewidein the November elections, and several Bay Area cities in particularwill be voting on whether to enact strict measures to limit developmentand preserve open space.
Housing Q&A With Presidential Candidates
The National Association of Home Builders presents a Housing Q&A with the presidential candidates.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
