Housing
A Downtown LA Revival
Downtown is experiencing a major revival, but there is disagreement over whether it should be the cultural and historical hub of Los Angeles.
Eyesore or Landmark?
Morro Bay, CA, is divided over the removal of power plant smokestacks as "one resident's blemish is another's beauty mark."
Nature Needs Urban Limits
Columnist makes an argument in defense of urban limits following Contra Costa County's redrawing of its urban limit lines.
Testing The Limit...In Court
City of Brentwood, CA, decides to challenge the environmental justifications put forth by Contra Costa County for redrawing the urban development limit line.
Livin' on the Dock of the Bay
Silicon Valley's soaring housing prices are driving home-seekers to "floating homes" to escape highrents or mortages.
Building Permits Increase -- But Will Housing?
Good news for those struggling with California's housing shortage -- multifamily building permits shot up in June to it's highest level in a decade.
SF's New Waterfront Sports Arena?
The idea of building a waterfront sports arena in San Francisco is starting to become more than just talk...
County Limits Monster Homes on Coast
California's San Mateo County votes to limit thesize of single-family houses on unincoporated landalong the coast.
Nonresidential Construction Healthy
For the first 6 months of 2000, new industrial construction in Los Angeles has inched back into the positive column, with permit values up by 2.6%.
Better Residential Structural Design
The Residential Structural Design Guide documents improvements in structural engineering for housing design and performance.
Innovative Inner-City Infill Housing Venture
Fomer HUD Secretary Cisneros and home builder Kaufman & Broad will joint venture to build infill projects in central city areas.
HUD Grants For 28 Cities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it has awardednearly $564 million to 28 cities and the Virgin Islands in its latest round of grants to replace orrenovate some of the nation's worst public housing.
Homebuilding Strong in June
There was a 9.9% increase over the year in total housing permits issued in California. Permits for multi-family units jumped 127.4% over June 1999.
Riverside's New Traffic Impact Fees
Cities in western Riverside County are proposing to improve area roads by having developers pay traffic impact fees.
Redevelopment Plan for East Palo Alto
Developers plan to attract high-tech and bio-tech firms, restaurants, and stores to 130 acres of bay shore land.
What Cities Need To Know About Green Power
Green energy comes from environmentally preferable, renewable resources like the sun and wind. Western City Magazine explains why cities should care.
LA's Water Replenishment District
New Times LA features an expose on the LA Water Replenishment District, which was a nice, quite bureaucracy for years...
End Of The Line For L.A. River Park
LA Weekly comes out against the first major decision of the new Area Planning Commission.
San Francisco's Dot-Compromise
Mayor to unveil a proposal intended to balance needs of the high-tech industry with residents' concern for their neighborhooods.
Will Housing Costs Harm Silicon Valley?
As housing rents soar in Silicon Valley experts debate whether housing costs will harm the Silicon Valley economy.
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
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
