Land Use
Attack of the Killer Billboards
Monster billboards are becoming the bane of San Francisco planners, wher huge dot-com billboards are being hoised without permits.
Old Mill Camp May See Chips Fly Yet Again
Somoa, a former mill town 300 miles north of San Francisco, has offered itself for sale as an opportunity for historic preservation or affordable housing.
San Francisco: Redeveloping the Rules?
San Francisco Chronicle editorial questions the trade off between breaking planning laws and bringing desired development into downtown San Francisco.
Oakland's Plan to Save Affordable Housing
The housing boom has come to Oakland, and officials are afraid that affordable housing will be the first to be lost.
Anaheim, Garden Grove Duel Over Hotels
Anaheim has been slow to react to a Disney expansion, but neighboring Garden Grove has moved quickly to meet the need for new hotels.
Fresno's Parking Lot Boom
Fresno County has 443,000 licensed drivers -- and almost as many parking spaces. Is it time to change zoning codes?
GAO Report Slams Land Exchange Programs
GAO finds land exchange programs are rife for abuse by developers and timber companies, and suggests that federal agencies discontinue the programs.
Housing or Health Care - Choose One
Palo Alto, CA, planners suggest evicting doctors, dentists, and medical practitioners near Stanford University to make room for housing.
Gambling On a Gaming Future
A small tribe in San Diego County is planning a casino to bring in money for housing and a health clinic but some residents don't think it is a good idea.
Creating a Tech Hub in Orange County
The Irvine Company has helped to breathe new life into a $300-million, 185-acre technology park that will serve as Orange County's tech hub.
Casinos Bloom in Palm Springs
Palm Springs, California, the desert hideaway of the rich and famous, is seeing a boom in casinos that is upsetting residents and businesses that do not want to see their city turn into another Las Vegas.
Connect Transportation and Land Use
Failure to recognize the connection between land use and transportation threatens the region's economic future and quality of life.
Taming Metropolitan Growth
Feature article in the Brookings Review focuses on how to tame metropolitan growth -- what must government do?
Disney: A Bumpy Ride in Glendale
Impacts of Disney's proposed "creative campus" on a 125-acre site in Glendale are released in a draft environmental review.
Toads Vs. Developers
One of the largest housing developments in Los Angeles County historyis held up by a nearly extinct toad.
Who Pays for Pollution?
Sacramento Bee asks: Who pays for the costs of pollution -- the polluter or the public? Voters will decide in November.
Placer's Flood Control Proposal
Placer and Sacramento counties evaluate 18 flood control projects for 100-year flood event.
Weeds at El Toro
The former El Toro Marine base in Orange County should have been a cargo airport already. Instead, the county is losing money just trying to maintain the empty airfield.
Surprise Inspections For Residential Developers
The Department of Industrial Relations has launched a new policy of monthly surprise sweeps of residential-tract construction sites.
Tri-Valley's Urban Growth Boundaries
Some of the strictest anti-growth initiatives in the nation are headed for the November ballot in the Tri-Valley area of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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
