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Thousands of Public Housing Units to Be Razed

"As many as 7 percent of the Chicago Housing Authority's 38,000 public units will be demolished next year, and 1,000 units will be built or renovated under a plan for the first full year of the agency's overhaul."

October 4 - The Chicago Tribune

The Inner City And The Urban Future

The American city in the 21st Century: the view from Camden.

October 4 - Urban Land Magazine

Dot-Com Boom Makes S.F. a War Zone

As high-tech firms invade into San Francisco's Mission District and drive out longtime residents and hike up the rents, protestors demonstrate against the dot-com "colonization" with street theater and vandalism.

October 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Presidential Candidates On Smart Growth

CNN presents a special report on where George W. Bush and Al Gore stand on issues like smart growth and urban sprawl.

October 4 - CNN

Houston, You Have A Problem

L.A.Times op-ed wonders if "when Houston got the pro football expansion team that L.A. was angling for, it got the L.A. air to go along with it."

October 4 - The Los Angeles Times


Mass. Taking Steps To Stem Water Waste

After decades of building suburban landscapes that are designed to get rid of water, Massachusetts is taking steps to stem the flow.

October 4 - The Boston Globe

Counties File Suit Over Water Plan

The Regional Council of Rural Counties filed suit on Tuesday in the Sacramento Superior Court against the CalFed water accord, claiming that it is a cloaked effort to take control over northern groundwater and funnel it to southern water districts.

October 3 - San Jose Mercury News


Transit Village: MTA's Newest Plan

Live, shop, hang out--all within a quarter mile of the metro transportation you use to get to work. Some villages are underway, with others planned.

October 3 - The Los Angeles Times

Debate Flares Over Property Tax Caps

Despite supporters' assertions that new legislation linked to Prop. 39 caps the amount property taxes can be raised to fund a school bond, opponents argue that the legislation would actually eliminate the caps.

October 3 - The Los Angeles Times

Deer Create Airport Havoc

Deer are wandering into Humbolt County's airport runways causing risky situations for aircraft.

October 3 - The Sacramento Bee

New Faults Found Off California Coast

Scientists discovered two hidden faults off the California coast capabale of magnitude - 7.6 earthquakes.

October 3 - Orange County Register

CA Voters Want To Slow Growth

The process of initiative and referendum is California’s most peculiar institution. William Fulton explains why.

October 3 - California Planning and Development Report

State Economic Development Programs Ranked

Good Jobs First released an analysis of 122 audits of state economic development programs performed over the last decade.

October 3 - Electronic Policy Network

Virtual Realty: Builders Go High-Tech

Builders are using web technology to enable buyers to choose custom options.

October 3 - The Los Angeles Times

Next Generation of National Parks

The next generation of National Parks will "commemorate less-pristinelandscapes, as well as recognize overlooked and ignoble moments of history. "

October 3 - The Christian Science Monitor

Experts Meet To Solve U.S. Housing Problems

Top U.S. housing experts meet to examine the federal government's critical role in ensuring an adequate supply of affordable, decent and safe housing for the nation.

October 3 - HUD News

Make All Future Olympics Green

Greenpeace presented the IOC with a new set of environmental guidelines - an updated and tougher version of those developed in 1993 for Sydney's Olympics.

October 2 - Greenpeace

From the Earth, A Rare Mineral and Controversy

Proposed expansion of the Adirondack quarry operations worries opponents who fear loss of quality of life.

October 2 - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Kansas City, North, is Growing

Kansas City, north is growing; "city leaders,planners and residents say this may be the last chance for the city to get it right with smart growth."

October 2 - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Landowners To Unveil Transit Overhaul Plan

Landowners pushing the North Livermore development plan presented a $50 million transit proposal to Livermore city and county planning commissions on Tuesday.

October 2 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

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