The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Flood-Protection Plan Gaining Favor
$27 Million plan to provide flood protection and save lizard habitat in Thousand Palms, California.
BART Fight Is On
Silicon Valley opposes a mandated fee while Assemblyman looks to annexation in BART extension to San Jose.
Ecologists Yielding To Nature
As wildfires rage, some activists say portions ofwoodlands should be thinned.
Wanted: Fast Growing Technology Company
The booming success of e-commerce and the accompanying revenue it generates for the cities where it locates has made dot.coms the businesses to have in your community.
California's Housing Policies Create Slums
As California's population continues to grow, the state's housing policies result in acute housing shortages that create the nation's largest slums in California.
Experts Seek Costly Thinning of Forests
Experts warn that decades of fire suppression have let so much fuel accumulate, the West faces catastrophe.
Backwater Considers Cityhood Again
The first California community to give up cityhood 32 years may consider reincorporation.
Farmers Oppose Rural Land Initiative
Sonoma County's farming community has announced its opposition to a rural land initiative that aims to prevent large-scale development on agricultural land.
U.S. Acts to Tighten Protection of Wetlands
Officials claim EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued new rules with tighterrestrictions in efforts to close a loophole that allowed the destructionof 20,000 acres of wetlands and an additional 150 miles of streams.
Activists Unite on Housing
Representatives from the Sierra Club, the Sonoma CountyHousing Advocacy Group, Greenbelt Alliance and the Sonoma County FaithBased Coalition signed an agreement promotingcooperation among environmentalist and affordable housing advocates.
Report Is Tough On Dioxin Data
A report released by Communities for a Better Environmentasserts that water quality regulators have drastically underestimatedthe amount of dioxin pollution produced by oil refineries in the BayArea.
San Francisco's Dot-com Blight
San Francisco residents are protesting technology companies, which have shut out families, artists' groups and nonprofits from low-rent neighborhoods.
Businesses Frustrated With Relocation Effort
A year after San Jose approved a plan to build a City Hallcomplex downtown and help area business owners relocate, businesses are yet to find new places.
LA's Chinatown Becomes BID
Merchants and property owners vote 56-43 to create a Business Improvement Zone in Chinatown. Some are not happy with this decision.
Telco Hotels Worry Cities
Even as California cities rush to restrain the spread of "telco hotels," investors can't get enough of them.
Blitzkrieg Development
Orange County's most powerful builder plans to develop 7,000 acres of unincorporated east Orange with stripmalls and multifamily apartments, condos and houses.
NPS Sued Over Yosemite Management Plan
Environmental groups sue National Park Service over Merced River management plan.
El Toro Lease Still Up In Air
Negotiations with the Navy snag on potential environmental problems with base reuse.
Huge Developer Catellus Restructuring
Real estate: With a surge in major urban projects, the developer has the potential to boost its earnings, analysts say.
A Metro Aqua Line?
A Metro Aqua Line on the Westside? A civic group decided to promote transportation dialogue by posting 8 MTA-like signs showing westside stations.
Smith Gee Studio
City of Charlotte
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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