The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

San Diego County U.S. Reps. Randy Cunningham, Brian Bilbray andDuncan Hunter introduced the Energy Efficient Building Incentives Act,H.R. 5345, which would offer tax incentives to builders who makeenergy-efficient buildings.

October 6 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

In the midst of the worst state power crisis in memory, a private utility isproposing to construct a 550 megawatt plant in an area with the most pollutedair in LA County.

October 6 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The San Diego County Water Authority released thestate-mandated 2000 Urban Water Management Plan, which predicts that theregion will use 30% more water by 2020.

October 6 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

Though they have built them rapidly and at impressive scales, Americans have rarely cherished their cities.

October 6 - Urban Land Magazine

Appeals by the Building Industry Association and some LA County cities to lower standards for urban runoff have been rejected.

October 6 - The Los Angeles Times

A judge has ruled that zoning does not allow for an amphitheater to be built at the Getty Villa art museum in Pacific Palisades.

October 6 - The Los Angeles Times

The small town of Hastings, Minnesota, has found an economic development savior in a 50-year old "enterprise facilitiator."

October 6 - Wall St. Journal

Study finds Chromium 6, the chemical that was at the center of the film "Erin Brockovich", is found throughout Los Angeles County.

October 6 - The Los Angeles Times

The California Farm Bureau Federation, the state's leadingagricultural organization, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Fresnoagainst 18 state and federal agencies who have worked on the CalFedplan.

October 6 - San Jose Mercury News

'Science Friday' focuses on the battle over a plan to artificially alter the seasonal flow of the Mississippi River.

October 6 - Science Friday

CNN features an in-depth debate between Peter Calthorpe, promoting new urbanism, and Peter Gordon and Harry Richardson defending sprawl.

October 5 - CNN

Treated wastewater to be used on public lands, landscaping and golf courses.

October 5 - The Denver Post

An assessment of the presidential candidates environmental positions.

October 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Gov. Gray Davis signed Bill 329, legislation by state Sen.Steve Peace, D-Chula Vista, that creates an 11 member San Diego RegionalGovernment Efficiency Commission.

October 5 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

"Why can't Los Angeles and Southern California have a world-class transportation system like other great cities?"

October 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Bruce Mau Design wants his architecture company to evolve like the projects he creates -- more naturally to maintain the ecology.

October 5 - Fast Company

Information technologies will be the principal force shaping economic development in the 21st century.

October 5 - Urban Land Magazine

In the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, economists warn thatCalifornia's current economic prosperity may be threatened by the slowpace of home building in the state.

October 5 - The Los Angeles Times

'Talk of the Nation' focuses on smart growth, sprawl, density, legislating communities, urban environmentalism and what makes cities "livable".

October 5 - National Public Radio

Massive farms housing internet servers and networking equipment needed to sustain e-commerce are creating problems for "local jurisdictions forced to deal with the sudden spike in demand for power."

October 5 - Government Technology