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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.
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.
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.
Deer Create Airport Havoc
Deer are wandering into Humbolt County's airport runways causing risky situations for aircraft.
New Faults Found Off California Coast
Scientists discovered two hidden faults off the California coast capabale of magnitude - 7.6 earthquakes.
CA Voters Want To Slow Growth
The process of initiative and referendum is California’s most peculiar institution. William Fulton explains why.
State Economic Development Programs Ranked
Good Jobs First released an analysis of 122 audits of state economic development programs performed over the last decade.
Virtual Realty: Builders Go High-Tech
Builders are using web technology to enable buyers to choose custom options.
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. "
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.
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.
From the Earth, A Rare Mineral and Controversy
Proposed expansion of the Adirondack quarry operations worries opponents who fear loss of quality of life.
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."
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.
A Step Toward Rational Growth
This Los Angeles Times editorial endorses Assembly Bill 2838 by Speaker Bob Hertzberg, D-Sherman Oaks, which would reform the process by which local governments alter boundaries and authorize municipal services.
California's Housing Crisis Affects Us All
In this L.A. Times opinion article, Jan Breidenbach, executive director of the Southern California Assn. of Nonprofit Housing, and Peter Dreier, Professor of Politics and Public Policy atOccidental College, highlight the plight of low-income families.
Thirteen Cities Most At Risk Of Overbuilding
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has identified the thirteen US cities most at risk of overbuilding.
Presidential Candidates on Sprawl
Presidential candidates' position statements on the Federal role in dealing with sprawl.
11 Hot Spots
Team of journalists visited 11 hot spots around the world to document the consequences of climate change and what they found was startling.
$1.6 Billion To Be Passed For Conservation
Congress agreed on a bill that will provide $1.6 billion in 2001 and $2.4 billion by 2006 for conservation. This is the largest increase ever.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
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.
