The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Historic Buildings and Digital Technology
Today's digital technology is helping us care for historic buildings.
Cities and the Presidential Election
To create real change, and to help cities become strong and competitive, government officials need to think differently about urban policy.
Indio Building Project Abandoned
A new building aimed at boosting city of Indio's downtownrevitalization efforts is abandoned.
Toads Vs. Developers
One of the largest housing developments in Los Angeles County historyis held up by a nearly extinct toad.
County to Pay for State Highway
A California county will have to pay a large sharefor widening a state highway as Caltrans now hasless discretion on how it spends its money.
NASA Plans for Moffet Field
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will hold public hearingsconcerning their plans for a large shared-use educational and research-and-development campus at Moffett Fieldin Mountain View, California.
Counties, Cities, Gain Little from Surpluses
Local governments in California that suffered in last decade say they are not gaining much in recent good times.
Who Pays for Pollution?
Sacramento Bee asks: Who pays for the costs of pollution -- the polluter or the public? Voters will decide in November.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Playa Vista
New Times LA takes an irreverent look at Playa Vista and the Los Angeles City Council.
LA's New Money Train Just Left the Station
LA City Councilwoman Gallanter comes out strongly against SCAG's maglev transportation proposal.
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.
The Greening of California
An awareness, and perhaps fear, of urban sprawl is causing a dramatic policy shift toward thinking green -- even in places like Los Angeles.
Feng Shui Fashionable
A working knowledge of this ancient system is turning out to be essential in some high end property sales.
Stockton Criticizes Water Rules
Stockton officials criticize the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board saying complex pollution rules could prove costly for businesses.
Surprise Inspections For Residential Developers
The Department of Industrial Relations has launched a new policy of monthly surprise sweeps of residential-tract construction sites.
CA's Rail Plan: MagLev Here We Come
SCAG's proposal for the nation's first magnetic levitation train is delivered to Federal Rail Administration; it will compete with nine other cities.
Fresno Named All-American City
"Raisin Capital" is named as an All-American City by the National Civic League. Santa Clarita is runner-up.
Avila Beach: Oil Or Tourism?
Heavily contaminated by decades as an oil port, Avila Beach is undergoing a massive cleanup effort and hopes to become a tourist destination. Will it succeed?
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.
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.
