The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

California State Senator Bowen offers perspective on whether deregulation is the answer to this summer's shocking electricity price hikes in San Diego.

October 29 - The Metro Investment Report

State Librarian, Kevin Starr, chronicles the history of California's varied regions.

October 29 - The Planning Report

"Oregon's story demonstrates that a city, region or state is unlikely to seriously tackle a thorny dilemma such as suburban sprawl unless a political leader assumes the perilous role of the white knight."

October 29 - The Cincinnati Post

The Neighborhood Watch Early Warning system is a web-based software application that helps HUD staff andlenders identify originating and sponsoring lenders, loan characteristics and geographic areas that have a highincidence of single family insured m

October 29 - HUD News

A report from the World Resources Institutewarns that the world's freshwater systems are sothreatened that they may have difficulty sustaining life, withincreasing water shortages for human use and the extinction of a varietyof freshwater species.

October 28 - Environmental News Network

An editorial discusses the recurrence of the California water wars. Everyone thought peace was established in June. It was short-lived.

October 28 - The Los Angeles Times

Measure A, a ballot measure sponsored by the ValleyTransportation Authority that would implement a30 year half-cent sales tax to be used for transportation projects, hasbeen criticized for not doing enough to alleviate congestion.

October 28 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Transit Chief with 25 years experience and a reputation for accomplishment does not hold degrees listed résumé.

October 28 - The Houston Chronicle

Metro Investment Report presents an insider's candid review of what happens when a former environmental advocate finds himself working from the inside.

October 28 - The Metro Investment Report

U.S. Fish and Wildlife may designate the entire city of Dublin as a critical habitat for the red-legged frog.

October 28 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

What is Prop. 35? Why have private companies contributed $11.5 million to try to convince voters to approve it?

October 28 - Los Angeles Daily News

Phil Angelides advances smart, equitable investment in urban infrastructure in his first year as California's State Treasurer.

October 28 - The Planning Report

The percent of Americans who own their homes hit a record high 67.7 percent in the third quarterof 2000.

October 28 - HUD News

Environmentalists criticize a proposed compromise involving an exchange of 2,500 acres of public land for 131,000 acres to expand artillery training.

October 27 - The New York Times

In Mexico, the Organization fo Peasant Farmer Ecologists is fighting for the environment ...and their lives.

October 27 - The New York Times

A meeting organized by San Diego county Supervisors Ron Robertsand Greg Cox to design a regional effort to clean the county's beaches,rivers, streams, and watersheds was boycotted by environmental groups on Oct 18th.

October 27 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

Georgia wants to run it's commuter rail on the lines owned by the freight carriers. The freight carriers don't care. A recipe for disaster?

October 27 - Wall St. Journal

The Planning Report interviews Ellen Oppenheim and her reponse to the Trust for Public Land and Urban Land Institute's recent report.

October 27 - The Planning Report

New report tackles a pollution puzzle: while other pollutants drop on weekends, smog-causing ozone levels actually increase over the weekend in certain parts of California.

October 27 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance has released the first Southern California Technology Innovation Index.

October 27 - Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance