The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

CNN presents a special report on where George W. Bush and Al Gore stand on issues like smart growth and urban sprawl.

October 4 - CNN

L.A.Times op-ed wonders if "when Houston got the pro football expansion team that L.A. was angling for, it got the L.A. air to go along with it."

October 4 - The Los Angeles Times

After decades of building suburban landscapes that are designed to get rid of water, Massachusetts is taking steps to stem the flow.

October 4 - The Boston Globe

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.

October 3 - San Jose Mercury News

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.

October 3 - The Los Angeles Times

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.

October 3 - The Los Angeles Times

Deer are wandering into Humbolt County's airport runways causing risky situations for aircraft.

October 3 - The Sacramento Bee

Scientists discovered two hidden faults off the California coast capabale of magnitude - 7.6 earthquakes.

October 3 - Orange County Register

The process of initiative and referendum is California’s most peculiar institution. William Fulton explains why.

October 3 - California Planning and Development Report

Good Jobs First released an analysis of 122 audits of state economic development programs performed over the last decade.

October 3 - Electronic Policy Network

Builders are using web technology to enable buyers to choose custom options.

October 3 - The Los Angeles Times

The next generation of National Parks will "commemorate less-pristinelandscapes, as well as recognize overlooked and ignoble moments of history. "

October 3 - The Christian Science Monitor

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.

October 3 - HUD News

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.

October 2 - Greenpeace

Proposed expansion of the Adirondack quarry operations worries opponents who fear loss of quality of life.

October 2 - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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."

October 2 - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Landowners pushing the North Livermore development plan presented a $50 million transit proposal to Livermore city and county planning commissions on Tuesday.

October 2 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

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.

October 2 - The Los Angeles Times

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.

October 2 - The Los Angeles Times

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has identified the thirteen US cities most at risk of overbuilding.

October 2 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation