The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

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July 19 - Orange County Register

Op Ed Columnist Karen Hershenson bemoans the fate of the Richmond Ferry, currently slated to be discontinued September 17, while offering solutions on how to keep it going.

July 19 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

San Francisco Chronicle editorial questions the trade off between breaking planning laws and bringing desired development into downtown San Francisco.

July 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown Los Angeles is drawing the interest of dot-coms looking for lower rents.

July 19 - Wall St. Journal

The Torres-Martinez Indian Tribe have yet to be compensated for land they lost almost ninety years ago. Mary Bono's new bill may fix that.

July 19 - Desert Sun Palm Springs

Groundbreaking partnership could be a model for other water districts, even though plan raises the specter of Owen's Valley takeover in the movie "Chinatown."

July 19 - Bakersfield Californian

Before the mid-20th century no one would have thought to ask such a question. The market power of cities was manifest.

July 19 - The Brookings Institution

San Joaquin farming town hedges future on theme park and European villages despite warnings that plan is doomed.

July 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The California Coastal Conservancy is pursuing a proposal to restore a twelve mile stretch of the Santa Clara River to its natural state.

July 19 - The Los Angeles Times

A 4,413-acre mountain ranch in California's Mount Hamilton range will be acquired by the Nature Conservancy and will become park of a State Park.

July 18 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

In Redwood City, CA, a downtown cinema complex is being designed to blend in with surrounding historic buildings, but also comes with a five story garage.

July 18 - San Jose Mercury News

Job growth in Los Angeles and Orange Counties has resulted in housing prices reaching an all-time high.

July 18 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Caltrain is planning an extra rail line to halve the commute time from San Francisco to San Jose.

July 18 - San Jose Mercury News

San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose have the most known leaking tank sites, with more than 1,000 each.

July 18 - The Stockton Record

Additional power for northern California will be delivered by a floating power plant from Texas.

July 18 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The marginalization of urban policies is in part a response to the diminishing political influence of cities after decades of depopulation and suburban growth.

July 18 - The Brookings Institution

Farmers and environmentalists have begun experiments aimed at eventually restoring the river, which runs dry in the summer since the Friant dam was built in the 1940s.

July 18 - The Fresno Bee

The housing boom has come to Oakland, and officials are afraid that affordable housing will be the first to be lost.

July 18 - The San Francisco Chronicle

New state water study lists California's worst water polluters with San Francisco topping the list.

July 18 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

A casino planned in the mountain community of Coarsegold, CA, near the Yosemite National Park, has been delayed due to environmental concerns.

July 17 - The San Diego Union-Tribune