California
Brentwood Residents Recoil Over Barbed Wire Fence
In a wealthy Los Angeles enclave, an unsightly fence is prompting questions from local residents.
Report: Caltrans Models, Which Guide Billions in Transportation Funding, are Inaccurate and Outdated
Many of the predictive models used by California’s transportation agency fail to account for post-pandemic travel patterns and induced demand.
California Cuts Funding for E-bike Rebates
The state cancelled an upcoming round of applications for the wildly popular e-bike incentive program that provided up to $2,000 toward the cost of an electric bike.
San Francisco Leans in Hard to Embrace its Transit ‘Superfans’
Bay Area transit nerds show their love in some unique ways.
LA County Adopts Strategy for Greener, More Resilient Communities
The 2025 OurCounty Sustainability Plan charts an ambitious path toward a cleaner, more equitable, and climate-resilient future for Los Angeles County.
San Francisco to Dismantle its Polarizing Brutalist Fountain
The Vaillancourt Fountain stands as a symbol of the tension between the city’s past and future.
In the Heart of Silicon Valley, one City's Homeless Population Grew by 56%
The unhoused population in Santa Clara County grew by 8% since 2023. The city of Mountain View is a different story.
Tour Long Beach’s 0.05-acre ‘National Park’
A tongue-in-cheek community improvement project touts itself as the nation’s “smallest national park.”
LA Will Double its Wastewater Recycling Capacity to Serve Half a Million Residents
A new wastewater treatment facility will be able to process 45 million gallons of water per day.
SoCal Hotel to Become 98 Housing Units
A shuttered Carlsbad extended stay hotel offers an opportunity to quickly bring close to 100 new housing units on the market, including 15 affordable apartments.
Report Shows San Francisco’s ‘Family Zoning’ Plan Would Produce Less Than Half of Needed Housing Units
The city’s economic analysis reveals that a rezoning proposal would yield from 8,504 to 14,646 units, well below the number required by the state.
In California, Opaque Utility Charges are Loopholing Rent Caps. Tenants are Fighting Back.
A commonly used billing system can allow landlords to quietly shift building utility costs onto tenants. Tenants say it’s time to break open the black box.
Developer Transforms Historic LA Mortuary Into 122 Senior Housing Units
The former Pierce Brothers Mortuary served as a church before being partially destroyed in a fire in 2018.
Consumer Protection Advocates Raise Alarms About Climate Insurance Discrimination That “Mimics Redlining”
As homeowners’ insurance companies and lenders increasingly factor climate risk into their business strategies, communities may see a resurgence of racial and economic exclusion that mimics redlining. But our hands aren’t tied.
USDOT Threatens to Bar California From Issuing Trucking Licenses
In the wake of three fatal crashes involving immigrant truck drivers, Transportation Secretary Duffy says the department could pull $160 million in funding and bar the state from issuing new licenses.
LA Housing Authority Buys 30-Unit Apartment Building for Supportive Housing
The Koreatown building will offer housing as well as healthcare services and case management.
California Outlaws ‘Defeat Devices’ That Trick Cars into Self-driving
The law bars drivers from using steering wheel weights and other devices designed to bypass driver monitoring systems.
California TOD Law Gives NIMBYs a new Weapon Against Bus Lanes
A new law that allows rezoning for higher density near transit lines is fueling opposition to a Burbank bus rapid transit line.
Olympian-in-Training Operates New Googly-Eyed Hollywood Bike Lane Sweeper
A bike-towed sweeper will clean Hollywood Boulevard bike lanes twice a month.
New California Law Lets Counties Seize RVs — Even if Their Owner Lives in Them
Advocates for the homeless say the law could make life harder and more unstable for people who use RVs as shelter.
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.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
