California
The Ventura County Grand Jury commended the city of Thousand Oaks for finding a place for day laborers to wait for work and offered some suggestions to improve the site.
Ventura County Star
A $9.6-billion modernization plan for Los Angeles International airport has all the makings of a typical planning disaster.
The Los Angeles Times
A 19-pound racing bike goes up against a Range Rover for a 15-mile commute to work in the Bay Area. Guess who arrived first?
San Jose Mercury News
The incidence of cheating in carpool lanes is on the rise, despite a $271 fine.
San Jose Mercury News
In name of safety, a California town tries to ban parolees.
The Christian Science Monitor
Daniel Libeskind, the winner of the World Trade Center design competition, received a standing ovation at the American Institute of Architects convention in San Diego.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Two developers plan an environmental 'cow utopia' in the desert, where farmers live in condos powerered by methane from animal waste.
The Los Angeles Times
A rogue real estate company with a record of controversy "accidently" destroys last standing building in Los Angeles' historic Bunker Hill area.
Eastern Group Publications, Inc.
David Abel and Rick Cole explain why California has to come to terms with California's broken Prop. 13.
The Los Angeles Times
UC Davis' proposed University Neighborhood will be the second largest of its kind in California.
California Aggie
Toyota's new building complex is the largest ever to receive a Gold Level Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
GreenBiz
Alice Beasley of Erickson, Beasley, Hewitt & Wilson LLP offers a legal introduction to takings law in Western City Magazine.
Western City
The failure of EBay to sell small California towns casts doubts on the online real estate auction model.
The Los Angeles Times
For the fourth year in a row, California experiences population growth that exceeds the half-million mark.
The Los Angeles Times
San Francisco is converting empty office buildings left over from the dot-com boom into housing.
The San Francisco Chronicle
What happens when Native American tribes operating on sovereign land begin planning a casino?
The Los Angeles Times
The California Jackson Demonstration State Forest experiment in sustainable forestry has been an economic success. But is the policy driven by the wrong incentives?
The Los Angeles Times
The $3.5 billion battle plan to extend San Francisco International Airport runways appears to be dead.
The San Francisco Chronicle
Civic leaders and the University of Southern California roll out a new urban policy "action plan" for Southern California.
University Of Southern California
Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation argues in support of devolved powers for transportation planning and for user fees to support new projects.
The Metro Investment Report
