California
The four-day work schedule many government offices have adopted may be a nice perk, but it actually increases pollution.
The Los Angeles Times
Plans for a BART extension are being evaluated by smart growth standards.
Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek
Architect John Galen Howard shaped the face of the Unviersity of California Berkeley campus.
Berkeleyan
Is Dennis Murphy the new face of the practical environmental movement, or a sellout to the development community?
The Los Angeles Times
When the Marines return to Oceanside, CA, they may find that their military town has been converted to a tourist destination.
The Los Angeles Times
If Census conclusions about Southern California and New York data are wrong, what other conculsions might be incorrect?
The Los Angeles Times
The Grove has taken jaded Los Angeles by storm. Is this the future of shopping malls?
The Planning Report
Welton Becket's mid-century civic designs are the city's latest retro treasures
The Los Angeles Times
The newly-released journey-to-work Census data confirms a decades-long national trend toward 'edge cities.'
The Los Angeles Times
The SF Weekly details the story of how San Francisco planners, trying to save the city's dwindling industrial base, have damaged the city's economic future.
The San Francisco Chronicle
Despite California's sluggish economy and high housing prices, impact fees continue to rise -- and it could lead to a voter revolt.
California Planning and Development Report
The quintessential "Suburban Lawn" is slowly being replaced by other more innovative design ideas.
Orange County Register
A new two-year visioning program will examine the demands of anticipated growth in the Southern California region over the next 25 years.
The Planning Report
Converting the Bay Area's carpool lanes to toll lanes could generate more than $427 million a year for transportation projects and cut congestion.
The San Francisco Chronicle
As the state tries to meet housing demand, suburban sprawl spreads across the California landscape.
San Jose Mercury News
The California Attorney General lists the top 624 sites thought to be most attractive to terrorists.
The Los Angeles Times
Several mixed-use real estate developments are being developed along Los Angeles-area passenger train routes -- encouraged by publicly funded programs.
The Los Angeles Times
How will the new regional airport authority find and evaluate a site for San Diego's new international airport?
The Metro Investment Report
Sam Hall Kaplan examines how one of the first communities in the nation to be afflicted with mansionization has fared.
KCRW
What type of affordable housing -- if any -- should be built in a part of the city known for its housing shortage?
The Los Angeles Times
