California

Developers want to transform downtown L.A.'s warehouses, factories, and grimy commercial buildings to accommodate live-work spaces. Planners and activists want to stay the course -- they say needed jobs are at stake.

March 21, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times

Resurrection of a 1959 plan to construct a freeway along the Sierra Nevada foothills in California's Central Valley is in the works.

March 20, 2007 - The Fresno Bee

On a ranch the size of Rhode Island will live 70,000 citizens of California's new town: Centennial.

March 20, 2007 - The New York Times

Outside experts believe the City of Los Angeles is making a density mistake by selling downtown development rights.

March 20, 2007 - Los Angeles Times

With median housing prices of more than $1 million, the city of Santa Barbara, California, is looking for ways to retain its diminishing middle-class. The plan is to subsidize middle-income housing for residents making up to $177,000.

March 19, 2007 - The New York Times

The Economist reports on how San Jose, CA and Las Vegas, NV, have tried -- and failed -- to revive their downtowns.

March 17, 2007 - The Economist

In Perris, California, a bedroom community in the outer orbit of Los Angeles, 1 out of every 53 homes is in default.

March 16, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times

Bicycle advocates in San Francisco want the city to pave bike lanes with colored pavement, but so far the city has resisted the plan, citing a lack of standards.

March 16, 2007 - Beyond Chron

With Census figures predicting a doubling in the population by 2030, the Central California county of San Joaquin has begun an eight-city planning process to help shape the region's future.

March 15, 2007 - Tri-Valley Herald

Will Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to provide free wireless access really benefit Los Angeles?

March 14, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times

Free shuttle service is intended to attract and retain the Bay Area's top talent.

March 13, 2007 - The New York Times

A plant company owner in San Diego, California, is hoping his new vegetated roof will help the concept catch on with others in the region.

March 10, 2007 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Wal-Mart has dropped plans to build a "supercenter" store in the East Bay city of Livermore, which has joined many other Northern California cities that have used local powers to prevent the retailer from moving in.

March 9, 2007 - The Contra Costa Times

Entrepreneurial students-turned-developers are turning houses into dorms around San Diego State University to meet the growing demand for affordable housing, but neighbors want the city to crackdown on the practice.

March 8, 2007 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

State legislators have introduced a bill to connect the Green Line light rail with LAX.

March 8, 2007 - The Daily Breeze

In the latest turn of events in the battle between Disneyland and a proposed housing development, Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle has stepped in to push the company to reconsider its staunch opposition to allowing housing into its tourist resort area.

March 5, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times

The new San Francisco Federal Building, designed by architect Thom Mayne, has a soft 'green' underbelly to its hard industrial exterior.

March 4, 2007 - Bloomberg

Within 20 years the baby boomer generation will need the immigrant youth, who are more successful than the public believes, reports USC planning professor Dowell Myers, in his new book, Immigrants and Boomers.

March 2, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times

As Southern California's population grows -- and taxes its famously scarce water supply -- the Inland Empire Utilities Agency is applying the tenets of smart growth to its efforts to recycle, reuse, and conserve water.

March 1, 2007 - The Metro Investment Report

One of Los Angeles' transportation commissioners advocates eliminating bus and train fares to help the urban poor and encourage ridership.

February 28, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times