California
Cities To Go Dark
San Francisco and Los Angeles will turn off their lights tonight in a voluntary effort to show how simple changes in behavior can have a big effect, especially on big city skylines.
The Race To Be The 'Greenest' City
A local columnist touts Sacramento, California, as an up and coming star in the green city movement.
Is Los Angeles Ready To Adopt Inclusionary Zoning?
Two years after a prior proposal failed to pass, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has once again challenged the city's developers to help solve L.A.'s affordable housing crisis by including lower-cost units in new projects.
Eminent Domain Battle Won't Go Away
California voters are likely to decide on two eminent domain initiatives in 2008. One is a very limited measure backed by local government organizations, while the other is a far-reaching measure that would also prohibit rent control.
San Francisco's Congestion Program Touted By U.S. Transportation Chief
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters came to San Francisco to praise their proposed multi-pronged congestion pricing programs and other technologies that are designed to reduce traffic congestion increase transit usage.
Planners Say Traffic Light Sync Money Won't Do Much
Los Angeles will receive $150 million from the state to improve synchronization of its traffic lights, but transportation planners say the new money won't really do a lot to ease congestion.
Affluent Community Torn By Housing Allocation Numbers
In Palo Alto, California, -- one of the country's most affluent and least affordable cities -- the City Council and residents are now wrestling with a regional housing allocation assigned by the Association of Bay Area Governments.
Proposed Gold Rush Street Updates Rile Preservationists
A proposal to update the streetscape of a historic Gold Rush-era street in California has local preservationists on the defense.
The Details On California's Great Park
In this Q&A, Metropolis Magazine talks with landscape architect Mia Lehrer about her work on the 1,300 acre California park taking shape in Irvine.
Two Routes Suggested For California High-Speed Rail
Transportation planners say two routes are needed for the long-planned high-speed rail link between Southern and Northern California.
Skewed Coverage Of The Homeless?
A San Francisco lawyer and housing activist questions the paper's focus on problematic street behavior and on law enforcement as the only way to deal with the city's homeless population.
Saintly Street Stories In L.A.
A Los Angeles artist has recently completed a project documenting each of the city's street named after saints, and has crafted murals of each one to show how the life of the randomly-named streets mirrors the lives and work of their namesakes.
L.A. OKs Sidewalk Sleeping
City officials in Los Angeles have come to a settlement with homeless advocates that will allow anyone to sleep on the sidewalk until the city builds 1,250 affordable housing units, which could take up to five years.
Freeways Hard To Avoid As L.A. Builds Schools
This report form NPR looks at the threats associated with building schools near freeways, and how those threats are not easy to avoid in Los Angeles.
A Young Man Survives His First Planning Conference
CP&DR's Aaron Engstrom's offers his irreverent take on his very first APA conference.
San Franciscans Ready For Action On Homelessness
Left-leaning San Franciscans are just about fed up with the issue of homelessness in the city. Many are advocating for more strict law enforcement.
A New Model Of Development In California?
Planners at the recent California APA chapter conference were asked whether they thought the state is ready for "complex urban development". As John King explains, most said "no".
When's The Next Bus Coming? Ask Google
One Northern California man started a business to help his local transit agency get connected with Google Transit.
Activists, Planners Battle Over Street Trees
Neighborhood activists are fighting plans to remove ficus trees from the streets of Southern California cities.
San Francisco Bay Area Ponders Gas Tax Hike
With concerns about global warming at an all time high, the region's policy makers think the time is right for a 10 cent gas fee.
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 Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
