California
Is Keeping Wal-Mart Out of a Community 'Class Warfare'?
The controversial use of eminent domain to keep Wal-Mart out of Hercules, CA is criticized as a means of keeping lower-income shoppers away.
L.A. Becoming More Bicycle-Friendly
Projects to make L.A. more bike friendly include expanding bike lanes and paths, and adding 800 bike racks to the more than 2,500 racks already in place across the city.
Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance Ruled Unconstitutional In San Diego
A judge has ruled the City of San Diego's 10 percent inclusionary zoning ordinance unconstitutional. Building industry officials are pleased, although the decision "could bankrupt the affordable housing fund".
Courting Business With Websites And Zoning Overlays
Southern California cities are using technology and other innovative techniques to promote economic development and attract local companies.
Architect Looks Beyond New Urbanism's 'Fake Facade'
"Cruz’s inspiration...came from a critical approach to the trends in new urbanism, which he says 'only address aesthetics, creating a fake facade of difference without considering the lifestyle of the community.' He says the downtown redevelopment of San Diego is an example of this kind of 'suburban planning,' meaning that he feels it is dressed up in high-end urban aesthetics without addressin
Celebrities Fight To Save Urban Farm From Development
When fundraising fails to save farm formerly leased to the Los Angeles Food Bank, Joan Baez sings in a tree and Darryl Hannah plays guitar in a tent.
Hercules Vs. Wal-Mart: An Eminent Domain Battle
Hercules, CA, threatens to use eminent domain to keep out retail giant Wal-Mart.
Will Planners Have The Guts To Extend L. A.'s Subway?
Los Angeles' leaders have an opportunity to show some courage and extend the "current brainless configuration" of the area's subway system.
How (Not) To Be Friendly To Small Businesses
Smaller cities across Southern California, like Santa Clarita, have discovered that being friendly to small businesses yields big rewards, especially when the mammoth City of Los Angeles is too big to care.
Wal-Mart Victim Of Eminent Domain?
The city council of Hercules, CA, votes unanimously to use eminent domain to take Wal-Mart's land and stop it from building a store.
Gas Expensive, So Subsidize Guzzlers?
GM responds to higher gas prices by offering those who purchase SUVs in California and Florida subsidies on their gas expenses.
The 'Anti-Developer Developer' Does L.A.
You may not have heard of him, but Portland's Homer Williams is busily making big changes in Downtown Los Angeles.
One Urban Planner's Dream Job
Two weeks after graduating from UW-Madison with a Master's degree in urban and regional planning, Ryan Ziegelbauer is competing against 23 other finalists to be a Legoland California model builder. The coveted position is highly competitive.
Does Land Use Planning Equal Unaffordable Housing In San Francisco?
Randal O'Toole blames land use planning for high housing costs in San Francisco in this op-ed column.
California City May Stop Wal-Mart By Taking Its Land
Hercules, California, known for a recent New Urbanist development, may stop a proposed Wal-Mart by using eminent domain to take its land. This would be the first time that a city took land from Wal-Mart.
City of Illusion: Los Angeles In The Movies
Why does Los Angeles have an inferiority complex?
Editorial Criticizes California Governor For Raiding Public Transit Fund
California's November transportation bond is $20 billion, with $4 billion for transit. Yet Gov. Schwarzenegger proposes to use a public transit account for the same amount, to help pay off the bond's debt payments.
Stars Align For Griffith Observatory's Re-Opening
Arguably the most popular observatory-museum-planetarium in the world, the newly-restored Griffith Observatory is also one of the most recognizable buildings in Los Angeles.
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
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
