California

Facing a doubling of passengers at the aging and space-constrained LAX, new Mayor Villaraigosa outlines plans to focus international flights at LAX, and push domestic flights to other regional airports.

February 2, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

The nation's largest urban park needs some sprucing up, and Melendrez landscape architects has recently submitted its draft master plan.

February 2, 2006 - The Planning Report

A new rail plan proposes to bring mass transit to Orange County.

February 1, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

A re-awakening of interest in walkable urban environments in suburban locations? This trend mostly revolves around the pre-war downtowns of small Southern California cities that grew into suburban bedroom communities in the 1950s and 1960s.

January 31, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Joel Kotkin and William Frey observe how the movement of high-skilled and professional jobs to rapidly growing inland California is changing the region where the "California Dream" is still possible.

January 30, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Nevada's latest tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign to lure California businesses features a missing California Grizzly Bear and 'California happy cows'.

January 29, 2006 - The Mercury News

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors agreed to a new transportation policy calling for increased use of alternative forms of transportation.

January 29, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Can downtown Los Angeles' problem with homelessness on skid row be solved by the same principles that changed the image of Times Square?

January 28, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Take San Francisco Weekly's quiz to find out if you are an apologist for the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

January 27, 2006 - San Francisco Weekly

The palatial urban masterpiece is finally back, but its art collection has been called into question by international critics.

January 27, 2006 - The Guardian Unlimited

In The New Yorker, Tad Friend discusses the city's weird relationship with the crime and television phenomenon, highlighting some 'classic', 'fondly remembered' chases.

January 27, 2006 - The New Yorker

At 1,300 acres, the Orange County Great Park, to be built over the ruins of the El Toro Marine base, may bring greater identity to the sprawling region.

January 26, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

While L.A. searched for a new planning director to help implement Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's vision of a new L.A., one based on smart growth and higher densities, longtime area planner Mark Winogrond did more than keep the seat warm as City Planning director.

January 24, 2006 - The Planning Report

Successful litigation by a Sierra Club chapter in California's Central Valley results in $17.5 million to purchase conservation easements in San Joaquin County, as well as the establishment of a farmland preservation fee in the City of Stockton.

January 23, 2006 - The Stockton Record

The new headquarters of pre-eminent think-tank RAND received a LEED Gold certification for a building design that reflects the ideals of the institution.

January 21, 2006 - GreenBiz.com

Los Angeles needs to use zoning, land swaps, tax breaks, and imagination to ensure green space for its residents says Patt Morrison.

January 20, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

After conducting research on dangerous bus stops in Los Angeles, UCLA Professor Loukaitou-Sideris has embarked on another project to learn what strategies have been successful in addressing concerns by women about safety and the built environment.

January 19, 2006 - Institute Of Transportation Studies

The L.A. hospital needs to sell; developers want to build housing; preservationists want it saved; former residents want affordable housing to make up in part for earlier urban renewal on the site.

January 18, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

The California Governor rejects pleas from advocates for a steady income stream; bond measures may continue to be the only source.

January 18, 2006 - The Sacramento Bee

L.A. city offices partner up to locate and sell nuisance properties, through the American Dream Program.

January 18, 2006 - Los Angeles Daily News