California
Environmentalists Oppose Sale Of Public Land
California environmentalists criticize Bush administration's plan to sale of over 300,000 acres of public land.
California's Only Affordable County
In remote Modoc County, the median home price just passed $100,000 -- and this only six-and-a-half hours from San Francisco.
Architect Of The Next Great Urban Park
Landscape architect Ken Smith is in charge of designing the transformation of the abandoned El Toro military base in Irvine, CA, into a park bigger than New York City's Central Park.
Transit Villages Planned In The Bay Area
Planners envision transit villages in the Bay Area connected by trains, ferries, buses, and light rail.
Inland Southern California Leads State In Growth
Riverside and San Bernardino counties continue to attract jobs and residents, some fleeing from the costlier, more congested areas of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties.
An Epic Journey In Los Angeles...By Public Transit
Dan Turner narrates his personal experiences as he takes on the challenge of traveling to Los Angeles International Airport using only public transportation
Ray Bradbury: 'Monorail Is Our Future'
Author Ray Bradbury of "Fahrenheit 451" fame predicts that in the next five years Los Angeles' freeways will freeze and explains why he believes monorail is the answer to the region's transportation needs.
Do Mega Malls Improve Communities?
As mega-malls begin to emerge in established communities, communities have mixed feelings. Some think the development will bring traffic. Others look to increasing property values.
'Special' Segregation
In San Francisco schools, some African-American and Latino children are mislabeled as 'learning disabled' due to cultural and behavioral differences from the mainstream.
RAND Study Finds Los Angeles Lacks Parks
The new study says that L.A.'s underserved areas need parks the most, preferably within one mile of homes, although more parks alone may not be enough to promote adequate levels of exercise.
California Agency Allocates $2.9 Billion To Solar Energy
The state Public Utilities Commission creates the California Solar Initiative, but does it have enough power to popularize the alternative energy course?
Group Petitions To Limit City's Eminent Domain Authority
Armed with 14,000 signatures, a community group petitions to restrict city's eminent domain authority to a 'strictly defined public use'.
Regionalizing Air Travel In Southern Califronia
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.
L.A.'s Griffith Park Gets Ready For A Makeover
The nation's largest urban park needs some sprucing up, and Melendrez landscape architects has recently submitted its draft master plan.
Irvine Revives Light Rail Plan
A new rail plan proposes to bring mass transit to Orange County.
Reinforcing Southern California's Polycentricity Through New Suburbanism
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.
Last Great Frontier: The Third California
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.
California's 'Missing Bear' Relocating To Nevada For Lower Costs
Nevada's latest tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign to lure California businesses features a missing California Grizzly Bear and 'California happy cows'.
California County Embraces Plan For Car Independent Future
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors agreed to a new transportation policy calling for increased use of alternative forms of transportation.
Cleanup Of Times Square A Model For Downtown LA?
Can downtown Los Angeles' problem with homelessness on skid row be solved by the same principles that changed the image of Times Square?
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
