California

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

Harold Meyerson argues that thanks to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, transportation and land use in the City of Angels now focuses on the public sector, not the private realm, as the Mayor takes on a strong central identity heretofore lacking.

January 17, 2006 - The Washington Post

Neighbors don't want public housing, public housing residents don't want their homes gentrified -- not quite a win-win situation.

January 14, 2006 - San Francisco Weekly

A new report details just how serious the homeless problem is in Los Angeles County.

January 12, 2006 - Los Angfeles Times

Corporate retailers and the American ghetto: a successful combination?

January 11, 2006 - The Next American City

Governor Schwarzenegger's new strategic growth plan does not include any funding for the ambitious 700-mile route.

January 10, 2006 - The Sacramento Bee

Gail Goldberg, head of San Diego's planning department, will become the General Manager of the Los Angeles City Planning Department, replacing Con Howe, who departed months ago.

January 9, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Nearly 100 years after the city's devastating 1906 earthquake, San Francisco's architecture still leaves it particularly vulnerable to another temblor.

January 8, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

California Governor Schwarzenegger's bold new infrastructure plan would spend $222 billion over the next decade, but doesn't include even 'one thin dime' for mass transit within cities.

January 7, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times