California
State Questions Deal For Hearst Ranch
The $95-million deal to preserve an 18-mile stretch of coastal land that surround Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, is being questioned as too generous to Hearst Ranch.
San Francisco's Homeless Problem
Can the Mayor make good on his committment?
L.A. May Require Economic Impact Studies From Wal-Mart
The Los Angeles City Council considers an ordinance that would require Wal-Mart style stores to fund economic impact studies before opening new stores.
Cleaner Growth For America's Largest Ports
The largest ports in America are missing major, obvious opportunities to clean up its air and publicly demonstrate its commitment to lowering emissions.
California's Most Deadly Highways
When roadway improvements do not keep pace with rapid urbanization in smaller towns, the results can be deadly.
San Bernardino County Struggles With Infrastructure
The Executive Director of the San Bernardino Associated Governments addresses the challenge of meeting the region's infrastructure needs in today's fiscal climate.
Urban Runoff Fees Grow In Popularity
Southern California cities and counties are increasingly adopting runoff fees to remediate urban runoff that contaminates coastal waters.
Incentivizing Brownfields
A proposed California bill would make it easier for developers to build on urban brownfield sites.
The Need To Reform California's EIR Process
The Planning and Conservation League's Executive Director discusses the possibility of CEQA reform and urban growth boundaries.
Ethnic Change Energizes Redevelopment In L.A. Suburb
San Gabriel's emergence as an Asian shopping and cultural hub has created opportunity for denser development and other urban improvements.
A Bold Regional Comprehensive Plan
A regional comprehensive plan aims to tame San Diego county's inexorable growth.
Miami Beach Condos In Downtown Los Angeles
The battle over property adjacent to SCI-Arc in a formerly-abandoned area will speak volume about the rebirth of downtown Los Angeles.
Calif. Cabinet Secretary Endorses 'Anti-Dumb Growth'
California Secretary of Business, Transportation & Housing details the Schwarzenegger Administration's efforts to fight dumb growth.
Abandoning New Light Rail Line For Old Car
Delays, inconvenience and inefficient service force LA Times reporter to abandon use of Pasadena Gold Line.
California Jumps On The Transit Community Bandwagon
Orange County, with little open land and high housing demand, broke ground on its first brownfield mass-transit-oriented development.
L.A.'s Gold Line Ponders Failures, Achievements
The Gold Line LRT, which connects central Los Angeles to Pasadena, has failed to meet predicted ridership levels. Yet rail authorities remain hopeful.
Environmentalists Vs. Environmentalists
Open space advocates clash against other environmentalists over planned environmental education center in San Francisco.
When Slow Growth Doesn't Slow Growth
Southern California's Ventura County -- a model of slow growth with a range of growth control limits -- is growing just as fast as it's larger neighbors.
12,700 Photographs Are Worth A Lot Of Words
An ongoing photographic survey of the California coastline reveals dramatic changes since a similar 1979 survey.
Remaking A City Center
Southern California's Inland Empire city of Ontario moves to remake its civic center.
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
