California
UCLA's Smart Growth Conference Revolution Or Hot Air?
Dan Rosenfeld pins down the ubiquitous yet evasive term, smart growth and argues that UCLA Extension's Smart Growth Conference has advanced the smart growth cause among the development community..
Anglo 'Reconquista' Of Downtown L.A.
After four decades of decline, Los Angeles' core is seeing a white 'yuppie' influx. Gregory Rodriguez argues that in the long run, the traditional residents of the neighborhood will do the most for the city.
Not Another Megaproject Or Sports Arena
Jane Jacobs Reading Group proposes mixed-use redevelopment for former Southern Pacific rail yards.
More Coastal Preservation In California?
Plans to preserve the Hearst Ranch and one of the most scenic coastal real estate in California gains support.
Is Steve Jobs A Teardown Terror?
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar, wants to tear down a 1926 house that preservationists say has historic value.
Private Views Vs. Public Trees
The City of Dana Point sues a resident who chopped off the tops of seven pine trees in a public park to improve the view from his multimillion-dollar home.
LA Braces For $1 Billion Staples Center Development
Covering six blocks, the mixed-use plan will include theaters, restaurants, and a massive hotel within walking distance of the Convention Center. City officials have yet to include financial support.
Cookie-Cutter Suburb Uses Pride to Distinguish Itself From Others
Fifty years later, Lakewood, the Los Angeles Levittown, proudly holds on to its working-class roots.
Residential Contruction Costs Increase
Increase in home prices can be attributed to the rising costs of construction material.
Owens Valley: Never Trust Los Angeles
Locals see a proposal by Los Angeles Mayor Hahn to ban development in the Owens Valley as a ploy.
The Train That Goes From 'Nowhere To Nowhere'
Now 10 years after opening, boardings on Los Angeles' much-maligned Green Line are increasing.
Palm Trees' Fortunes Waning In LA
The signature plants aren't being replanted as urban foresters look to cheaper pollution-fighting shade trees.
American Dream Out Of Reach In California
Despite billions in aid, low-income buyers have been priced out of the housing market and middle-class status.
How To Save Southern California
Can a new growth vision for Southern California save the region from itself?
When Housing And Mining Collide
What happens when you combine the most demanding industrial land use on earth next door to senior housing?
The Casino Problem
State efforts to generate revenue from tribal casinos is often at odds with local impacts.
LA Mayor To Preserve 320,000 Acres As Scenic Wilderness
Despite locals' doubts, Mayor Hahn has given a go-ahead to a development ban for the former California Water War battleground.
California Home Median Price Skyrockets
The median price of a California home is nearing 1/2 million dollars.
Car Vs. Plane From LA To San Francisco
Two LA Times reporters race from Los Angeles to San Francisco. One drives, the other takes a plane.
West Coast's Backbone Crumbling
Deterioration of the West Coast's most travelled highway -- Interstate 5 -- could lead to disaster.
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
