California

One City's Ship Is Sinking

One man is using Long Beach's most famous landmark, the Queen Mary, as leverage for his personal financial transactions.

February 4, 2004 - Orange County Weekly

Turning A Nightclub Into A Shelter For Homeless Teenagers

Designing shelters for homeless teens includes much more than just providing housing, it means emulating a home.

February 4, 2004 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Southern California: New Gambling Mecca?

Southern California could become one of the nation's biggest gambling centers as a result of a gaming battle being fought between card clubs and casinos run by Indian tribes.

February 2, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

A New Trend In Urban Revitalization: The Elderly

Two Southern California cities are looking to attract the elderly to revitalize their downtowns. Is this a new national trend?

February 2, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

How To Build Density Into Suburbs

Columnist John King profiles two Bay area suburban developments that accommodate density in innovative ways.

February 2, 2004 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Wal-Mart Wars

Reason Jacobs Fellow Ted Balaker explains how banning big box stores like Wal-Mart actually harms families.

January 31, 2004 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Can You Control Population Growth?

LA Times Magazine offers a feature article about California's growth. Is it desirable or even feasible to manage large-scale flows of labor and capital?

January 31, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Studies Impact Of Wal-Mart Supercenters

Los Angeles should not try to shut-out Wal-Mart, according to a new report on the impact of Wal-Mart supercenters by the region's economic development agency.

January 30, 2004 - Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation

The Future Of Planning: Water Boards

Water boards in fast-growing cities are beginning to reject optimistic estimates of water supply -- effectively halting development.

January 30, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Spiraling Home Costs Are Bad For Economic Development

Want to live Northern California's Bay Area? You'll need to earn at last $124,000 per year, according to a new study.

January 29, 2004 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Los Angeles Grapples With Big Box Ban

Cecilia Estolano, Special Assistant to the City Attorney, discusses the latest developments in L.A.'s efforts to restrict the proliferation of these gigantic retail/grocery outlets.

January 29, 2004 - The Planning Report

Who Pays For Transportation Infrastructure?

California's budget crisis is bringing the issue of transportation funding to the forefront

January 29, 2004 - The Sacramento Bee

The Real Cost Of Housing Subsidies

Subsidized low-cost housing costs more than private projects, according to new research.

January 29, 2004 - Bakersfield Californian

Applying The Vancouver Experience To San Francisco

How Vancouver ideas do -- and do not -- help in shaping San Francisco's first high density neighborhood.

January 29, 2004 - ArchNewsNow.com

Los Angeles Plans For A Walkable Downtown

Martha Welborne, managing director of the Grand Avenue Authority, discusses the most recent developments in the project that promises to define downtown L.A. and finally create a center for the region.

January 28, 2004 - The Planning Report

California's $37-billion Bullet Train

By 2020, over 68 million riders would use a statewide bullet train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. But is $37-billion too much?

January 28, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

America's Greenest Building

Los Angeles has two of the most ecologically advanced buildings in the country -- and both are competing for the title of the greenest building in America.

January 27, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Schools As Centers Of Communities

Building new schools ought to serve as the foundation for community development, write David Abel and Jonathan Fielding.

January 27, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

California's Bureaucracy And A Park Restroom

An attempt to build a park restroom exemplifies the California's inane bureaucracy.

January 26, 2004 - The Sacramento Bee

Casinos As Entertainment District Anchors

An Indian tribe plans to use its land and casinos to anchor a mile-square entertainment district in Palm Springs.

January 26, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

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.

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