California

From Historic Tower To Housing

A prime example of 1960s office architecture in downtown Los Angeles has been purchased and is likely to become housing.

April 22, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

New Apartments For A Suburban City

New apartments blend urban ideas into business-park settings in San Jose.

April 16, 2003 - San Jose Mercury News

The Expense of Due Process

How due process bogs down city planning and drains public, andprivate, coffers in San Francisco.

April 16, 2003 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Stopping Cities From Zoning For Sales Taxes

California lawmakers are working on a proposal that would give cities a larger share of property taxes, and less incentive to build more big box retail stores.

April 15, 2003 - San Jose Mercury News

Hundreds Discover Freeway Expansion Threatens Their Homes

Even though the freeway expansion project has gone on for over two years, hundreds in Southern California find out their homes are threatened.

April 14, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles' Newly Hip Downtown For Rent Only

Welcome to the 'new' downtown Los Angeles, where it's hip to rent a trendy converted loft in an historic building.

April 14, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Education: At What Cost Success?

Sylvia Lavin, chairwoman of UCLA's department of architecture and urban design, has dramatically boosted the school's reputation. But is the cost too high?

April 14, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

The Cost Of Car Ownership

Livable Places offers a fact sheet showing how the financial burden of owning a car may preclude homeownership.

April 12, 2003 - Livable Places

Nine-year Investigation Of Cisneros To End

Nine years and $19 million later, it's finally time to end the investigation of the former HUD secretary. It looks like he did nothing wrong.

April 11, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

California Beach Bums

Reason's Michael DeAlessi explains how the California Coastal Commission thwarts innovative approaches to environmental protection.

April 11, 2003 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Tejon Ranch: Huge Projects For A Huge Landowner

Tejon Ranch owns what might be the largest contiguous stretch of land controlled by one property owner in California.

April 10, 2003 - California Planning and Development Report

What's In A Name? Ask South Central Los Angeles

Following what is an increasing trend in the Los Angeles area, residents of "South Central" Los Angeles want a new name for their community to help clense the area of its stigma of crime, poverty and racial problems.

April 9, 2003 - Los Angeles Daily News

De-gentrification?

Three years after Pacific Bell Park opened, the surrounding neighborhood is still trying to build a solid economic foothold.

April 9, 2003 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Embracing The Bay With A Big City Hug

San Francisco's baseball park has all the right urban moves.

April 8, 2003 - The San Francisco Chronicle

L.A. Fault Line Could Dictate Future Planning

A major newly-discovered L.A. fault line has geologists quaking.

April 8, 2003 - The Christian Science Monitor

Balancing Port Development And Environmental Concerns

The Port of Los Angeles recently introduced the Alternative Maritime Program (AMP), which will have ships plug into cleaner land-side power once they reach the harbor.

April 8, 2003 - The Metro Investment Report

A Wildnerness Preserve Next To L.A.?

A conservancy group is 'rewilding' a vast preserve just 50 miles north of the nation's second-largest city.

April 6, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

A Strategic Vision For Downtown L.A.

Carol Schatz discusses Los Angeles' new downtown development strategy.

April 6, 2003 - The Planning Report

A Corner Of Los Angeles That Time Forgot

The small community of Hermon is fighting to reclaim its name after being nearly forgotten since 1903.

April 6, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

The Fault That Could Eat Los Angeles

A massive and dangerous fault is found to run directly through the heart of Los Angeles.

April 4, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

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