California
Los Angeles' Worst Projects That Didn't Happen
The Downtown News publishes a list of seven mega-projects for Los Angeles that, thankfully, never got started.
What If: A Downtown Los Angeles Utopia
The Downtown News asks business and community leaders what they would do in Downtown Los Angeles if they could go on an urban planning shopping spree.
A Shift In Thinking About The Public Realm
The renovation of Los Angeles' international airport offers a lens into post 9/11 projects.
Their Own Private Malibu
What does it take to get liberals sounding like Ayn Rand in defense of property rights? Having their own property threatened.
Too Many Environmental Mandates?
The balance among farmers, cities and wildlife is a tenuous one -- especially in Southern California.
Guidelines To Nurture Community Character
Last week, the City Council of Encinitas voted 3-2 to forward to the PlanningCommission preliminary guidelines and code amendments defining how new,residential development should be built.
Postal Delivery Workers Try Out The Segway
The Segway Human Transporter devices will be tried by postal workers in six cities around the nation with varying geography and weather.
Self Taught Planner Or Gadfly?
In a bit of an insult to planners, the L.A. Times devote a full-page profile to a "self-taught planner and historian" who is trying to save the city from development.
Bold Regional Plan To Reduce Congestion
A regional approach to battle congestion calls for adding toll lanes to major highways, extending BART and building a bridge across the bay.
California's Illogical Water Policy
This Sacramento Bee Story examines the complex process by which unused water is now conveyed... when it is conveyed.
UGBs On The Rise, Housing Caps In Decline
A new study finds that UGBs and subsequent voter approval requirements dominate recent ballot-box zoning in California.
The Future of LA's Architecture
However engaging Los Angeles' various high profile projects may be... they are not where the future of the city lies.
Boroughs Could Save Los Angeles
If Los Angeles secessions succeeds, it will be the greatest political division since the Civil War. Perhaps boroughs are an alternative.
The Ugly Side Of Preferential Parking Districts
Preferential parking districts are a popular planning tool, but do they do the districts create "parking have-nots?"
New Cities Raise Taxes, Pay Alimony
A decade after the passage of the "revenue neutrality" law, the incorporation of new cities appears to be back as a major planning issue in California.
'Anti-Urban' City: The End of Suburban Dreams?
The 'suburban frontier' is rapidly closing for the nation's first suburban city.
Planning For California's Population Explosion
California and other western states are growing faster in population than several third-world countries. How can planning keep up?
Skirting Safety Codes In Los Angeles?
Do high-profile developers get breaks on safety rules? The Los Angeles Times reports on a prominent L.A. developer.
California's War On SUVs
A Reason Foundation scientist explains the danger of a bill that would limit consumers' choices in buying SUVs.
San Francisco Bans Public Urination
Responding to public outcry, the Board of Supervisors bans public urination to 'demonstrate we live in a civilized society'.
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
