California

Low Income Housing Can Lead To Segregation

Officials in San Diego cite that unless affordable housing starts being built throughout the county, the region will be racially segregated.

June 7, 2001 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

East Bay Housing Week: Finding An Affordable Home

Several events help first-time buyers and renters find affordable housing.

June 6, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

North County Needs A Voice In Regional Planning Debate

An editorial argues for North San Diego County's importance in regional planning as the Regional Government Efficiency Commission moves toward its state-mandated Aug. 11 deadline for recommending the best way to decide major housing, transit and land-use

June 5, 2001 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

Portland Is Seattle Without The Attitude

Portland has all the grace of Seattle 20 years ago, and San Francisco 30 years ago -- before the high-tech attitude.

June 5, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Jeff Morales Wants To Transform Caltrans

Caltrans may have budget cuts ahead but its director is still planning to tranform the agency.

June 4, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Nine Things To Save Los Angeles

Los Angeles Time columnist Bill Boyarsky offers his list of nine things the new mayor should do to save L.A.

June 4, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Sea Ranch: Influential Architecture Threatened By Sprawl

Sea Ranch, a community established by Lawrence Haprin, Charles Moore and others in the 1960s, combined ecology and inventive architecture.

June 3, 2001 - The New York Times

Guideway Or The Highway?

Competition is heating up between Bay Area transit advocates and highway industry officials to secure project funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

June 1, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Giving The Housing Element Teeth

Proposed legislation would establish penalties for California cities who are not in compliance with their housing element.

May 31, 2001 - San Jose Mercury News

L.A.'s Sports District Is A Go!

"A model for urban partnerships." That is how the proposed entertainment and sports district in L.A. is being described.

May 31, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Bush Talks Green In California

President Bush announced new measures to improve national parks. Critics say it is an effort to reverse his anti-environment image.

May 30, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Drawing Board Freeways In L.A. County

There is a Caltrans master plan that was developed in 1958. Only 61% of those roads have been built.

May 29, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Why Isn't Solar Energy Popular In Sunny L.A.?

Los Angeles wanted to become the "Solar Capital of the World." What happened?

May 29, 2001 - The Washington Post

L.A.'s Unofficial State Of The City Address

A respected businessman gives a no-holds barred review of urban development in Los Angeles.

May 29, 2001 - The Planning Report

California Coastal Commission Unconstitutional?

The California Coastal Commission is held unconstitutional. The executive director says the State will appeal.

May 28, 2001 - The Metro Investment Report

Can Gambling Revitalize The Inner City?

Detroit has become the nation's largest testing ground for urban casinos. Now Oakland, CA is considering its own inner-city gambling.

May 28, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The California Dream: Transit Oriented Development?

An editorial in the San Jose Mercury News suggests that more and more Californian's are favoring new transit oriented development ideas over the traditional autocentric commnunity.

May 27, 2001 - San Jose Mercury News

Let The Builder Beware

Cisco joins a growing list of technology companies that suddenly find themselves in the development and real estate business.

May 26, 2001 - CNET News

Public Schools As Neighborhood Centers

A St. Louis developer thrives on mixing land uses with schools in California.

May 25, 2001 - The Planning Report

Mayor Ridicules Planning At Land Use Conference

At the Critical Issues Conference on land use planning, Jerry Brown, Oakland mayor and former governor, used humor to draw attention to planning issues.

May 25, 2001 - Lodi News-Sentinel

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