California
The Most Vital 'Boomburbs' In The Country
The Fannie Mae Foundation has listed the 53 most vital 'boomburbs' in the country. Almost half are in California.
California's Water Deals
Is the battle for Californian's state water rights turning ugly?
Banning Weekend Noise In San Marino, CA
Wealth lives in San Marino, California. And they don't like the noise from power lawn tools on weekends and holidays.
Gehry To Plan Playa Vista, CA Project
Frank Gehry has been hired to plan and design, with other architects, 60 acres of the former DreamWorks site.
Oakland Plans Massive Waterfront Redevelopment
The redevelopment of waterfront area in Oakland, CA, will cost $1.2 billion.
50 Years Of Botany In S.F.'s Golden Gate Park
A San Francisco botanist finally gets her due after 50 years of research in Golden Gate Park.
Los Angeles City Hall's Historic Preservation
The L.A. Times architectural critic praises the historic preservation of Los Angeles' City Hall, but notes a few minor flaws.
Radical San Francisco Building Shocks Planners
A new avant-garde architecture federal building shocks San Francisco sensibilities. Critics say the design belongs in L.A. or Houston.
Limited Planning Possible On Catalina
Santa Catalina Island, CA,is quiet and beautiful. But tourism is decreasing. And there is little room to grow.
The Wonders Of Suburbia
Columnist Karen Hershenson writes about her transformation into a suburbanite.
Late Night BART
An op-ed advocates increasing the operating hours for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
A Planned Community With No Cemetery
If you live in Irvine, California, you have to move elsewhere when you die. This master-planned city has no cemetery.
California's Lost Farmland: Yawn Or Crisis?
Urban growth in Northern California is growaing at an alarming pace, according to a study by the California Department of Conservation.
Tech Companies Design Office Campus Of The Future
A new technology office complex in Silicon Valley will offer the ultimate in work environments. It's a throw-back to college.
Saving San Diego With Regional Planning
A Union Tribune editorial charges that San Diego's quality of life is under attack by unmitigated growth.
Is L.A.'s Cathedral A Yellow Armadillo?
Los Angeles is home to the first major cathedral to be built in North America in a century. But is the new cathedral ugly?
San Francisco Bay Vs. Airport
In this Chronicle editorial, Savethe Bay urges San Franciscansto take a stand against SFO's new runway development plans.
Can A City Be Too Successful?
National Public Radio explores whether cities are drowning in their own success and driving the poor out of revitalized urban areas?
Non-Profit Promotes Shared Housing
Project Share, a non-profit organization that matches "home providers" with "home seekers" in Berkeley and Oakland, is helping to meet housing needs in the Bay Area and finding seniors the extra help they need.
Casual Carpooling Is Business As Usual In Bay Area
The casual carpool system in the East Bay is quite possibly a utopian vision come to life. And it's been operating for more than 20 years.
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
