California
Orange County Skyline May See New Building
The developer of a new 37-story building submitted revised plans to protect historical buildings and win approval for the project.
Building To Withstand A Catastrophic Earthquake
Los Angeles' new Catholic cathedral is being built to withstand a catastrophic earthquake -- even 500 years from now.
Natural Urban Runoff Treatment
Man-made wetlands are being used to help remove fecal coliform from urban runoff.
San Diego County Backcountry Battle Continues
Planning for a long stretch of rural lands on the fringe of suburban San Diego County continues to be a roiling controversy.
Extreme Commuting: California Land Rush Continues
Silicon Valley's high housing prices are pushing homeowners into outlying areas where growth is exploding into farmland. The typical "Bay Area transplant" faces an average one-way commute of 58.3 miles from work.
Homeless Families On The Rise
The problem of homelessness is getting worse. The gap between the demand for affordable housing and supply is making families with children the fastest growing segment of the homeless population in the U.S.
Putting A Price On The Value Of Open Space
How important is open space to the economic prosperity of an area?
Las Vegas-style Gaming In Cities?
How California handles requests for urban casinos in Northern California may set the future of Las Vegas-style gaming in cities.
Middle Class Gets Help Buying Homes
An innovative lease-purchase program aims to help middle-class citizens with homeownership in the Bay Area where median home price is more than $300,000.
A Hot Real Estate Market...For Frogs
Why are developers scrambling to buy frog habitat?
Preservationists Lose To Churches
The California Supreme Court decided that religious groups are not bound by local historic preservation laws.
How Will California Get More Water?
There are two answers to California's water supply problem. You won't like either of them.
The Future Of High Speed Rail In California
What's the future for a high-speed train network connecting Northern and Southern California?
Long Beach Serves Notice To Developer
The Queensway Bay project is behind schedule. Long Beach officials have given the developer 30 days to begin.
Two Poor LA County Areas Receive Grants
Targeted Neighborhood Initiative grants were awarded to distressed neighborhoods in San Fernando Valley and Harbor area.
Highway Vs. Hearth
Freeway expansion means that some people loose their homes. What are the alternatives being considered in Southern California?
GPS: An Alternative for the Gas Tax?
Nine states are conducting a feasibility study to find out if global positioning technology (GPS) can be an alternative to the gas tax by tracking each car and charging drivers based on where and how many miles they drive.
Public Transit Shapes Housing
In San Francisco, proximity to public transit has become a major factor in purchasing a home.
Geography-Based Domain Names
A private firm will license .la domain names to Los Angeles-based companies.
Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Slow Sprawl
The new bill would authorize the state to sell bonds to buy development rights to farmland threatened by sprawl.
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.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
