California
Half Of SC's Shoreline Unsafe
Contamination by urban runoff pervades over half of the shoreline from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
Sprawl Vs. High-Density Housing
A survey shows that overcrowding in San Francisco has made residents more open to innovative housing concepts.
CRA Mishandled 7 Real Estate Deals
An audit discovered that the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency paid $1.57 million more than appraisals for land.
Saving History
The Los Angeles Conservancy's Modern Committee fights to save 1950s "Googie" architecture scorned by traditionalists.
Waste Waterworld
The "Ewww!" factor and the $600 million Groundwater Replenishment System project to turn sewage into drinking water.
LA's Street Numbering System
Ever wonder how a large city's street numbering works? The LA Times disects LA's massive street grid.
Homeless Want To Be Homeless
Columnist Jill Stewart argues that the ugly secret about homelessness is that many homeless want to remain homeless.
Growth Control Vs. Population Growth
California is in the midst of a huge population surge at the same time that growth control is gaining support.
LA Passes Open-Access Resolution
Los Angeles has passed a resolution calling for open access to broadband cable Internet access.
Rising Real Estate Costs Hinder Land Preservation
The Bay Area's high land prices are making it difficult forgroups interested in preserving open space to buy the land they wouldlike to see protected.
LA Storm Drain Runoff: More Problems
Despite large sums invested in high-tech devices, runoff is not improved. And anti-pollution laws are getting tougher.
Stanford Faces Growth Restrictions
Faced with a low-cost housing crunch, Stanford University is under pressure to expand.
Changes Approved For Moyer Clean Air Program
The California Air Resources Boardapproved changes to strengthen an incentive plan to reduce pollutantsfrom the air.
River Proposal Calls For Less Water For Farmland
Department of the Interior released a plan which addresses the use of water from the Trinity River, a small river in northern California that supplies as much as a seventh of the Central Valley Project's water.
Habitat Planning A Subdivision
Habitat for Humanity is planning a 22-home subdivision in Piru, California. This is its most ambitious project yet.
Chamber Sues City Over Land Use Restrictions
The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce has sued the City of Santa Monica for restricting parking in a commercial shopping district.
City Won't Take Mall Stores
Huntington Beach City Council blocks the use of eminent domain to makeover aging mall.
Revival For Ventura Harbor
Channel Islands Harbor is struggling. Developers are proposing to revamp a major hotel and restaurant.
Digital Dublin
High-tech office campuses proposed for Alameda County are likely to be incorporated into a new Digital Dublin.
Can LA Save Billions In Congestion Costs?
Could emissions and congestion charges of 10-30-cents per peak-traffic mile produce smog reductions worth more than $200 million a year?
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
