California
Santa Monica To Slow Growth
SM has new guidelines for building size. This may slow growth and possibly reduce the value of some property.
Goodbye To Hollywood?
The study begins to see if Hollywood can afford independence. The vote to secede may come in 2002.
Cal EPA Developing Environmental Indicators
The California EPA is establishing new criteria with which to assess state environmental programs and create a standard environmental evaluation.
Housing Crisis Grows At University
San Francisco State University faces a housing crisis as students struggle to find a place to live.
Developer Incentive Plan Disallowed
The California Coastal Commission rejected a proposal to allow developers to choose from a range of affordable housing incentives.
Center Of Attention
Anaheim hopes the new $176.5 million convention center will bring in profits as the city transforms itself into a tourist and convention destination.
Clogging Arteries In LA's Transportation
MTA is drawing a 25-year blueprint to lessen travel congestion. Rush hour averages 34 mph today. In 2025 the commute will slow to 20 mph.
Annual Housing Quotas For Cities
In response to a state-mandated program to alleviate the housing crisis the Association of Bay Area Governments has developed yearly housing quotas for each city and county.
Neighborhood Councils: Good News-Bad News
An editorial discusses the disparity between affluent and poor neighborhoods in the creation of neighborhood councils.
Wildlife Agencies, Coast Panel Try To Avoid Turf Battle
California's Coastal Commission and federal wildlife agencies are trying to avoid a turf battle over enforcing the federal Endangered Species Act and the California Coastal Act.
Activists Want All Of Mesa Protected
Preservationists would like state to buy Bolsa Chica mesa like 1997 purchase of wetlands.
California's Air Pollution Causing Tahoe's Algae Problem
Automobile emissions from Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay may be causing the explosion of algae growth in Lake Tahoe.
Logging Frim Gets Sustainability Certification
A California Redwood logging firm has received a coveted "sustainability" certification for it's forestry management.
New Flood-Plain Maps May Cost Residents
New FEMA maps put greater area in 100-year flood zone.
Home Prices Drive Mayor To Hills
"Buying a house in one Silicon Valley city is so expensive that even the mayor can't afford to live there."
Saving Yosemite Valley
A 10-year, $442 million plan to address Yosemite Valley problems is unveiled.
Rooms To Grow
A look at the changing face of the hotel industry in Orange County, its economic implications, and a discussion of some of the major developments in the region.
Second Defeat Of Desert Nuclear Dump
A company seeking to build a nuclear waste dump in the Mojave Desert has been defeated a second time in a federal appeals court.
Rail Transit Alternatives For Los Angeles
Authors of an academic journal article examine a variety of market-based transportation alternatives to rail transit for Los Angeles.
Silicon Valley's Homeless
The homeless population of Silicon Valley has grown by 23 percent in the last five years with families making up a growing segment.
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
