California
Silicon Valley Sprouts Grand Estates Amidst Housing Shortage
While middle-class and low-wage workers suffer from an acute housing shortage, Silicon Valley magnates are erecting large estates.
Los Angeles' Vision for Neighborhood Empowerment
Los Angeles' new Department of Neighborhood Empowerment is creating a system of neighborhood councils to restructure city government and local planning. Will it succeed?
Relocation Money Equals New Home
Glendale's Edison-Pacific project creates housing problems for some, but dream fulfillment for others.
Complete List of California's Landuse-Related Local Measures
The California 2000 (C2K) Project has compiled comprehensive summariesof 58 local traffic, housing, and open space measures on Novemberballots throughout the state with direct land use implications.
California Voters Face Quality of Life Issues
Californians face a myriad of local initiatives addressing 'quality of life' issues- specifically traffic, housing, and open space; these measures will have a longstanding affect on future land-use decisions statewide.
Selling City Lights
While most cities fight power plants this city is inviting the power companies in.
If You Build Housing, Will They Come?
The San Jose Mercury News urges San Jose officials to carefully analyze the housing situation in the city before proceeding with housing in Coyote Valley.
Is Deregulation Still the Answer?
California State Senator Bowen offers perspective on whether deregulation is the answer to this summer's shocking electricity price hikes in San Diego.
The History of California's Varied Regions
State Librarian, Kevin Starr, chronicles the history of California's varied regions.
California Water Wars On Again
An editorial discusses the recurrence of the California water wars. Everyone thought peace was established in June. It was short-lived.
BART-San Jose Plan Flawed, Critics Say
Measure A, a ballot measure sponsored by the ValleyTransportation Authority that would implement a30 year half-cent sales tax to be used for transportation projects, hasbeen criticized for not doing enough to alleviate congestion.
State Legislature's Environmental Record
Metro Investment Report presents an insider's candid review of what happens when a former environmental advocate finds himself working from the inside.
Red-legged Frog May Slow Dublin's Growth
U.S. Fish and Wildlife may designate the entire city of Dublin as a critical habitat for the red-legged frog.
Millions Ride on Prop. 35
What is Prop. 35? Why have private companies contributed $11.5 million to try to convince voters to approve it?
Smart, Equitable Investment
Phil Angelides advances smart, equitable investment in urban infrastructure in his first year as California's State Treasurer.
Environmentalists Decry Army Plan
Environmentalists criticize a proposed compromise involving an exchange of 2,500 acres of public land for 131,000 acres to expand artillery training.
Water Pollution Meeting Criticized
A meeting organized by San Diego county Supervisors Ron Robertsand Greg Cox to design a regional effort to clean the county's beaches,rivers, streams, and watersheds was boycotted by environmental groups on Oct 18th.
Talking About Good Parks Is Cheap
The Planning Report interviews Ellen Oppenheim and her reponse to the Trust for Public Land and Urban Land Institute's recent report.
A Dirty-Air Puzzle
New report tackles a pollution puzzle: while other pollutants drop on weekends, smog-causing ozone levels actually increase over the weekend in certain parts of California.
California Regional Tech Scorecard
The Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance has released the first Southern California Technology Innovation Index.
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
