California
SF's New Waterfront Sports Arena?
The idea of building a waterfront sports arena in San Francisco is starting to become more than just talk...
Fighting Runoff Pollution
Fight to reduce runoff pollution will needbroad public cooperation.
Traffic Flow Metering...By Instinct
When high-tech fails, a Caltrans employee controls the flow metering lights that regulate traffic across San Francisco's Bay Bridge - the busiest toll bridge in the world.
Santa Clara County Rejects BART Tax for Ballot
Santa Clara County supervisors reject a BART extension tax for the November ballot.
County Limits Monster Homes on Coast
California's San Mateo County votes to limit thesize of single-family houses on unincoporated landalong the coast.
Nonresidential Construction Healthy
For the first 6 months of 2000, new industrial construction in Los Angeles has inched back into the positive column, with permit values up by 2.6%.
San Joaquin Water Wars Get Vicious
The huge Westlands Water District has launched a "sneak attack" by filing a legal claim to water that irrigates much of the the San Joaquin Valley.
Who Should Pay For BART Extension?
Assemblyman Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) wants Santa Clara County to pay for rail extensions to Livermore and Antioch.
L.A. District Considers Landfill Purchase
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County serving 6 million people is considering the purchase of two landfills.
Ferry System Plan Faces Hurdles
Ambitious $1 billion plan for a Bay Area ferry system faces enormous hurdles.
Homebuilding Strong in June
There was a 9.9% increase over the year in total housing permits issued in California. Permits for multi-family units jumped 127.4% over June 1999.
Searching for Grass-roots Planners
San Jose is about to launch a massive residential renewal effort by establishing neighborhoodadvisory groups to identify needs and set priorities.
Riverside's New Traffic Impact Fees
Cities in western Riverside County are proposing to improve area roads by having developers pay traffic impact fees.
Housing Plan For Teachers In Trouble
The idea was novel: San Francisco would be the first school district to offer subsidized housing to keep teachers from fleeing America's most expensive city.
Redevelopment Plan for East Palo Alto
Developers plan to attract high-tech and bio-tech firms, restaurants, and stores to 130 acres of bay shore land.
Eli Broad's Vision For Downtown LA
Once called the "king of sprawl", billionaire home-builder Eli Broad has since turned his sites toward revitalizing downtown Los Angeles.
Cities Ask Business To Fund Housing
CP&DR Editor William Fulton evaluates the return of linkage fees -- will they do any good — or any harm?
Truck-Only Lanes?
California soon may advance two separate studies on the feasibility of constructing truck-only lanes along heavily congested state roadways.
Racial Issues In Urban Planning
Racial tension is no more likely in multi ethnic neighborhoods, but Californians prefer to live in areas where their own ethnicity is the majority.
Cell Phone Towers Aren't Going Away
After several years in decline, new cellular phone towers are on the rise again, and this time designers are getting better at hiding them.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
JM Goldson LLC
Custer County Colorado
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Jefferson Parish Government
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
