California
Victory For San Fernando Valley
It's not what Los Angeles City Hall wanted: LAFCO is being allowed to decide what's best for both the Valley and Los Angeles.
Toxic Turnaround In LA
Interest in putting LA infill sites back into productive use is attracting significant attention. But there's a problem: much of that core is toxic.
Shifting Demographics Challenge Communities
Communities face cultural differences, economic resentment, and competition for services in a fast-changing economy and shifting demographics.
$35 Million HUD Grant For Richmond
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo today awarded a$35 million grant to Housing Authority of the City of Richmond, CA, that will be used to providehousing for 530 families and to demolish 237 deteriorated public housing apartment
A New Vision for LA's Chinatown
The community neighboring the vacant Cornfield site in Chinatown is in desperate need of parks, schools and jobs--priorities that are often in conflict with each other.
State Group To Fight EPA Rules
The Alliance For Water Quality will oppose efforts by the regional water-quality boards to impose stricter water-pollution limits.
Living In LA's Historic Core
Loft-style apartments will open in August at the intersection of 4th and Main Streets in downtown LA. The Los Angeles Conservancy's architectural survey will be released today.
Environmentalists May Sue Over Smog
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Coalition forClean Air threatened to sue state agencies on Thursday for failing tomeet California's Smog Check II program emission-reduction goals due tolax regulations and poor enforcement.
LAUSD:$14 Million Albatross
LAUSD owns 7.6 acres near Pacific Palisades worth $14 million. Taxes are $55,000 a year, but the land is rented for only $16,000 to an equestrian club. Neighbors oppose sale of the property.
Open Space Groups Outbid
Competing in one of the hottest real estate markets, theMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District has found themselves outbid inefforts to buy rural parcels to preserve open space in the region.
Starving For Juice
San Francisco Chronical editorial highlights poorplanning, an unstable market and a booming economy as the major culpritsin the power crisis that has hit San Diego residents the hardest and hasbeen felt by areas across the state.
Legislation Discourages Large Chain Stores
New ordinance bans new stores greater than 4,000 square feet effectively discouraging large chain stores in San Francisco's Castro district.
Residents Say Mini-freeways Unsafe
San Jose's one-way streets are convenient for motorists but residents complain speeding motorists have made their neighborhoods unsafe.
Water Plan Running Out Of Time
Due to expire on Sept. 30 of this year, funding for the waterpact between California and the U.S. government called CalFed may be injeopardy unless Congress votes to renew it.
SF Valley Secessionists Gain Victory
In documents released July 25, 2000, the Los Angeles County Counsel rules that LAFCO has the power to decide how to break up the city.
Downtown LA's Last Big Open Space
KCRW features special "Which Way LA?" discusson on the future of the Cornfields and Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles. Audio archive available.
$80 Million Industrial Park in LA's Chinatown
One of the last open pieces of land in downtown Los Angeles is scheduled for industrial park development. Opponents say that the fight over the Cornfield is not over.
New Planning Strategy for Downtown LA?
Los Angeles Downtown News editorial calls for a new planning strategy for the greater downtown area.
Burbank Nixes Airport Terminal Land
Burbank needs a new airport terminal. But the 81 acres set aside for that project will not be purchased by the Airport Authority.
Stacked Parking Could Double Capacity
An idea long used in European and Asian cities, stacked parking is now being discussed in San Francisco.
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
