California

Saving Historic Homes

Sacramento Bee editorial praises annual "Fainted Ladies" tour to save historic homes endangered by demolition.

July 8, 2000 - The Sacramento Bee

Bighorns Impact Growth

Proposed massive three-county, 1,370 square mile refuge for endangered bighorn sheep would require new land use restrictions.

July 8, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Who Gets BART Next?

Should Santa Clara get a BART extension before other areas that have paid taxes for decades?

July 8, 2000 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Here Come New Transit Projects

Governor Davis signs far-reaching $6.8-billion transportation plan with a variety of targeted projects throughout the state.

July 7, 2000 - The Sacramento Bee

The San Luis Drain?

State water officials and farmers are joining forces behind a controversial agricultural plan to move wastewater from San Joaquin Valley to the San Francisco delta.

July 7, 2000 - San Jose Mercury News

Disney: A Bumpy Ride in Glendale

Impacts of Disney's proposed "creative campus" on a 125-acre site in Glendale are released in a draft environmental review.

July 7, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Building Neighborhood Councils

USC experts call for flexibility in defining boundaries as the new Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) begins creating neighborhood councils.

July 7, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

OC Toll Road Plan Vetoed

Governor Davis vetoed a $5-million plan to study an 11-mile toll road along Orange County's Santa Ana River.

July 7, 2000 - Orange County Register

Davis Signs Housing Package

Governor Gray Davis signed the Budget Housing Trailer Bill package totaling $240 million in new funding to meet the state’s housing needs.

July 7, 2000 - State of California, Office of the Governor

SF's New Housing Proposal

A proposed plan would make it easier for developers in San Francisco to build taller residential buildings and sidestep planning regulations in return for more affordable units.

July 7, 2000 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Protected Habitat for Endangered Sheep

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposes 1,370 square miles stretchingfrom Palm Springs, California, to to Mexico border, to bedesignated protected habitat for the endangered peninsular bighorn sheep.

July 7, 2000 - Desert Sun Palm Springs

Indio Building Project Abandoned

A new building aimed at boosting city of Indio's downtownrevitalization efforts is abandoned.

July 6, 2000 - Desert Sun Palm Springs

Toads Vs. Developers

One of the largest housing developments in Los Angeles County historyis held up by a nearly extinct toad.

July 6, 2000 - The Chicago Tribune

County to Pay for State Highway

A California county will have to pay a large sharefor widening a state highway as Caltrans now hasless discretion on how it spends its money.

July 6, 2000 - San Jose Mercury News

NASA Plans for Moffet Field

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will hold public hearingsconcerning their plans for a large shared-use educational and research-and-development campus at Moffett Fieldin Mountain View, California.

July 6, 2000 - San Jose Mercury News

Counties, Cities, Gain Little from Surpluses

Local governments in California that suffered in last decade say they are not gaining much in recent good times.

July 6, 2000 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Who Pays for Pollution?

Sacramento Bee asks: Who pays for the costs of pollution -- the polluter or the public? Voters will decide in November.

July 6, 2000 - The Sacramento Bee

Lies, Damn Lies, and Playa Vista

New Times LA takes an irreverent look at Playa Vista and the Los Angeles City Council.

July 6, 2000 - New Times-LA

LA's New Money Train Just Left the Station

LA City Councilwoman Gallanter comes out strongly against SCAG's maglev transportation proposal.

July 6, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Placer's Flood Control Proposal

Placer and Sacramento counties evaluate 18 flood control projects for 100-year flood event.

July 6, 2000 - The Sacramento Bee

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.

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