California
Housing Battle Brewing
SCAG asks state department to reduce housing estimates for Southern California, but state stands firm, setting the stage for a battle.
LA River Gets Funding Stream
Much-maligned Los Angeles River is expected to receive state funding and become a state parkway.
Silicon Valley Jobs Are Plentiful; Houses Are Not
A proposal from Cisco Systems to build a 6.6 million-square-foot campus for up to 20,000 workers in south San Jose has focused attention on the Silicon Valley’s housing shortage.
The Future of the Sierra Nevada
The largest timber company in California has adopted a clear-cutting strategy that threatens the future of the Sierra Nevada.
Museum Design: Masterpiece or Boxy Shed?
A design to replace the earthquake-weakened M.H. de Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Parkfaces criticism from architects and grassroots organizations.
LAUSD Site Planning: The Good, Bad, Ugly
Stakeholders offer their two cents on plans for Los Angeles' Abasssador Hotel as a future LAUSD school site.
The New LA Charter: Are You Ready?
Among the changes: 15 neighborhood councils, five regional planning commissions. Is this "placebo government?"
Lawsuit Over Wood-burning Fireplace Ban
Palo Alto hit with a lawsuit by industry group over city's ban on wood-burning fireplaces.
Citywide Rezoning for Stanton
Stanton, CA., plans to rezone the entire city into a redevelopment zone.
Silicon Valley? Technology Needs Space
Joel Kotkin suggests that Silicon Valley's real estate is causing it's demise. Instead, technology is looking toward Dallas, Washington DC, and Southern California.
Downtown L.A. as a Destination Place
Get ready for Staples Phase 2 -- a billion dollar entertainment, retail, and hotel complex encircling the arena.
El Toro: CA's Most Bitter Land Use Controversy
Feature story in Planning Magazine chronicles history and planning or El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in the heart of Orange County.
Technology for Planning and Architecture
The AEC Systems show profiles new technologies for architecture, construction, planning; focus on tech tools for project management.
Planning Editorial: Zoning -- Let's Start Over
Society has outgrown planning's land use designations. We need to radically "dezone" our communities.
Government Exempts Central Valley Pollution
San Joaquin counties would have failed new EPA standards; new funds for UC Merced to "enhance environmental stewardship."
El Segundo Plans Downtown Revitalization
Revitalization plan seeks to attract pedestrians and retailbusinesses.
No Open Access To Cable Lines
Court rules that local cities cannot mandate open access to cable lines.
Airport Considers Toll For Out-of-towners
Los Angeles International Airport might consider charging Orange County residents for using the airport in order to compensate nearby communities for traffic and noise.
Burbank Airport Authority Counters City's Proposal
After only a day, the Burbank Airport Authority rejected the City Council's scaled-down proposal to expand the airport.
Expensive Subway to Open
After nearly 15 years of construction, Los Angeles' $4.7 billion subway project is ready to open. But will Angelenos get out of their cars?
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
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
