Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
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."
No Open Access To Cable Lines
Court rules that local cities cannot mandate open access to cable lines.
Develop Alternative Energy -- Oil is Running Out
Editorial argues that end of cheap oil upon which Southern California's industry is based is running out, and the region faces dramatic impacts.
Sacramento's Galt - Doubling in Size?
Nine-year effort by Pacific Gas and Electric would double the size of Sacramento commuter town by opening up farmland east of the city limits.