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Helping Cities Improve Business Districts
Pleasanton, CA, recently honored for a well-developed downtown, is helping other cities shape programs to improve their business districts.
Electric Vehicle Showdown
California's zero emissions vehicle mandate is at stake. Will it be postponed again? Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters reports.
Bacteria To Filter Trash Odor
California transfer station to be the first in the state to use a biofilter -- an all-natural air-cleansing device that uses bacteria to filter foul-smelling fumes from trash.
Unintended Sprawl In Colorado?
Colorado ballot initiative critics predict efforts to curb sprawl might push it where no growth laws are in effect.
More Dot-Com Development Backlash
An influx of high-tech's new rich is changing face of getaway cities, raising prices and residents' ire.
Monster Homes: Castle Or Eyesore?
San Francisco joins the ranks of cities trying to rein in 'monster' homes, saying they destroy local charm.
Tijuana's Historic Preservation Struggle
Activists seek to identify landmark buildings before they are obliterated by by present-day chaos.
Colorado's Light Rail: Success?
Critics claim Colorado's Regional Transit District officials are manipulating numbers to demonstrate success.
The Case For ZEV Standards
LA Times editorial comes out in favor of electric vehicles and maintaining California's zero emission vehicle standard.
Boom Economy Spurs Construction Backlog
The booming economy is subjecting homeowners to frustrating week or month-long waits for home repairs which draw less interest that bigger projects.
Economic Boom Finally Reaching Blighted Areas
The decade-old economic boom is finally reachingdown into blighted Southern California communities.
San Francisco's Giant Retail Plan
San Francisco's plans for 1.58-million-square-foot complex might just be the largest urban redevelopment project in the country.
Demographics At Warp Speed
Technology and global markets are about to reshape America's metropolitan landscapes.
San Jose Rethinks Big Signs
Two years after rewriting city rules toaccommodate giant rooftop signs, San Jose officials now plan to rein in the size of such corporate displays.
Blighted Communities Rebound
Good times finally start to rub off on distressed Southland communities hurt most by the recession. Is this good planning or good fortune?
Experiment With Electric Bikes
As part of a new, and perhaps most comprehensive plan in the nation, Santa Cruz County residents will receive economic incentives on electric bikes.
Unprecedented Water War In San Joaquin
Westlands deal cites untested 57-year-old statutes to seek a third of San Joaquin's flow.
Where Will 10 Million New Californians Live?
In an international competition architects were challenged to develop a growth pattern in the Central Valley that would have minimal encroachment on farmland.
New Urgency For Urban Trees
Trees have become civic obsession in many areas as we realize that trees have health and psychological benefits.
SF: Even More Slow Growth
A second slow-growth measure on San Francisco's ballot will compete with a similar plan supported by the Mayor.
Ada County Highway District
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Jessamine County Fiscal Court
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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