The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Riverside County Transportation Commission takes a gamble that it willobtain the funds needed for the new highway study they've approved.

July 13 - Press-Enterprise

A 1937 residence in Del Mar, CA, sold for $25 million asnew wealth from high-tech industries flows into real estate.

July 13 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

To help low-income students improve their performance and reduce the high school drop-out rate, HUD announced grants intended for Empowerment Zone communities, Enterprise Communities and sites in or near public housing orHUD-assisted housing sites.

July 13 - HUD News

A Placer County plan to conserve open space through a quarter-cent sales tax increase has been approved for the November ballot.

July 13 - The Sacramento Bee

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a "critical habitat"designation for more than 2,500 acres on California's central coast to protect an endangered snail.

July 13 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

City asks residents to vote on how tax dollars are spent.

July 13 - San Jose Mercury News

GAO finds land exchange programs are rife for abuse by developers and timber companies, and suggests that federal agencies discontinue the programs.

July 13 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Starter Castles. McMansions. Edifice Rezes. Monster houses in San Francisco have residents enraged and planners on the defensive.

July 13 - The Los Angeles Times

The National National Association of Home Builders outrages opponents by co-opting Smart Growth concepts in their own advertising efforts.

July 13 - The Washington Post

The Los Angeles Community Development Bank cuts its staff in half and has its operating account frozen by a $9 million lawsuit.

July 13 - The Los Angeles Times

Ideas2000, a nonpartisan research group, has issued a report outlining the "Digital Divide" problem and suggesting solutions for America's cities.

July 13 - Ideas2000

Property values in Santa Cruz County, CA, have gone up by 8 percent over the previous year.

July 12 - San Jose Mercury News

Southern California dumps nearly a trillion gallons of polluted urban runoff into the ocean alongside its famous beaches. What is being done about it?

July 12 - The New York Times

While construction continues on the San Diego Convention Center, its board is ready to commission new studies for a bigger facility.

July 12 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Plan for a new power plant in South San Jose, CA, less than a mile from a residential neighborhood is being criticized for not being environmentally sensitive.

July 12 - San Jose Mercury News

The Industry Standard lists the 50 most connected urban markets in the US, and 18 Metro Areas with more than 50% of people online.

July 12 - The Industry Standard

For the first 5 months of 2000, new industrial permit values in LosAngeles County continued to lag the year ago, but the gap seems to benarrowing, down just 2.3%.

July 12 - LAEDC Economic Data Global Express (e-Edge)

The F.B.I. is looking into allegations the Building Inspection Departmentpromotes dirty dealing in its inspections.

July 12 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Fresno's population increases and so does residents' ire at Mayor Jim Pattersonplan to deal with it.

July 11 - The Fresno Bee

Private contractors and Caltrans battle it out over who reaps the rewards ofGovernor Davis' multibillion dollar plan to ease traffic.

July 11 - The Los Angeles Times