The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A profile of two towns in Iowa that have managed to maintain vibrant downtowns

July 9 - Time

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

July 8 - The Sacramento Bee

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

July 8 - The Los Angeles Times

Feature article in the Brookings Review focuses on how to tame metropolitan growth -- what must government do?

July 8 - California State Auditor

An editorial in the Architectural Record calls for architects to discuss about morals and ethics in the profession.

July 8 - Architectural Record

Pedestrians in Tampa-St. Petersburg Florida face the highest risk of getting killed by a car, according to a report that ranks the most dangerous large metro areas for walking in the United States.

July 8 - Transact

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

July 8 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

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

July 7 - The Sacramento Bee

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 - San Jose Mercury News

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

July 7 - The Los Angeles Times

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

July 7 - The Los Angeles Times

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

July 7 - Orange County Register

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 - State of California, Office of the Governor

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 - The San Francisco Chronicle

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 - Desert Sun Palm Springs

Today's digital technology is helping us care for historic buildings.

July 7 - Architectural Record

To create real change, and to help cities become strong and competitive, government officials need to think differently about urban policy.

July 6 - The Brookings Institution

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

July 6 - Desert Sun Palm Springs

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

July 6 - The Chicago Tribune

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 - San Jose Mercury News