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Planners Tour SeaWorld

Members of the San Diego Planning Commission tour San Diego's SeaWorld to investigate proposedrides.

July 14 - San Jose Mercury News

Fighting Beach Bacteria with Sand

Puzzled by fluctuating bacteria levels at Huntington Beach, CA, officials have come up with a plan.

July 14 - Orange County Register

Cisco Negotiates Campus Plan

Cisco Systems is negotiating with conservation groups over its plan for a 20,000 worker campus in California's pristine Coyote valley.

July 14 - San Jose Mercury News

A New Airport for Las Vegas

Senate approves a bill to allow construction of a new airport in the Mojave Desert outside of Las Vegas.

July 14 - The Los Angeles Times

Norco Ridge Ok'd

Norco Planning Commission recommends subdivision of the 978-acre site in Norco Hills into 588 residential lots.

July 14 - Press-Enterprise


How Green is Our Valley?

Technology and transformation are happening along the Ventura Freeway Corridor.

July 14 - Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance

Riverside Gambles on Highway Study

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


Record Price for San Diego County Residence

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

$500,000 for Students in Low-Income Communities

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

Placer "Legacy" Open Space Plan

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

Critical Habitat for Endangered Snail Proposed

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

San Jose's Spending Survey

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

July 13 - San Jose Mercury News

GAO Report Slams Land Exchange Programs

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

San Francisco's Monster Homes

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

July 13 - The Los Angeles Times

Home Builders Assn Markets Smart Growth?

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

Community Development Bank In Dire Straits

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

Bridging the Digital Divide

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 Skyrocket in Santa Cruz

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

July 12 - San Jose Mercury News

A Fight for the Beaches

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

Expansion Follows Convention Center

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

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