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Yosemite's New Posh Resort?

A proposal is quietly advancing for a new upscale resort inside Yosemite Valley's park gates.

July 28 - The Sacramento Bee

$34.4 Million HUD Grant for Oakland

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo awarded a$34.4 million grant to the Housing Authority of the City of Oakland, CA, that will be used to provide housing for 329 families and to demolish 178 deteriorated public housing apartments.

July 28 - HUD News

Lofty Living in San Francisco

Developers in San Francisco are converting oldindustrial buildings into high-priced and controversial living spaces.

July 28 - San Jose Mercury News

Saving Santa's Barbara's Gaviota Coast

Gaviota Coast from Goleta to Guadalupe in Santa Barbara County is one of the last uspoiled streteches of coast in Southern California.

July 28 - Santa Barbara News-Press

Think Big, Think Long-Term

Daily News explores the varying opinions on L.A.’s transit efforts and explains why we must have courage.

July 28 - Los Angeles Daily News


Ventura Tech

The Ventura Freeway Corridor, which stretches from Glendale to Ventura, is the latest region to try to get itself on the high-tech map.

July 28 - Wall St. Journal

Congressman Critiques LA's Transit System

The success of LA's Red Line Subway in North Hollywood last month prompted a frank discussion with Congressman Earl Blumenauer.

July 28 - The Metro Investment Report


Mukowski's CARA Bill

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed and sent to the Senate floor the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA) by a 13-7 bipartisan vote on Tuesday, July 25.

July 28 - U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources

Business Group Forms To Oppose EPA

California's most powerful business interests including members from manufacturing and petroleum industrieshave formed a coalition to oppose EPA efforts to impose stricter water-pollution limits.

July 28 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Bill Would Limit ERAF Payments

Senate Bill 1637, authored by Senate leader John Burton, D-SanFrancisco, seeks to lessen the damage inflicted by the state on localgovernment finances by limiting future ERAF payments to their 1999-2000level.

July 28 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Recycling Plan Splits L.A. Residents

A program that would pump treated sewage water into LosAngeles homes after an extensive purification process has fueledcontroversy among city officials and residents.

July 28 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Community's Dedication Wins Grant

East Palo Alto, CA, residents worked for six months to craft a proposal that was awarded a $4.5 million Hewlett Foundation Grant to help bring affordable housing, jobs, and technology training to the city's residents.

July 27 - San Jose Mercury News

Urban Limit Line to Restrict Sprawl

California's Contra Costa County voted to rein in sprawl with an urban limit line.

July 27 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Victory For San Fernando Valley

It's not what Los Angeles City Hall wanted: LAFCO is being allowed to decide what's best for both the Valley and Los Angeles.

July 27 - Los Angeles Daily News

Toxic Turnaround In LA

Interest in putting LA infill sites back into productive use is attracting significant attention. But there's a problem: much of that core is toxic.

July 27 - Los Angeles Business Journal

Shifting Demographics Challenge Communities

Communities face cultural differences, economic resentment, and competition for services in a fast-changing economy and shifting demographics.

July 27 - San Jose Mercury News

$35 Million HUD Grant For Richmond

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo today awarded a$35 million grant to Housing Authority of the City of Richmond, CA, that will be used to providehousing for 530 families and to demolish 237 deteriorated public housing apartment

July 27 - HUD News

A New Vision for LA's Chinatown

The community neighboring the vacant Cornfield site in Chinatown is in desperate need of parks, schools and jobs--priorities that are often in conflict with each other.

July 27 - The Planning Report

State Group To Fight EPA Rules

The Alliance For Water Quality will oppose efforts by the regional water-quality boards to impose stricter water-pollution limits.

July 27 - Wall St. Journal

Environmentalists May Sue Over Smog

The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Coalition forClean Air threatened to sue state agencies on Thursday for failing tomeet California's Smog Check II program emission-reduction goals due tolax regulations and poor enforcement.

July 27 - The Sacramento Bee

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