The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

LA City Councilwoman Gallanter comes out strongly against SCAG's maglev transportation proposal.

July 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Placer and Sacramento counties evaluate 18 flood control projects for 100-year flood event.

July 6 - The Sacramento Bee

The former El Toro Marine base in Orange County should have been a cargo airport already. Instead, the county is losing money just trying to maintain the empty airfield.

July 6 - The Los Angeles Times

An awareness, and perhaps fear, of urban sprawl is causing a dramatic policy shift toward thinking green -- even in places like Los Angeles.

July 6 - The Washington Post

A working knowledge of this ancient system is turning out to be essential in some high end property sales.

July 6 - Time

Stockton officials criticize the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board saying complex pollution rules could prove costly for businesses.

July 5 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The Department of Industrial Relations has launched a new policy of monthly surprise sweeps of residential-tract construction sites.

July 5 - Wall St. Journal

SCAG's proposal for the nation's first magnetic levitation train is delivered to Federal Rail Administration; it will compete with nine other cities.

July 5 - Wall St. Journal

"Raisin Capital" is named as an All-American City by the National Civic League. Santa Clarita is runner-up.

July 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Heavily contaminated by decades as an oil port, Avila Beach is undergoing a massive cleanup effort and hopes to become a tourist destination. Will it succeed?

July 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Some of the strictest anti-growth initiatives in the nation are headed for the November ballot in the Tri-Valley area of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

July 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

91 toll road; State's transportation surplus; Bart to San Jose bill; MTC completes study; San Diego wins federal funds.

July 5 - California Corridors

A wind-and-sun-powered ferry in Australia's Sydney Harboris looking at other markets for environmentally sensitive ferries, including San Francisco Bay.

July 4 - Wired

The California Department of Transportation could face up to$15,000 in fines for alleged water quality violations.

July 4 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Improving train service from San Francisco to San Jose has priority over a proposed Redwood City ferry service.

July 4 - San Jose Mercury News

Orange County's experiments with private toll roads is meeting with mixed success. But politicians are increasingly calling for making the toll roads free.

July 4 - California Corridors

Resale housing market up in LA, Orange, and San Diego Counties, down in Riverside-San Bernardino, and even in Northern California.

July 4 - LAEDC Economic Data Global Express (e-Edge)

Debate about how the Greenhouse effect is changing the environment has been scientific in nature -- now it's time for a radically new approach -- one that includes land use.

July 4 - The Atlantic Monthly

Despite the recent loss of the huge San Fernando Valley redevelopment area, the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency is quietly expanding its influence.

July 4 - Los Angeles Business Journal

California is spending more on the environment as the state's giant and influential electorate is demandinggreener communities and environmental protections.

July 3 - The Washington Post