California
California's Housing Policies Create Slums
As California's population continues to grow, the state's housing policies result in acute housing shortages that create the nation's largest slums in California.
Backwater Considers Cityhood Again
The first California community to give up cityhood 32 years may consider reincorporation.
Farmers Oppose Rural Land Initiative
Sonoma County's farming community has announced its opposition to a rural land initiative that aims to prevent large-scale development on agricultural land.
Activists Unite on Housing
Representatives from the Sierra Club, the Sonoma CountyHousing Advocacy Group, Greenbelt Alliance and the Sonoma County FaithBased Coalition signed an agreement promotingcooperation among environmentalist and affordable housing advocates.
Report Is Tough On Dioxin Data
A report released by Communities for a Better Environmentasserts that water quality regulators have drastically underestimatedthe amount of dioxin pollution produced by oil refineries in the BayArea.
San Francisco's Dot-com Blight
San Francisco residents are protesting technology companies, which have shut out families, artists' groups and nonprofits from low-rent neighborhoods.
Businesses Frustrated With Relocation Effort
A year after San Jose approved a plan to build a City Hallcomplex downtown and help area business owners relocate, businesses are yet to find new places.
LA's Chinatown Becomes BID
Merchants and property owners vote 56-43 to create a Business Improvement Zone in Chinatown. Some are not happy with this decision.
Telco Hotels Worry Cities
Even as California cities rush to restrain the spread of "telco hotels," investors can't get enough of them.
Blitzkrieg Development
Orange County's most powerful builder plans to develop 7,000 acres of unincorporated east Orange with stripmalls and multifamily apartments, condos and houses.
NPS Sued Over Yosemite Management Plan
Environmental groups sue National Park Service over Merced River management plan.
El Toro Lease Still Up In Air
Negotiations with the Navy snag on potential environmental problems with base reuse.
Huge Developer Catellus Restructuring
Real estate: With a surge in major urban projects, the developer has the potential to boost its earnings, analysts say.
A Metro Aqua Line?
A Metro Aqua Line on the Westside? A civic group decided to promote transportation dialogue by posting 8 MTA-like signs showing westside stations.
Burbank Airport Compromise
A smaller terminal may be the middle ground in an ongoing dispute over the future of Burbank airport.
Giant Santa a Historical Mistake?
Preservationists want to keep a 50-year old giant Santa in Santa Barbara, CA, while opponents say the statue is a "historical mistake."
Court Denies Affluent City's Redevelopment District
California Supreme Court refuses to review alower court decision ordering the city of Diamond Bar to disband its redevelopment district, saying the affluent suburb failed to prove therewas any blight.
Growth Halted In Sacramento's Final Frontier
Judge calls North Natomas plan illegal: Environmental concerns could halt development
A Chicagoan's View Of LA Subways
Chicago writer describes her experience on the LA Subway: "The honor system on a city subway? Isn't that a little like an honor system at an ATM?"
LA Sees Profit
This is how good the times are: Even the Los Angeles city government has managed to produce a surplus.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
