California
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.
Think Big, Think Long-Term
Daily News explores the varying opinions on L.A.’s transit efforts and explains why we must have courage.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Urban Limit Line to Restrict Sprawl
California's Contra Costa County voted to rein in sprawl with an urban limit line.
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.
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.
Shifting Demographics Challenge Communities
Communities face cultural differences, economic resentment, and competition for services in a fast-changing economy and shifting demographics.
$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
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.
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.
Living In LA's Historic Core
Loft-style apartments will open in August at the intersection of 4th and Main Streets in downtown LA. The Los Angeles Conservancy's architectural survey will be released today.
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.
LAUSD:$14 Million Albatross
LAUSD owns 7.6 acres near Pacific Palisades worth $14 million. Taxes are $55,000 a year, but the land is rented for only $16,000 to an equestrian club. Neighbors oppose sale of the property.
Open Space Groups Outbid
Competing in one of the hottest real estate markets, theMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District has found themselves outbid inefforts to buy rural parcels to preserve open space in the region.
Starving For Juice
San Francisco Chronical editorial highlights poorplanning, an unstable market and a booming economy as the major culpritsin the power crisis that has hit San Diego residents the hardest and hasbeen felt by areas across the state.
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
