California
Regionalizing Air Travel In Southern Califronia
Facing a doubling of passengers at the aging and space-constrained LAX, new Mayor Villaraigosa outlines plans to focus international flights at LAX, and push domestic flights to other regional airports.
L.A.'s Griffith Park Gets Ready For A Makeover
The nation's largest urban park needs some sprucing up, and Melendrez landscape architects has recently submitted its draft master plan.
Irvine Revives Light Rail Plan
A new rail plan proposes to bring mass transit to Orange County.
Reinforcing Southern California's Polycentricity Through New Suburbanism
A re-awakening of interest in walkable urban environments in suburban locations? This trend mostly revolves around the pre-war downtowns of small Southern California cities that grew into suburban bedroom communities in the 1950s and 1960s.
Last Great Frontier: The Third California
Joel Kotkin and William Frey observe how the movement of high-skilled and professional jobs to rapidly growing inland California is changing the region where the "California Dream" is still possible.
California's 'Missing Bear' Relocating To Nevada For Lower Costs
Nevada's latest tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign to lure California businesses features a missing California Grizzly Bear and 'California happy cows'.
California County Embraces Plan For Car Independent Future
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors agreed to a new transportation policy calling for increased use of alternative forms of transportation.
Cleanup Of Times Square A Model For Downtown LA?
Can downtown Los Angeles' problem with homelessness on skid row be solved by the same principles that changed the image of Times Square?
Friday Funny: Parrot Quiz
Take San Francisco Weekly's quiz to find out if you are an apologist for the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.
Controversial Getty Villa To Re-Open After 12-Year Hiatus
The palatial urban masterpiece is finally back, but its art collection has been called into question by international critics.
L.A.: Proud Home Of The Car Chase
In The New Yorker, Tad Friend discusses the city's weird relationship with the crime and television phenomenon, highlighting some 'classic', 'fondly remembered' chases.
The Next Great (Sub)Urban Park?
At 1,300 acres, the Orange County Great Park, to be built over the ruins of the El Toro Marine base, may bring greater identity to the sprawling region.
L.A. Planning Passes Torch from Winogrond to Goldberg
While L.A. searched for a new planning director to help implement Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's vision of a new L.A., one based on smart growth and higher densities, longtime area planner Mark Winogrond did more than keep the seat warm as City Planning director.
Sierra Club Wins Farmland Preservation Fee
Successful litigation by a Sierra Club chapter in California's Central Valley results in $17.5 million to purchase conservation easements in San Joaquin County, as well as the establishment of a farmland preservation fee in the City of Stockton.
Think Tank's Green Thinking Garners Gold
The new headquarters of pre-eminent think-tank RAND received a LEED Gold certification for a building design that reflects the ideals of the institution.
Los Angeles Needs Parks...And Imagination
Los Angeles needs to use zoning, land swaps, tax breaks, and imagination to ensure green space for its residents says Patt Morrison.
Scary Bus Stops
After conducting research on dangerous bus stops in Los Angeles, UCLA Professor Loukaitou-Sideris has embarked on another project to learn what strategies have been successful in addressing concerns by women about safety and the built environment.
Historic Hospital Site Center Of Development Controversy
The L.A. hospital needs to sell; developers want to build housing; preservationists want it saved; former residents want affordable housing to make up in part for earlier urban renewal on the site.
Schwarzenegger Plan Omits Affordable Housing Funds
The California Governor rejects pleas from advocates for a steady income stream; bond measures may continue to be the only source.
Partnerships For Blight Removal
L.A. city offices partner up to locate and sell nuisance properties, through the American Dream Program.
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.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
