California

Subsidized low-cost housing costs more than private projects, according to new research.

January 29, 2004 - Bakersfield Californian

How Vancouver ideas do -- and do not -- help in shaping San Francisco's first high density neighborhood.

January 29, 2004 - ArchNewsNow.com

Martha Welborne, managing director of the Grand Avenue Authority, discusses the most recent developments in the project that promises to define downtown L.A. and finally create a center for the region.

January 28, 2004 - The Planning Report

By 2020, over 68 million riders would use a statewide bullet train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. But is $37-billion too much?

January 28, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles has two of the most ecologically advanced buildings in the country -- and both are competing for the title of the greenest building in America.

January 27, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Building new schools ought to serve as the foundation for community development, write David Abel and Jonathan Fielding.

January 27, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

An attempt to build a park restroom exemplifies the California's inane bureaucracy.

January 26, 2004 - The Sacramento Bee

An Indian tribe plans to use its land and casinos to anchor a mile-square entertainment district in Palm Springs.

January 26, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

An innovative nonprofit car sharing program that rents cars for $2-$4 per hour is catching on.

January 25, 2004 - San Mateo Times

A new California law makes it much easier to legally convert a garage into a small rental.

January 25, 2004 - New Urban Living

J. Eric Priestley tells a story about gang confrontation on the nation's busiest and deadliest light-rail line.

January 24, 2004 - LA Weekly

A California Indian tribe has proposed a 'tax for monopoly' initiative that would allow casinos to expand as much as the market allows.

January 23, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Ben Quiñones shares his observations about traveling on L.A.'s 'Ghetto Blue' -- the busiest and the deadliest light-rail line in the nation.

January 23, 2004 - LA Weekly

Cities and counties throughout California are developing 'inclusionary zoning' programs. But do they work?

January 23, 2004 - California Planning and Development Report

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to speed California drivers to a future in which hydrogen, instead of petroleum, will power their cars.

January 21, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Analysts argue that the $3.4 billion loss will exacerbate Southern California's air quality, congestion and economic woes.

January 20, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Community groups are protesting higher densities called for in San Francisco's long-overdue Housing Element.

January 19, 2004 - San Francisco Business Times

California's new Business, Transportation and Housing Secretary, Sunne Wright McPeak, wants to link state transportation fuding with housing construction.

January 15, 2004 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Tired of trying to get the approval of a city? Go directly to the voters instead.

January 14, 2004 - The Chicago Tribune

Wal-Mart is attempting to use the California intiative process to bypass planning regulations in Inglewood, CA.

January 14, 2004 - The Chicago Tribune