California
Earthquake Prediction Months In Advance
A UCLA team has developed a methodology to predict earthquakes. The last two predictions have been correct.
Turbulent Civic Image Makeovers
Efforts to create new civic identities -- new logos and slogans -- are often highly controversial.
A Journalist's Experiment On Public Transit
A Southern California family tries to make due with one car and public transit. It's a love-hate relationship.
How Should San Francisco Grow?
Should San Francisco bend the city's height limit rules for a worthwhile project? If you're going to meddle in planning, writes columnist John King, meddle well.
Grand Plan, Small Step
Five teams make a short list for Los Angeles' high-profile and ambitious Grand Avenue makeover.
Affordable Housing Attracts University Faculty And Staff
Subsidised homes are a major draw for top-notch faculty and students at the new Cal State Channel Islands campus.
Urban Sprawl: Playing With Fire
Suburban development in wildland areas increases the risk of devastating forest fires.
How To Build A Better Planning Department
The San Francisco Chronicle offers the S.F. Planning Department advice on how to fix itself.
A Lunch Bet On Public Transit
Two transportation writers bet lunch on who can get to work faster. One drives, the other takes public transit.
Big Box Regulations Sweep Across California
Cities and counties of all sizes are adopting regulations to limit development of big box stores.
CarShare Program Partners With Housing Developers
City CarShare, a non-profit in San Francisco, has partnered with affordable housing developers to coordinate parking with housing.
Open-Air Movement: The Department Store Is Dead
The future of retail development is outdoors, and Southern California developer Rick Caruso has successfully pioneered the form.
'Freeway' A Misnomer in So. California
Traffic experts say Southern California's freeway system needs a total overhaul.
CA Earthquake Damages Utopian Past
The City Hall building in a small city in Central California, that was damaged by a recent earthquake, has its origins in one developer's utopian vision.
California Ripe For Monster Quake
Scientists say California's 750-mile San Andreas fault is ready for an 'epic earthquake'.
Light Rail And Terrorism
Officials oppose plans for a light-rail line behind the federal building in Sacramento, CA due to terrorism concerns.
Big Projects, Big Benefits
The Auto Club's transportation manager examines the hard choices that need to be made to fix Southern Calfiornia's freeway system.
A Dream Come True to Practice Planning
After years of having pent up, underutilized urban planning energy, West Sacramento's new City Manager finally gets the chance to practice planning, and encounters nothing but success and praises along the way.
Sacramento Regional Planning Process Draws Thousands
A regional visioning project has drawn about 2000 people to workshops to plan the future of the Sacramento region, in California.
Wal-Mart Rollout -- Or Rollback?
The Inglewood community is resisting the retail giant's expansion in California.
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
