California
California Cities Must Reclaim Their Money
California's political system is broken. Local governments in California are handcuffed by Sacramento, and unable to develop their own tax structures and spending priorities.
San Francisco Can Lead The Nation In Using Solar Energy
San Francisco incorporates sustainable building practices, including pilot solar programs, in its own real estate but stymies the use of solar energy by residential and commercial property owners
Safer Urban Driving Through Confusion?
Experiments with traffic circles in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood has slowed traffic, but only because drivers are confused.
Can L.A.'s River Be Saved?
A collaboration of local government agencies outlines a 10-year plan to restore and clean up the Los Angeles river.
Goodbye Car, Hello Bus
In a car crazy culture, a planner decides to make the switch to transit.
Getting Business To Pay For Housing?
The City of Petaluma, CA is considering a workforce housing linkage fee on new commerical, industrial, and retail development in the city.
Shaping Growth In San Francisco
San Francisco's Transbay Area is destined to take advantage of promixity to the financial district, waterfront, and a new multi-modal transit terminal with high-density residential development.
Profile Of A New Town: Doe Mill, CA
Like most successful new urbanist developments, Doe Mill Neighborhood in Chico, Calif., is a jewel crafted by generalists.
Historic Preservation Vs. A New School
How will the Los Angeles School District convert one of city's most famous hotels into a school?
HOA's: California's First Level Of Government
In a sign of rebellion against homowner association boards, three new California bills would weaken the powers of HOAs.
HOT Lanes: A Win-Win Transportation Solution
Variable-priced toll lanes would make more effective use of existing carpool lanes and also help finance the infrastructure improvements California has failed to provide.
Opposition Causes Developers To Abandon Plan For New City
A conservation group seeks to buy the land on the border of Joshua Tree National Parkt to ensure that it will never be developed.
Sustainable Neighborhoods Through Community Based Policing
The Redlands, California Police department have created a new model for crime control: the police department also manages housing and recreation.
California State Budget's Impacts On Regional Mobility
MTA chairman Zev Yaroslavsky assesses how the state budget will affect Southern California's mass transit agenda.
Backlog Of Affordable Military Housing
A lack of affordable rents and homeownership opportunities is causing strain for more than 2000 military families in San Diego, CA
Check Out This Bike Library
Borrowing a successful idea from Europe, this town has a free volunteer-run "bike library."
State Treasurer On California Budget's Policy Implications
Treasurere Phil Angelides analyzes the budget, its impact on the capacity to accomodate the state's inevitable growth, and it's implications for California's long-term fiscal health.
Does Immigration Cause Sprawl?
A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies says that sprawl in California's Central Valley could be controlled by curtailing immigration.
California Recall's Infrastructure Set-Aside Sleeper
California's October 7 recall ballot will feature more than Gray, Cruz, and Arnold.
'Silhouetting' Proposed Development
Five Los Angeles cities that control development on the coastal peninsula require the use of 'silhouetting' to alert neighbors about proposed development.
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
