California
California Cities Helen Putnam Award Winners
This prestigious award program recognizes cities' outstanding achievements and innovations.
Santa Clara Property Value Up 9.74%
Assessed value of all real property in Santa Clara County, CA, grew 9.74 percentlast year.
Headwaters Environmentalists Get Extension
Judge gives environmental groups more time to get fundsto prevent logging in California's "Headwaters" case.
Beach City Toxic Dump Cleanup Unlikely
Huntington Beach's toxic dumpsite may be one of California's mostdangerous.
Cities and the Telecommunications Revolution
The stakes for cities is significant -- fiber optic cables run under city streets -- and could change the face and social fabric of local communities.
Waste Not, Want Not
The Arcada, California water filtration facility is a miracle of wastemanagement.
Golden Gate's New Electronic Toll System
The new system promises to speed up traffic by automatically deducting tolls from prepaid accounts. Now if only people would use the system...
Planners Tour SeaWorld
Members of the San Diego Planning Commission tour San Diego's SeaWorld to investigate proposedrides.
Fighting Beach Bacteria with Sand
Puzzled by fluctuating bacteria levels at Huntington Beach, CA, officials have come up with a plan.
Cisco Negotiates Campus Plan
Cisco Systems is negotiating with conservation groups over its plan for a 20,000 worker campus in California's pristine Coyote valley.
A New Airport for Las Vegas
Senate approves a bill to allow construction of a new airport in the Mojave Desert outside of Las Vegas.
Norco Ridge Ok'd
Norco Planning Commission recommends subdivision of the 978-acre site in Norco Hills into 588 residential lots.
How Green is Our Valley?
Technology and transformation are happening along the Ventura Freeway Corridor.
Riverside Gambles on Highway Study
The Riverside County Transportation Commission takes a gamble that it willobtain the funds needed for the new highway study they've approved.
Record Price for San Diego County Residence
A 1937 residence in Del Mar, CA, sold for $25 million asnew wealth from high-tech industries flows into real estate.
Placer "Legacy" Open Space Plan
A Placer County plan to conserve open space through a quarter-cent sales tax increase has been approved for the November ballot.
Critical Habitat for Endangered Snail Proposed
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a "critical habitat"designation for more than 2,500 acres on California's central coast to protect an endangered snail.
San Jose's Spending Survey
City asks residents to vote on how tax dollars are spent.
San Francisco's Monster Homes
Starter Castles. McMansions. Edifice Rezes. Monster houses in San Francisco have residents enraged and planners on the defensive.
Community Development Bank In Dire Straits
The Los Angeles Community Development Bank cuts its staff in half and has its operating account frozen by a $9 million lawsuit.
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
