California
Casinos Bloom in Palm Springs
Palm Springs, California, the desert hideaway of the rich and famous, is seeing a boom in casinos that is upsetting residents and businesses that do not want to see their city turn into another Las Vegas.
Comparing BART and L.A.'s New Subway
What can San Francisco's BART learn from Los Angeles' new subway?
Connect Transportation and Land Use
Failure to recognize the connection between land use and transportation threatens the region's economic future and quality of life.
Catellus Gets Out of Home-Building
Catellus Development Corp., one of the West's largest developers, is selling the majority of its home building operations. Is this a sign?
Preserving Santa Anita's Racetrack
National trust names Santa Anita as one of America's 11 most endangered places. The City of Arcadia is making dramatic changes -- but at what price?
Paradise Lost: High-Tech in Orange County
Orange County boosters envisioned an oasis for high-tech firms. But high-tech firms have a negative impression of suburbia.
Improving CA's Land Acquisition Planning
California needs to improve its land acquisition planning and oversight, according to a new report by the California State Auditor/Bureau of State Audits.
Saving Historic Homes
Sacramento Bee editorial praises annual "Fainted Ladies" tour to save historic homes endangered by demolition.
Bighorns Impact Growth
Proposed massive three-county, 1,370 square mile refuge for endangered bighorn sheep would require new land use restrictions.
Who Gets BART Next?
Should Santa Clara get a BART extension before other areas that have paid taxes for decades?
Here Come New Transit Projects
Governor Davis signs far-reaching $6.8-billion transportation plan with a variety of targeted projects throughout the state.
The San Luis Drain?
State water officials and farmers are joining forces behind a controversial agricultural plan to move wastewater from San Joaquin Valley to the San Francisco delta.
Disney: A Bumpy Ride in Glendale
Impacts of Disney's proposed "creative campus" on a 125-acre site in Glendale are released in a draft environmental review.
Building Neighborhood Councils
USC experts call for flexibility in defining boundaries as the new Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) begins creating neighborhood councils.
OC Toll Road Plan Vetoed
Governor Davis vetoed a $5-million plan to study an 11-mile toll road along Orange County's Santa Ana River.
Davis Signs Housing Package
Governor Gray Davis signed the Budget Housing Trailer Bill package totaling $240 million in new funding to meet the state’s housing needs.
SF's New Housing Proposal
A proposed plan would make it easier for developers in San Francisco to build taller residential buildings and sidestep planning regulations in return for more affordable units.
Protected Habitat for Endangered Sheep
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposes 1,370 square miles stretchingfrom Palm Springs, California, to to Mexico border, to bedesignated protected habitat for the endangered peninsular bighorn sheep.
Indio Building Project Abandoned
A new building aimed at boosting city of Indio's downtownrevitalization efforts is abandoned.
Toads Vs. Developers
One of the largest housing developments in Los Angeles County historyis held up by a nearly extinct toad.
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
