A restaurant critic wonders if they deserve blame for furthering gentrification in San Francisco. It's an interesting, and utterly counterproductive, question. >>read more
Newly elected Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has a housing crisis on her hands. She's already alienating many of the allies she might need to solve it. >>read more
New public transit lines, extensions, and major upgrades have been opening up all over California lately. CP&DR reviews the impacts of these transformative, and not-so-transformative, projects. >>read more
This week's APA conference is located across the street from the "happiest place on earth" -- with "place" in very ironic quotes. Here's what Disneyland, and Disney's latest "imagineering" efforts mean for planning today >> read more
As California brings the gas-powered car era to a close, let's remember: It was just awful enough, at just the right moment, to inspire a revolution in land use regulation. >>read more
Angels Stadium in Anaheim could have become Orange County's most impressive infill redevelopment. If not for corruption, contentiousness, and the Surplus Land Act. >>read more
A new report finds that Californians -- and especially Angelenos -- live in their homes longer than people anywhere else in the country. That's one of the many reasons why California has a housing crisis. >>read more
As the recent fights over housing show, there are not "progressive" and "conservative" cities. There are just cities open to change and cities closed to change. >>read more
The great irony of the philanthropist's life was that he made his billions on sprawl -- and then poured it into making Los Angeles a more urban city. >>read more
