About CP&DR

A Brief History Of CP&DR....

For 20 years, California Planning & Development Report has been regarded as the authoritative periodical on planning and development issues - required reading for planners, land-use lawyers, developers, environmentalists, citizen activists, and others interested and involved in the process of planning and development in California. Since 1986, CP&DR has been a unique institution - a monthly newsletter that serves the California planning and development community by providing comprehensive and up-to-date information in an impartial way using the highest journalistic standards.

Almost all of CP&DR's editorial material is prepared by professional journalists with special knowledge in planning and development. The publication and its editors are quoted by newspaper reporters and interviewed by talk-show hosts all over the state as an objective source of information. Our articles are reprinted everywhere from Sacramento to Riverside to Bakersfield. CP&DR is the only independent publication in the nation covering planning and development issues in a single state. Our subscribers include local planners, developers, land-use and environmental lawyers, state legislators, university professors, and federal agencies. And though most of our subscription list is in California, our readers stretch from New York to Japan.

The California Planning & Development Report office in Ventura also serves as the "launching pad" for many other articles and publications dealing with land-use planning, local government, and economic development in California and around the nation. The editors, William Fulton and Paul Shigley, write regularly for many other respected publications, including, Governing magazine (www.governing.com), and Planning magazine (www.planning.org). CP&DR's editors have also written many books, special reports, and other publications on planning and development in California and the nation, two of which are available on-line here in the CP&DR bookstore. With its network of affiliated researchers, CP&DR and its parent company, Solimar Research Group, also provide private clients with custom research, bringing the same degree of skill and integrity to a wide variety of topics.

Our Staff....

Below is a list of our current staff. See our contact page for information on getting in touch with us.

William Fulton - Publisher

Paul Shigley - Editor

Robin Andersen - Circulation Manager

Sherry Schafer - Production Manager

Morris Newman - Senior Contributing Editor

Kenneth Jost - Special Supreme Court Correspondent