Articles

Lawsuit Settlement Makes Clean Air a Fresno Planning Priority
Lawsuit Settlement Makes Clean Air a Fresno Planning Priority

Oct 1, 2003

Environment Watch, Paul Shigley, Vol. 18 No. 10 Oct 2003

The connection in people's minds between air pollution and urban development is getting stronger in Fresno. This summer, the City of Fresno settled a lawsuit filed by clean air advocates over the city's general plan. The city agreed to take a number of steps to encourage development that is less automobile-dependent than past projects, and the city committed $1 million to the effort.
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Playa Vista Grows, Shrinks and Gets Ready for Next Round
Playa Vista Grows, Shrinks and Gets Ready for Next Round

Oct 1, 2003

Local Watch, Paul Shigley, Vol. 18 No. 10 Oct 2003

Development at Playa Vista, the controversial project on Los Angeles's West Side, is proceeding even though the project is getting smaller. During the same week in September that Playa Vista hosted an official grand opening, Gov. Gray Davis said he would sign a bill to spend $25 million of state bond money to partially purchase 193 acres at Playa Vista for habitat restoration and open space.
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Riverside County's Integrated Planning Effort Spurs Incorporation Movement
Riverside County's Integrated Planning Effort Spurs Incorporation Movement

Oct 1, 2003

CP&DR Staff, In Brief, Vol. 18 No. 10 Oct 2003

Negative reaction to Riverside County's integrated planning effort is spurring an incorporation movement in Menifee Valley, on Interstate 215 about 30 miles south of Riverside.
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