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19th Century Technology Brings 21st Century Prosperity

May 1, 2002

Economic Development, Vol. 17 No. 05 May 2002, William Fulton

In mid-April, The first freight train emerged from an underground trench a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles and headed along a separate right-of-way toward the enormous rail yards east of downtown Los Angeles.

Players In Endangered Species Act Enforcement Become As Important As The Law

Apr 1, 2002

Insight, Vol. 17 No. 04 Apr 2002, William Fulton

The Interior Department has announced plans to withdraw temporarily "critical habitat" designations for 19 different species of salmon and steelhead throughout the West. The March revelation came in the context of a federal judge's decision to order economic impact analyses of the critical habitat designations.

Sacramento Tax-Sharing Bill Forces Regionalism Issue, But Opposition Holds Firm

Mar 1, 2002

Insight, Vol. 17 No. 03 Mar 2002, William Fulton

Perhaps no legislative proposal in recent memory has cut closer to the bone of California's state-local governance problems than AB 680, Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg's proposal to create a tax-sharing system for metropolitan Sacramento.

Bonds Head for Ballot, But Debt Ceiling and Priorities Remain Uncertain

Feb 1, 2002

Insight, Vol. 17 No. 02 Feb 2002, William Fulton

Despite a recession, $12 billion state budget deficit and already large debt obligations, numerous bond proposals will appear on the state ballot this year.

San Jose Issues Tax-Increment Bonds--And a Dare to State Lawmakers

Jan 1, 2002

Insight, Vol. 17 No. 01 Jan 2002, William Fulton

Here's a man-bites-dog story to top them all: The biggest redevelopment agency in the state may put itself out of business unless the state Legislature comes to the rescue.

Study Finds Disconnect Between Plans, Implementation

Jan 1, 2002

Research Reports, Vol. 17 No. 01 Jan 2002, William Fulton

Planners talk a lot about plans – and a lot about implementing plans – and a lot about projects. But they rarely talk about the relationships among all these things.

California's Brownfields Policy Is Young and May Not Mature Quickly

Dec 1, 2001

Insight, Vol. 16 No. 12 Dec 2001, William Fulton

California is an expansive state, but most people live and work in a series of spaces that are – proportionally – rather small. It may seem like it takes forever to traverse metropolitan Los Angeles or the San Francisco Bay Area, but these population centers make up only a tiny portion of the state's overall land area.

Acquisition of Open Space Becoming Method to Manage Growth

Nov 1, 2001

Insight, Vol. 16 No. 11 Nov 2001, William Fulton

Just in time for the recession, California's voters are going to take a crack at another parks and open space bond in March.

Census Miscalcuates Prisoners, College Students

Oct 1, 2001

Chris Williamson, Vol. 16 No. 10 Oct 2001, William Fulton

Planning is essentially the process of analyzing people and places, and nothing informs that process more than the decennial Census. This past summer, California's newspapers were filled with the first important round of Census 2000 data – detailed information about population and housing counts, age and race profiles, and household size. This is called the "SF1" data – the Summary File 1 data, derived from the "short form" filled out by Americans in April 2000.

Viability of Los Angeles Secessions Caught in Complex Numbers Game

Oct 1, 2001

Insight, Los Angeles, Vol. 16 No. 10 Oct 2001, William Fulton

You learn in school that planning is about vision, but in the real world planning usually boils down to numbers ï¿½ numbers about what's going to happen in the future. But you can never really know what's going to happen in the future. The best you can do is guess.

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