As we at CP&DR know, the business of rating urban things is dangerous. Our recent rankings of the best and worst big city downtowns and medium-sized city downtowns didn't exactly thrill everyone. But people, myself included, love lists.

PLANNING MANAGERS SENIOR PLANNERS ASSOCIATE PLANNERS Salary: Planning Managers : $73,961 - $100,951/Annually Senior Planners : $5,004 - $6,830/monthly Associate Planners : $4,643 - $6,338/Monthly Description : Monterey County is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Dram

It was inevitable.

The development side has won one in the ongoing fight over water availability in the Santa Clarita Valley, California's hot-spot for litigation regarding water and planning. Let me explain: In October, the Second District Court of Appeal issued a ruling for Los Angeles County in

Housing Manager City of Santa Monica, CA The City of Santa Monica is seeking a Housing Manager to oversee the City's development, financing and preservation of affordable housing and housing assistance programs. Santa Monica is known for its diverse residential neighborhoods, num

Developers are beginning to go green because it makes economic sense. But they're probably not going green enough to satisfy Jerry Brown. That was the impression I got last week at the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate conference put on by the Urban Land Institute, San Diego-

Environmental Programs Administrator City of Irvine The City of Irvine (population: 202,000) is a 66-square mile city located in Orange County, California. Irvine, incorporated in 1971, is an award-winning master planned community, with top-rated educational institutions, an ente

Regional Land Use Planner Sonoran Institute POSITION SPECIFICS Status: Full-Time Location: Morongo Basin Area, California Closing Date: Open Until Filled Salary Range: $60,000 - $75,000 DOE & Excellent Benefit Package POSITION SUMMARY The Regional Land Use Planner will work in th

After several years of struggling along with a minimal website, Solimar Research Group – sister organization to California Planning & Development Report -- has just launched a handsome new site ( http://www.solimar.org ) that is far more comprehensive and attractive than the old

According to the "traffic on the fives" radio station, I was avoiding all the bad freeways, just like I was supposed to. Apparently, there were no crashes or unusual conditions on my chosen route. Still, the needle on my speedometer hovered just below 10 mph. Although I was in th

A little more than a month ago, in a blog from the CCAPA conference , I wrote about a panel that discussed the design of streets from a planner's perspective. I promised to follow-up with some links that presenters offered, and I have finally gotten around to posting those links.

From CP&DR's Morris Newman: Personally, I think there's a way for Disney to make lemonade out of the lemons of this dispute over housing near Disneyland in Anaheim. Given that affordable housing is a clearly one-way ticket to blight and criminality -- at leas