We are reviving the CP&DR podcast! Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens discuss the latest planning news, including the statewide battle over transfer taxes (including Los Angeles Measure ULA), the uneven implementation of Senate Bill 79, and the November ballot measure that could upend the California Environmental Quality Act.

<p> Rick Cole, the consummate California urbanist, is the new executive director of the Congress for the New Urbanism.</p>

Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens break down the biggest trend in local planning -- the abolition of single-unit zoning -- and a few of the key land-use bills, out of many, that the legislature is considering. >>Listen Now

In November, Nithya Raman became only the second trained urban planner to be elected to the Los Angeles city council. CP&DR spoke with Raman about how planning influences her political agenda.

Bill and Josh discuss CP&DR's most popular stories of the year.

An impressive array of books on urban planning came out in 2020; Bill and Josh discuss with Planetizen Editor James Brasuell.

Even as the single-family home maintains its grip on the American Dream, alternatives are emerging. Author Diana Lind explores the future of housing in her new book Brave New Home. >>read more

Anna Nelson, of advocacy group Neighbors for more Neighbors, will tell the California APA conference how grassroots activism defeated single-unit zoning in Minneapolis.

Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens host a roundtable of Black planners from around the state.

SCAG Regional Council President Rex Richardson proposed a resolution to declare racism a public health crisis and a top priority for SCAG >>read more

New head of Bay Area think tank discusses housing, tech, and the impact of the pandemic. >>read more

Planners often focus on the minutiae of their cities. But cities are greater than the sum of their parts. CP&DR Contributing Editor Josh Stephens explains how the parts fit together in California.