Two years into the new Builder's Remedy era, only a handful of cases have been brought. But, it remains a point of intrigue and, arguably, had an outsized influence on how cities approach their housing elements.
At this year's California APA Conference, San Pablo Community Development Director Libby Tyler will recount the rise of women planners in California--and discuss the challenges they, and all planners, still face.
Los Angeles-based planner Max Podemski authors A Paradise of Small Houses, celebrating the history and future of working-class housing from row houses to triple-deckers to the dingbat.
The American Planning Association bestowed its highest academic award on to an article by two California-based researchers who seek to describe the elusive relationship between California's job centers and housing.
The Oct. 1-4 APA Conference will feature a panel discussion on racial reconciliation, focusing in part on the City of Glendale's recently adopted resolution acknowledging its former status a a "sundown town" that was hostile to people of color.
Lisa Hershey, executive director of Housing California, will participate in the "Big Conversation" on homelessness at the Calfornia APA Conference the morning of Monday, Sept. 13.
CP&DR spoke with HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez about whether the new Prohousing program can turn jurisdictions that are anti-housing into pro-housing communities.
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. >>read more
