This week's APA conference is located across the street from the "happiest place on earth" -- with "place" in very ironic quotes. Here's what Disneyland, and Disney's latest "imagineering" efforts mean for planning today >> read more

As California brings the gas-powered car era to a close, let's remember: It was just awful enough, at just the right moment, to inspire a revolution in land use regulation. >>read more

Angels Stadium in Anaheim could have become Orange County's most impressive infill redevelopment. If not for corruption, contentiousness, and the Surplus Land Act. >>read more

A new report finds that Californians -- and especially Angelenos -- live in their homes longer than people anywhere else in the country. That's one of the many reasons why California has a housing crisis. >>read more

Maybe we're premature, but the signs are there. >>read more

As the recent fights over housing show, there are not "progressive" and "conservative" cities. There are just cities open to change and cities closed to change. >>read more

New Census analysis shows that all metro areas across the state are increasing their densities. >>read more

In a weird way, they actually increase local control. Planners have their work cut out for them. >>read more

The great irony of the philanthropist's life was that he made his billions on sprawl -- and then poured it into making Los Angeles a more urban city. >>read more

T'he Blackstone Group and their ilk may be evil and exploitative. But they are not to blame for California's housing crisis. >>read more