News
September 28, 2012
Joe Edmiston, Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, discusses a densifying Los Angeles and the need for natural space to preserve the city's special character.
September 24, 2012
Tom Rand, Cleantech Practice, Lead Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Canada, discusses how markets are beginning to reflect the realities of climate change and what parallels exist between cleantech investment in California and Canada. Rand notes that industries across all sectors, from mining to forestry to manufacture, will have to plan carefully to reduce carbon emissions as part of staying flexible with an economy responding to climate change.
September 5, 2012
TPR interview with Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager of the Metropolitan Water District for Southern California, on Governor Brown's plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta project and on efforts Southern California has made towards greater water independence.
September 5, 2012
Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar discusses the revitalization of Broadway and the Downtown Streetcar Project, endeavors that have become his focus since redistricting placed Downtown Los Angeles nearly fully in the 14th Council District.
September 5, 2012
Los Angeles City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana talks about his role in finding solutions to the City's budget crisis, a problem rooted in structural deficits. Can the City of Los Angeles afford to lose or afford to keep the experienced and skilled employees capable of leading the City through the current financial storm?
September 5, 2012
Interview with Carl Muhlstein, new Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle in Los Angeles, on real estate opportunities across the Los Angeles Basin and on the challenges in working with local government.
September 4, 2012
Interview with Brad Cox, Director, Sr. Managing at the Trammell Crow Company, on Trammell Crow's plans to develop a cleantech manufacturing center in downtown Los Angeles after recently acquiring the land from the CRA/LA successor agency.
September 4, 2012
Excerpts from USC Professor George Lefcoe's forthcoming article in Urban Lawyer explore the end of redevelopment in California and where lawmakers may turn next to establish tax increment financing tools.
September 4, 2012
David Yale, Executive Officer of Regional Programming for the Countywide Planning Department of Metro, explains how the newly passed Federal Surface Transportation bill, MAP-21, will impact Los Angeles County.
August 31, 2012
Jerry Meral, Deputy Secretary of Resources, discusses preservation and infrastructure efforts and working with stakeholders around the Bay Delta.
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