Orange County Fire Chief Jeff Bowman provides insights on into the pressures facing California's urban fire departments and the steps they are taking to meet the challenges of increasingly large and volatile fires.
John Woodhead, Director of Community and Economic Development for the City of Anaheim, discusses the new CtrCity development that has strengthened Anaheim's urban core.
Gary Hildebrand (LA County Public Works, left) and Marty Adams (LADWP) explain the fruitful collaboration between city and county on stormwater capture, a strategy that has received renewed attention as Los Angeles strives to shift to a fully local water supply.
Former NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan shares some stories from her new book, StreetFight, and her insights on how to leverage political support for making our major cities more dynamic and livable.
June 3 marks the opening ceremony of the Electrical Training Institute in Commerce, a cutting-edge sustainable facility that serves as a prototype for new green building design guidelines known as “Net Zero Plus.”
Key Los Angeles city departmental managers and officials discussed improvements to each of their respective organizations and explained their vision for a collaborative approval process that reduces obstacles for developers.
Robin Gilthorpe, CEO of WaterSmart Software, seeks to improve water-use and operational efficiency for municipal and investor-owned water utilities globally by using utility meter data to better communicate with residential customers.
On April 27, the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate hosted a forum to discuss Los Angeles' competing planning initiatives and proposals, sponsored by The Planning Report and the Los Angeles District Council of the Urban Land Institute.
