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November 25, 2008

Union Bank Honors Affordable Housing Finance Commitments Amid Financial Downturn

Johanna Gullick, vice president and Los Angeles market manager for Union Bank of California, discusses the current climate for affordable housing finance and development in Southern Calfornia.

November 25, 2008

RIFT Fails; Santa Monica Offers New Circulation Framework

Santa Monica Planning Director Eileen Fogarty faces the task of improving congestion and jobs-housing balance through the city's Land Use and Circulation Element process.

November 25, 2008

City of L.A.: ‘Worst' Billboard Policy Enforcement in Nation

As local politicians and media focus on L.A.'s billboard policy, Scenic America's Kevin Fry gives an unforgiving account of the city's outdoor advertising priorities.

November 25, 2008

Inland Empire ‘Red Team' Anticipates 350,000 Potential Foreclosures

WRCOG Executive Director Rick Bishop details the threat posed to Inland Empire homeowners by the foreclosure crisis; regional leaders try to minimize the impact of abandoned homes.

October 31, 2008

Richard Katz: Measure R Is County's Only Option to Move Los Angeles And Clean the Region's Air

The stakes of L.A. County's November vote on Measure R couldn't be higher, so proponents continue to make their case.

October 31, 2008

Senator Alan Lowenthal Laments Governor's Veto of SB 974; Endorses L.A.'s Measure R

Spelling out the lost opportunity to improve infrastructure and air quality, Senator Lowenthal vows to maintain the broad coalition that engineered the port container fee legislation.

October 31, 2008

Southern California Edison Well-Positioned to Respond to California's AB 32 GHG Goals

Mike Marelli, manager of renewable contract origination for SCE, lays out the utility's admirable renewable development practices and charts its direction toward looming RPS requirements.

October 31, 2008

‘The Real Estate and Credit Meltdown: How Did We Get Here and Where Do We Go?'

A recent panel of experts assembled by USC's SPPD and Marshall School found surprising amounts of consensus about the causes of the real estate and credit markets meltdown.

October 31, 2008

Community Conservancy International Releases Impressive Study on Green Solutions for Public Land

According to CCI's detailed report, opportunities to improve public land while cleaning the region's stormwater are more abundant than anyone realized.

October 31, 2008

L.A. County Passes ‘Landmark' Green Building Ordinance

Sign of the times: industry groups and environmentalists supported the efforts to green Los Angeles County's development process.

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