After an exhaustive search, Santa Monica has hired Eileen Fogarty, formerly the director of planning in Alexandria, Virginia.
In the face of a conflict with Malibu residents, the SMMC presses on with its mission to make its vast acreage accessible.
Dedicated to promoting economic growth in L.A. County, the LAEDC is targeting major growth industries to solidify L.A.'s place in the regional and global economy.
Attorney Ben Reznik reflects on the legal maze through which L.A.'s developers must travel en route to achieving elegant density.
The Nature Conservancy's Suneil Thomas explains why a vote for Prop 90 is a vote for governmental chaos -- and an imperiled environment.
Author and urban scholar Joel Kotkin assesses L.A.'s economic future once the dust has settled from the real estate boom.
USC trains leaders and policy-makers to think across disciplines under the direction of SPPD Dean Jack Knott.
At the helm of the Community Redevelopment Agency, Cecilia Estolano hopes to transform neighborhoods and lives in L.A.'s neglected neighborhoods.
L.A.'s mayor insists that the ports of L.A. and Long Beach cannot - and should not have to - address the nation's cargo pollution on their own.
One of L.A.'s great civic leaders reaches out to governments, organizations, and businesses to promote the region's prosperity and quality of life.