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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.

October 31, 2008

WUF Explores Westside Cities' Slow-Growth Ballot Initiative Trend-Is Ballot Box Planning Reasonable?

Santa Monica's drastic RIFT intitiative, meant to battle traffic, may undue the thoughtful planning of the city's recent Land Use and Circulation Element.

October 31, 2008

LA Live/Ritz-Carlton Convention Hotel to Open on Schedule

Having locked-in long-term financing, the building at LA Live is proceeding right on schedule-much to the benefit of the the Los Angeles Convention Center and the Downtown economy.

October 31, 2008

Councilwoman Janice Hahn Awaits L.A. Harbor's Waterfront Plans

New designs for the Bridge to Breakwater waterfront development is just some of the latest news in the actively evolving port communities.

September 29, 2008

OCTA CEO Art Leahy Contrasts Orange County, L.A. County Transportation Infrastructure

Measure M and toll roads set Orange County apart; can the OC's transportation planning models solve the rest of the region's transportation woes? (MIR September 2008)

September 29, 2008

Assemblymember Mike Feuer's AB 2321 Paves the Way for $40 Billion L.A. Sales Tax-Measure R

Having cleared several legislative hurdles, Measure R faces its most substantial challenge in November: acheiving two-thirds approval from county voters.

September 29, 2008

Nov. 4th Election: ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly' LACCD & LAUSD Bonds; But No Water Measure

Faced with a number of critical decisions on the November 4th ballot, voters may realize that not all infrastructure bonds are created equally, and some aren't created at all. (MIR September 2008)

September 29, 2008

Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas OP-Ed Argues for Congestion Pricing Pilot Program

State Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas sees the FastLanes pilot program for congestion pricing on regional freeways as a win-win for drivers and municipal coffers.

September 29, 2008

Environment Now's Terry O'Day Leads Unique Foundation to Clean Water, Beaches Along Coast

Climate change has made Americans more environmentally aware than ever; foundations such as Environment Now must find ways to harness that momentum to achieve results. (MIR August 2008)

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