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June 30, 2008

U.S. Army Corps' L.A. River Decision Could Speed Development Along Nation's Rivers

L.A. City Public Works Commissioner Paula Daniels explains the precendent-setting decision by the Army Corps of Engineers declaring the L.A. River a non-navigable waterway.

June 30, 2008

Cole: AB 32 Compels Adoption of Smart Growth Principles

Ventura City Manager Rick Cole argues that California's leadership in greenhouse gas emissions mitigation will set a new development standard and change the way Americans live.

June 30, 2008

Michael Keston Opines On Prospects For Housing Market Recovery

Larwin Company CEO and USC instructor and benefactor Michael Keston appeals for flexibility and patience amidst the ongoing housing and credit crises.

June 30, 2008

L.A. Housing Authority Free of HUD Oversight, ‘Good to Go!'

HACLA CEO Rudy Montiel describes how strong mayoral leadership and inter-agency cooperation have spurred the agency's comeback.

June 2, 2008

WUF/SPUR Panel-Democracy and Design: How Can a City Be Both Democratic and Beautiful?

Architecture critics from the San Francisco Chronicle and L.A. Times debate the relative merits and lessons to be learned from the West Coast's world class cities.

June 2, 2008

Congressman Earl Blumenauer Energizes Federal Effort to ‘Rebuild and Renew America'

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) addresses a gathering in Washington D.C., hosted by New York's Regional Plan Association, about the need for a change in the way Americans value infrastructure.

June 2, 2008

L.A. Councilmember Wendy Greuel Addresses Mobility 21's Valley Transportation Leaders

The chair of the City Council Transportation Committee hinges traffic mitigation on creative funding solutions and extensive partnerships between the public and private sectors.

June 2, 2008

NYC Councilmember David Yassky Opines on Failure, Prospects of Bloomberg's Congestion Pricing Plan

When congestion pricing failed in the New York State Assembly, Southern California wound up as the possible recipient of federal funds to implement toll lanes on the region's highways.

June 2, 2008

Latino Urban Forum's James Rojas Supports Permitting L.A.'s Street Vendors

A recent move by the L.A. County Supervisors has sparked a debate about the benefits that mobile food vendors bring the community.

June 2, 2008

Culver City Revitalization Planning Benefits More Than Downtown

Sol Blumenfeld, Culver City's director of Community Development, explains the careful process by which the city has re-established itself on the Westside.

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