CP&DR Podcast: Interview with APA President Julia Lave Johnston

The American Planning Association bestowed its highest academic award on to an article by two California-based researchers who seek to describe the elusive relationship between California's job centers and housing.

The California APA presented 30 awards in 16 categories on October 3.

This week's APA conference is located across the street from the "happiest place on earth" -- with "place" in very ironic quotes. Here's what Disneyland, and Disney's latest "imagineering" efforts mean for planning today.

If you like books about cities, you'll want to tune in to CP&DR's special session on books at the California APA virtual conference on Monday Sept. 14 at 10:30. >>read more

Minneapolis recently abolished single-unit zoning citywide. Housing Advocate Anna Nelson, of Neighbors for More Neighbors, explains how California cities can do the same.

What is it about duplexes that make them such a popular topic? And why did only one CEQA case make the top five legal stories of the year?

Throughout California and beyond, distant suburbs and resort towns are seeing a surge in population -- and home sales. But will the trend stick after the pandemic?

The pandemic, racial injustice, an end to California's population growth -- has California planning ever seen a year like this before?

New head of Bay Area think tank discusses housing, tech, and the impact of the pandemic. >>read more

Low-cost transformation of streets to public -- and restaurant -- spaces may help enliven city neighborhoods and revive their sales tax bases.

In the wake of COVID, will Taco Bell rule the world?

Cities with big retail and tourists sectors are likely to experience the worst revenue drops immediately; can all cities keep their planners on the payroll?