The American Planning Association announced its 12 National Planning Achievement Awards for 2017 in advance of its national conference in New York City. >>read more
Hemet's new downtown plan follows the city’s 2012 general plan, which calls for "mixed use higher intensity environments that offer opportunities for people to live, work and shop within a compact area.” >>read more
Southern California is facing a major die-off of trees throughout parks, campuses and yards in both urban and rural areas, according to data from the U.S. Forest Service. >>read more
After an intense week of lobbying, largely on the part of Gov. Brown, the state legislature passed a $52 billion transportation plan that will raise gas taxes to fund road projects.>>read more
Gov. Jerry Brown announced a $5.2 billion transportation package that would raise gas taxes and place a sliding charge linked to a vehicle’s value on drivers. Most of the funds raised would go to pay for state and local road maintenance and repairs, as well as public transit and goods-movement projects.>>read more
