The recently established Oakland Department of Transportation released its strategic plan, which focuses on four pillars: equitable jobs and housing; holistic community safety; vibrant, sustainable infrastructure; and responsive, trustworthy government. >>read more

 After decades of discussion, the Sacramento Planning and Design Commission approved plans to redevelop the city’s historic downtown railyard. >>read more

Yesterday, McKinsey and Co. released A Tool Kit to Close California’s Housing Gap, which offers its take on California’s housing crisis. >>read more

As it becomes more urban, Los Angeles's Westside struggles with the transition. >>read more

The San Diego City Council approved, 5-4, new restrictions on Civic San Diego, the nonprofit that oversees downtown development. >>read more

With due appreciation to the organizers and sponsors of this week’s California APA conference, there’s been a lot of food to keep over 1,500 planners sustained and energized this week. >>read more

The annual state planners' conference -- being held right now in Pasadena -- appears to be bigger than ever. >>read more

Santa Barbara embraces vehicle miles traveled metrics in attempt to solve challenge of jobs-housing imbalance. >>read more

As part of its participation in the 100 Resilient Cities program, the City of Oakland released Resilient Oakland: It Takes a Town to Thrive, a resilience playbook and call to action designed to tackle Oakland’s most pressing systemic and interdependent economic, social and physical challenges. >>read more