It's no surprise that the inland areas are still growing. But the big shocker is that the Bay Area is hanging on -- and L.A. is not. >>read more

The great irony of the philanthropist's life was that he made his billions on sprawl -- and then poured it into making Los Angeles a more urban city. >>read more

In November, Nithya Raman became only the second trained urban planner to be elected to the Los Angeles city council. CP&DR spoke with Raman about how planning influences her political agenda. >>read more

City did nothing with historic bank building for 10 years -- except rent it out for filming. >>read more

In places like Los Angeles's Westside, equity needs to be an issue on the table. >>read more

Planners often focus on the minutiae of their cities. But cities are greater than the sum of their parts. CP&DR Contributing Editor Josh Stephens explains how the parts fit together in California. >>read more

In his new book, Josh Stephens plumbs the depths of California's good and bad -- and tries to find the reason why urban life there is so oddly compelling. >>read more

Many elements of great, but forbidden, urbanism are on display in a bygone version of Los Angeles >>read more

Visual depictions of projects remain an issue -- though accessibility might actually be improved for some. Brown Act has been loosened for the duration of COVID-19 >>read more

Barry Siegel's new book about the 1932 Olympics shows how much chutzpah counted in early Los Angeles  >>read more