Keep Informed

March 2007

• LONG BEACH -- Landlord hate crime case goes to the jury
• SAN DIEGO -- Home loan defaults skyrocket in county
• CALIFORNIA -- Many see bleak future for state, poll shows
• WASHINGTON -- 'Villaraigosa, LA leaders push for more federal funding
• NEW YORK -- More Veterans Calling The Streets Home
• SAN FRANCISCO -- New Meaning to API Scores
• SEATTLE -- Drive less during rush hour, get a lower insurance rate
• IDAHO -- Garden City Council approves work-live district
• SAN DIEGO -- Is Next American dream a Condo?
• OPINION -- Meeting the Affordable Housimng Challenge
• SAN DIEGO -- Spat between Aguirre, City Council ramps up
• PARIS -- Paris Embraces Plan to Become City of Bikes
• KANSAS CITY -- A federal agency says the city must be able to fund the new project without hurting the bus system.
• OPINION -- Habitat for Humanity Scours L.A. Region to Find Properties & Build Affordable Housing
• US -- Californians becoming villains in rest of West
• US -- Sales of new homes fall sharply
• OHIO -- Voters oppose eminent domain
• PORTLAND -- Traffic poses threat to jobs
• HOUSTON -- Fighting to confine Houston's apartment complexes
• OPINION -- Chinatown eyesore at restroom in park
• LOS ANGELES -- City Council president sides with union, urges visitors: Boycott LAX-area hotels
• WASHINGTON -- Regulators say they lacked authority over some areas in subprime mortgage crisis
• HAWAII--Billionaire gives Hawaii mansions to homeless
• OPINION -- American dream can’t survive housing prices
• LOS ANGELES -- Reforms needed in education, housing
• ATLANTA -- Ample downtown parking, but city could curb ugly decks
• OPINION -- Parking Meters at Schools Could Reduce Pollution
• OPINION -- The fate of our neighborhoods
• U.S. -- Study expects 1.1 million foreclosures
• LOS ANGELES -- LAPD audit finds errors in 20% of gang arrest reports
• CANADA -- Rebate seals the deal for some hybrid buyers
• OPINION -- Of the Places You'll Go, Is the Library Still One of Them?U.S. -- Subsidized Houses for Rich People
• PORTLAND -- As rents rise, the creative set packs up
• OPINION -- The Economic Hit from Housing
• U.S. -- How two booming cities have tried, and failed, to revive their centres
• DRUID HILLS -- A battle of brains and buffers
• OPINION -- My “Green Cities” book
• SEATTLE -- Efforts to protect tenants fail
• U.S. -- Riders crowd public transit systems
• MINN -- An Internet option for metro commuters
• CALIFORNIA -- UC, CSU again reach for students' wallets
• LA -- Audit finds L.A. doesn't plan for traffic and is becoming a city "choked by gridlock"
• U.S. -- Foreclosures May Hit 1.5 Million in U.S. Housing Bust
• UK -- Climate bill set to be unveiledU.S. -- Shake-out alters lineup of NU and smart growth investment funds
• OPINION -- The Fed Is Not Asking the Right Questions
• OAKLAND -- Low-Income Housing For Struggling Artists
• LOS ANGELES -- Ganging Up On City HallRICHMOND -- Richmond plans will put public health at forefront
• BOSTON -- A vision is realized: Creative community embraces ArtBlock
• CALIFORNIA -- State OKs 405 car-pool lane among $1.2 billion in county projects
• SEATTLE -- Seattle may get taller -- at a cost 
• WASHINGTON -- Same Town, Different Communities
• WASHINGTON -- Unique national homeless count found 754,000 in 2005