Although California’s unemployment rate has fallen, some cities have prospered and some cities have not. As a result, California has the highest concentration of economically… Read More »
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Moving California Forward: How Smart Growth Can Help California Reach Its 2030 Climate Target While Creating Economic and Environmental Co-Benefits
This study shows that implementation of smart land use policy, in combination with technological advances in the energy sector, will be critical for the state to… Read More »
Half the Oil: Pathways to Reduce Petroleum Use on the West Coast
This report shows how Washington, Oregon, and California could cut their petroleum use in half by 2030.
Sustainable Communities Strategies and Conservation: Results from the First Round and Policy Recommendations for Future Rounds
This report looks at how conservation strategies can help avoid sprawl to achieve the greenhouse gas targets and land use goals related to SB 375. The… Read More »
California Post-RDA Affordable Housing Developer Survey
This comprehensive report gathers the perspectives of affordable housing builders on how they’ve dealt with the loss of California’s Redevelopment Agencies, which provided California’s largest source… Read More »
Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing
This report follows up on a previous report on the causes and consequences of California’s housing shortage. It states that given the scope of the… Read More »
Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America’s Metro Areas
This free e-book by Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor builds on research showing that greater income equality is the strongest predictor of whether a region… Read More »
California Migration: A Comparative Analysis
This report takes a closer look at the 625,000 more people who moved out of California to other states than moved into California from other states between… Read More »
Twelve Innovations in State Transportation Policy States Should Consider in 2016
This report outlines 12 state transportation policy solutions either passed legislatively or instituted through administrative action that expand transparency and accountability, boost state and local… Read More »
How to Make Expensive Cities Affordable for Everyone
This piece looks at the question of how we can make room in highly desirable cities for everyone. Economists, sociologists, and land use scholars weigh… Read More »
