This report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office looks at the impacts of Prop 13, the California law passed in 1978 that caps annual property… Read More »
Leading the Way: Policies and Practices for Sustainable Communities Strategies
This report for advocates and planners presents some of the best strategies that regions around California have used in developing Sustainable Communities Strategies, including public engagement,… Read More »
A Preliminary Environmental Equity Assessment of California’s Cap-and-Trade Program
A new report from researchers at the USC Dornsife Program for Environmental and Regional Equity uses data from the California Environmental Protection Agency and the… Read More »
Health Impact Assessment Toolkit for Planners
This toolkit from the American Planning Association provides guidance on each of the six Health Impact Assessment steps to guide planners through the process of… Read More »
Scaling Solutions: Strategies for Building Effective Philanthropy Partnerships
This guide for navigating public-philanthropic partnerships draws on US Housing and Urban Development’s place-based programs which have benefitted from the active engagement of philanthropic partners.… Read More »
Measuring What We Value: Prioritizing Public Health to Build Prosperous Regions
This new package of case studies released by Transportation for America, in partnership with the American Public Health Association, showcases a range of strategies that… Read More »
Everybody Walk! Collaborative Social Justice Toolkit
This compilation of resources and materials from America Walks aims to provide organizations and individuals working within the walking movement with resources and guides to… Read More »
Can US Cities Compensate for Curbing Sprawl by Growing Denser?
This new analysis of American Community Survey data by Issi Romem, the chief economist at the platform BuildZoom, shows that metropolitan areas that have resisted… Read More »
Housing Development Toolkit
The White House published a report looking at the role that zoning and other land use regulations have in increasing housing prices. The report includes… Read More »
What If California’s Drought Continues?
This study looks at how if the drought continues over the next few years, the greatest toll will be on small rural communities dependent on well-water… Read More »