Planners often focus on the minutiae of their cities. But cities are greater than the sum of their parts. 

CP&DR Editor Bill Fulton speaks with Contributing Editor Josh Stephens about his new book, The Urban Mystique: Notes on California, Los Angeles, and Beyond. It's a look at the human side of urban planning and at what's great, and not-so-great, about the built environment that Californians have dealt themselves. 

Recorded May 29, 2020.

Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens discuss the latest planning news as reported in the California Planning & Development Report: 

Volume 1, Episode 2 of the CP&DR podcast features Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens discussing the impending housing crash caused by the COVID19 economic shutdown, the fiscal pain that planning departments will feel as local revenues dry up, and a few court cases related to the California Environmental Quality Act.

CP&DR’s inaugural podcast episode. Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens discuss how California's planning departments are adapting to remote work; how the legislature has promoted housing development even with the failure of Senate Bill 50; and how the virus crisis may exacerbate the housing crisis. 

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