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June 29, 2012

Lessons from Los Angeles’ Century of Growth and Reinvention Shared with SPUR Delegation

David Abel, 'Beyond Chinatown' author Steven Erie, and LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne discuss how LA's urban and infrastructure development in the late 19th - early 20th century set the city on a trajectory unique from San Francisco.

November 17, 2025

A New City for a New Economy: Gabriel Metcalf on California Forever’s Vision

California Forever’s Head of Planning, Gabriel Metcalf, makes the case for reviving the long-dormant American tradition of building new towns as a meaningful response to California’s housing shortage, infrastructure paralysis, and declining economic competitiveness. He outlines a vision for a walkable, transit-connected grid city anchored by advanced manufacturing through the proposed Solano Foundry and shipyard.

September 23, 2020

New SPUR/CA Fwd Report Finds State Tax System Discourages Affordable Housing Production

Pointing to the housing disincentives built into California’s tax system by Proposition 13 and the deterioration of state funding for supportive infrastructure and services, the study finds that cities that receive a larger share of the property tax they generate contributed a larger share of the housing supply in the Bay Area over a four-year period.

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