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Can “inclusionary industrial” zoning save manufacturing space in San Francisco?
Emily Nonko. An initiative to build affordable commercial space in San Francisco borrows from the affordable housing playbook. Page 1
Director’s note
Sharon Grewal, AICP. October is National Community Planning Month | A little about the 2018 California Chapter Conference in San Diego | California Chapter election results | Mentorship program | Holiday party. Read the Director’s note here.
APA scholarship winners announced for 2018
UC Berkeley’s Lily MacIver and Diego Rentería are among two of seven planning students in the US to be awarded APA’s Judith McManus Price Scholarship. Page 5
SB 2 Planning Grants Draft Guidelines released
You can learn more about the funding and guidelines at HCD’s Open House Forum in San Mateo October 23. Page 5
Where in the world
If you have traveled here, email and let us know. Two photos by H. Pike Oliver. Page 6
Book review
Conflict, Meetings, and Difficult People, by Barry Phegan, PhD. Reviewed by Don Bradley, PhD, AICP. Page 7
Planning news roundup
Climate change threatens Santa Cruz | New ferry terminal brings SF homebuyers to Richmond [photo] | SF easing rules for ADUs | Housing was an issue in the gubernatorial debate | Is a win for downtown a loss for the neighborhoods? | Shenzhen’s super supra highway for trees [photo] | Google Maps can calculate a city’s carbon footprint | Transit would work better if we rode it more | Neighborhood-level effects of traffic congestion on job access. Pages 8 and 17-19
Meet a local planner
Catarina Kidd, AICP, interviews Berkeley’s Shannon Allen, AICP. Page 9
Who’s where
John Cook, AICP; Ashley James; Margaret Kavanaugh-Lynch; Judith H. Malamut, AICP; Randy Tsuda, AICP; David Woltering, AICP. Page 11
Letters
We love getting letters. Page 13
Livable Communities for All Ages
Results of a global survey of planners. Page 13
Outsmarting disaster
Wally Charles, Bay Area Metro. The planning professional’s role in disaster recovery, Nov. 2 in Oakland. Page 14