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Featured articles
RAPID Climate Action Network starts up
By Mindy Craig. There are lots of big visions and strategies for acting on climate change. But what about immediate action? Here’s a way to amplify and accelerate action for climate change.
Meet a local planner – Martin Carver, AICP
Catarina Kidd, AICP, interviews Martin Carver, AICP, Managing Partner of ZeroCity, LLC in Santa Cruz.
Planning grad: Welcome to the working world
From the archive, by James Castañeda, AICP, June 2015. “The real world started for me right after I graduated from college. Hold on to your passion. Never lose sight of who you are, what you’re doing, and, most importantly, why you’re doing it.”
Coronavirus: Top 10 issues for employers
By Esra A. Hudson and Michael E. Olsen, Manatt Employment Law, March 9, 2020. Here are some steps that all employers can take to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19, starting with good and open communication.
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Northern Section announcements
Annual Housing Progress Report to HCD is still due April 1
The April 1 due date is in statute and HCD cannot change it. Cities can submit the APR to HCD before taking it to their council, and submit a revised APR to HCD at any time.
Director’s note
By Jonathan Schuppert, AICP, March 18, 2020. As I work from home, I’m learning much about my colleagues and their families, enabling me to empathize, better understand their thought processes, and work together more effectively.
Who’s where
In this segment, curated by associate editor Sajuti Rahman, we highlight a change in the APA Northern Section Board and six job changes: Amalia Lorentz Cunningham, AICP; Delo Freitas; Brian Heaton, AICP; James Murphy; Lauren Ninkovich; and Melissa Ruhl. Congratulations all!
Governor suspends Brown and Bagley-Keene Act meeting requirements
A recent Executive Order order authorizes California’s state and local bodies to hold public meetings by teleconference and to make public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to all members of the public seeking to attend and to address the local or state agencies.
CPF Scholarship deadline extended to Sunday, May 31
Check here for everything you need to know about applying for the 2020-21 California Planning Foundation Scholarships for outstanding planning students.
Northern Section postpones planning tour to Middle East
Given the severity of and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, our planning tour to the Middle East, originally scheduled for 2020, is postponed until 2021.
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