Northern News – July/August 2018

You can read the entire issue online as a virtual magazine, download it as a PDF, or click on the links at the end of the individual articles (below).

Creating built environments for an aging population

Matt Raimi, AICP. Planning — so important to improving our communities as our population changes — is all the more critical if we are to serve our society’s oldest members. Fortunately, many of the current advances in diverse, healthy, walkable, mixed-use communities will also support aging Californians. Page 1

Director’s note

Sharon Grewal, AICP. Ten from Northern Section awarded CPF scholarships • Photo: Northern Section Board at Facebook July 11. Page 3

Reshaping the bay for sea-level rise and creating affordable housing.

Debra Guenther, FASLA. The Bay Area is projected to need more than $85 billion of investment in climate change responses. When community members are part of directing benefits and leading the work, as in North Richmond, social benefits can emerge. Page 4

Making it easier to make ADUs

Joshua Abrams. San Mateo County’s Home for All and 21 Elements have spent the last 12 months building a suite of resources to promote the construction of ADUs. The tools include a Second Unit Workbook and an online Second Unit Calculator that can be adapted for other jurisdictions. Page 5

12 photos from Northern Section’s 2018 Awards Gala

A sampling of photos by Michael Axtell. Page 6

17 from Northern Section pass AICP exam. Page 7

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Letters

ADUs and APA lobbyists. Page 7

1% for art sparks public fight • Could this be a solution for Lombard Street? • How tech companies conquered America’s cities • Scooters — fun and dangerous • The YIMBYs are coming • California beat its 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases, but … • SF Supes update plan for Candlestick, Hunters Point • With a little help, Muir Woods reclaims its land • Aligning sustainable and affordable development in California • Denver to infuse downtown with dense housing • SF’s Balboa Park Reservoir, built to store water, never did and never will. Pages 8 and 24–26

Students continue evaluating San Jose neighborhood

Kristin Moen. Delmas Park is a quarter-square-mile, mixed-use, urban neighborhood just west of downtown San Jose. Overall, it appears the neighborhood is cautiously optimistic about the changes that Google and related new development may bring. Page 9

Join APA at a discount. Page 11

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Where in the world

Photo by Elizabeth Rynecki. Page 12

Who’s where

Rosie Dudley; Dana Hoffman, AICP; Evan Kenward; Darcy Kremin, AICP; Melody Ann Lin; Bob Ulabarri, AICP. Page 13

Enjoy!

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