Making Mill Valley sustainable
By Dennis H. Klein, AICP, December 28, 2021. Strategically placed affordable housing could bring artists and craftspeople back to Mill Valley.
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Northern News February 2022
(Photo: Looking from Oakland to San Francisco, Ronan Furuta via Unsplash) • Two excellent feature articles • Six in “Who’s where” • 12 from our area admitted to AICP • 4 “Where in the world” pics • 12 articles excerpted in “Planning news roundup”
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Webinar: From Complete Streets to Complete Networks
10 am, Feb. 3. Moving beyond complete streets involves conducting a larger review of networks for each travel mode. Attend this free, live webinar for 1.5 AICP CM credits.
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Planning Commissioners Academy in March in San Ramon
By Afshan Hamid, AICP. Network and learn about Senate Bill 9, relationship-building with councils and staff, CEQA, streamlined housing laws, how to prepare findings and conditions of approval, wildfire planning, and new and pending legislation.
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Who’s where
Congratulations to Tom Ford, Sarah Bernstein Jones, Sofia Mangalam, Lakshmi Rajagopalan, and Melissa Ruhl. Assembled by Hazel (Haeseo) Choi, associate editor.
Cultivating community in San José’s SoFA pocket park
In this December 10, 2021, article in our continuing series by Master’s in Urban Planning students at San José State University, a community considers how an abandoned lot can be repurposed as a pocket park, especially for persons often overlooked in the usual placemaking efforts.
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An easier path to AICP Certification
By Afshan Hamid, AICP, Professional Development Director, Northern Section. APA is rolling out a simplified process. Watch for an announcement.
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HCD awards $158M in infrastructure grants to support new affordable homes
By Alex Traverso, HCD, December 2, 2021. Four northern California cities received funds.
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SolarAPP+ shines in Sonoma
By Bradley Dunn, December 8, 2021. SolarAPP+ shows the power of federal, state, local, and industry partners to work together to cut red tape and spur investments in renewable energy. California jurisdictions can look to Sonoma County as they adopt the new technology.
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Director’s note: There are some really big questions out there
By Florentina Craciun, December 8, 2021. What should planning for uncertain times look like?
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