Nominations are due by Friday, July 1st. Those elected will begin a two-year term on January 1, 2023. CPF Board members will serve four-year terms.
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The five-person jury handed out six “Awards of Merit” and nine “Awards of Excellence.”
Northern Section 2022 Awards announced Read More »
SPUR has made the majority of its programming free to the public. Here are excerpts from their events calendar for the balance of May and June 2022.
Some of the free SPUR events through June Read More »
The Institute for Local Government offers planning commissioner training free of charge, exclusively for city and county commissioners, new or experienced.
2022 regional Planning Commissioner trainings Read More »
By Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company, April 29, 2022. Limit meetings to when you need an active conversation that involves bouncing ideas around, suggests author Donna McGeorge.
If your meeting is really needed, keep it to 25 minutes Read More »
By Casey Case, May 2, 2022. Small-scale improvements and amenities can make a big difference in California’s small- and mid-sized downtowns.
Walkability: Fairfield’s response to post-Covid urban planning Read More »
By the California Planning Roundtable, May 2022. As we add housing through infill, we not only need to plan and fund infrastructure to support it, we need to remedy existing deficits in communities where infill growth is directed.
Infrastructure for Infill Read More »
The class used guiding principles from the Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative to determine who is using Downtown San José’s Guadalupe River Park, which demographics are underrepresented, how people get to the park, and if and when they feel safe there.
Urban Planning students measure the civic value of urban open space Read More »
By Henry Pan, May 6, 2022. With state funding possibly on the line, 27 agencies across the Bay Area are ironing out new strategies to coordinate fares, wayfinding, and more.
Bay Area transit agencies are (finally) taking collaboration seriously Read More »
By Cecily Barclay and Kaela Shiigi, Perkins Coie LLP, May 10, 2022. A property owner petitioned for a writ of mandate to enjoin the City of Manhattan Beach from enforcing its 2015 and 2019 ordinances after the City tried to enforce the ban on his property.
Ban on Short-Term Rentals required Coastal Commission approval Read More »
