Contribute to what will surely be an engaging program of sessions and activities at the first in-person conference in three years.
Call for Session Proposals, APA California Conference, extended two weeks Read More »
News about Jonathan Atkinson, Ozzy Arce, Griffen Dempsey, Samuel De Perio Garcia, Coleman Frick, Michelle Hernandez, and Omar Masry, AICP. Assembled by associate editor Mari Hsu.
Thank you, APA Northern News, for including me in the “Who’s where” section. I am extremely honored to be back in urban planning. —Ramon Meraz, Santa Rosa
By Juan Borrelli, AICP. Help us nominate a stellar, seasoned, northern California planner who has made outstanding contributions to the profession, to PEN, the Planner Emeritus Network.
Recommend a planner for the emeritus network Read More »
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, Northern News editor, February 17, 2022. Being elected to the AICP College of Fellows (FAICP) is the highest award for the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Hing Wong elected to FAICP Read More »
By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City, February 1, 2022. The trust used zero public dollars to preserve a building and create wealth for tenants — potentially a financing model for community land trusts across the country.
Donations enable Land Trust to make $9.4M affordable housing buy in San Francisco Read More »
Catarina Kidd, AICP, interviewed Ned Thomas, AICP, the Planning Director for the City of Milpitas. Thomas holds a master’s in urban planning from Harvard University and a bachelor of science in geography from Brigham Young University.
Meet a local planner: Ned Thomas, AICP Read More »
By Daniel S. Marks, AICP, February 9, 2022. While local planners work hard to modify codes and procedures in order to address laws that, at best, will make a marginal difference in housing supply, the legislature avoids addressing three fundamental changes that could make a real difference.
By Bryan W. Wenter, Miller Starr Regalia Land Use Developments Blog, January 31, 2022. “Old East Davis Neighborhood Association” is a helpful new decision relying on longstanding principles of California land use law requiring deference to an agency’s general plan and specific plan consistency determinations.
