By Michael Cass, Director-elect. Add to your skills and collaborate with fellow Northern Section APA colleagues on the Northern Section Board in our continuing efforts to support, enhance, and grow the planning profession.
Now YOU can join our excellent Board Read More »
By Danae Hall, AICP. The application deadline has been extended for Awards for persons and for projects in multiple categories. Read the details, rules, and application forms here.
Applications due by April 1 for APA Northern Section Awards, 2022 Read More »
(Photo: Mt Umunhum and Santa Cruz Mountain Range, Juan Borrelli, AICP) • Three feature articles • One op-ed • 15 in “Who’s where” • 4 “Where in the world” pics • 15 articles excerpted in “Planning news roundup”
Northern News March 2022 Read More »
Connect with your friends and peers — in-person in San Diego April 30–May 3, or online May 18–20 — for a robust, unique, virtual event.
NPC 2022 is around the corner Read More »
By Shomik Mukherjee, East Bay Times, January 17, 2022. The conservationists will continue to monitor the property while in use by a local equestrian society.
Save Mount Diablo protects ‘missing mile’ of open space from future housing Read More »
By Kathleen Coates, The Press Democrat, January 12, 2022. Community members and commissioners raised concerns about increased traffic and unsafe sidewalks, but state law pushed the project ahead.
Controversial affordable housing project OK’d in rural Cloverdale Read More »
By J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2022. The project is intended to bring critical revenues to a school district that has struggled to retain teachers.
Daly City council approves major apartment project, but affordability issue lingers Read More »
By Hannah Kanik, The Mercury News, January 11, 2022. “In my mind, this is the biggest challenge the city of Saratoga has faced since its incorporation,” Mayor Tina Walia said at the meeting.
Saratoga City Council considers Housing Element proposal in seven-hour meeting Read More »
By Maggie Angst, The Mercury News, January 10, 2022. That leaves only 13.5 percent of San Jose covered by trees, compared to 28 percent of Seattle.
San Jose hopes to rebound from losing over 1,700 acres of trees since 2012 Read More »
By Katie Dowd, SFGate, January 9, 2022. Four selections from a tour of Bay Area city names from Alameda to Walnut Creek.
The strange, fun, and fascinating stories behind Bay Area city names Read More »
