Congratulations to our newest members of AICP
Northern Section honors and congratulates 18 planners who passed the May 2022 AICP exam! Read more to see who they are.
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News
Wildfire Planning Resources released
On August 17, 2022, OPR released an updated Fire Hazard Planning Technical Advisory and an August 2022 Wildland-Urban Interface Planning Guide to help communities address wildfire risk and build community resilience.
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Who’s where
News about Juan Borrelli, AICP; Ricky Caperton, AICP; Kaitlyn Harrison; Dana Hoffman, AICP; Licínia (McMorrow) Iberri; Michael Nimon; Mayank Patel; Ossmand Ruano; Andrew Trippel, AICP; Lorraine Weiss; Jerry Wilburn; and Pamela Wu, AICP.
Affordable housing is needed in Morgan Hill
By Rebecca Garcia, July 2022. The average household size in Morgan Hill is three people in one house, and more than 66 percent of these families are considered low income.
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First in California, BAHFA closes a deal
From MTC News & Media, August 5, 2022. Eden Housing needed a grant of at least $5,000 to secure a tax exemption and permanent affordability for a deed-restricted affordable housing conversion.
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California communities including Oakland use State grant to combat climate change and rising rents
PD&R Edge, July 25, 2022. Investments in green infrastructure can provide environmental, health, and economic benefits to communities. California’s Transformative Climate Communities Program helps ensure that green infrastructure does not lead to displacement of low-income residents.
San Francisco high school students get a firsthand look at the City Planning field
By Nio Howa, August 15, 2022. Over the course of nine weeks, the interns met virtually at least twice a week and once a week for tours and outings on the topics they studied.
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BOOK REVIEW – Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City
Review by Noah Housh. Riggs wants to help us reimagine how we think about our streets. This is an easy to read, data-rich dive into the world of transportation planning.
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Jobs and housing — a delicate balance
By Jose Rodriguez in Northern News, June 1986. Jobs, housing, and transportation: How much or how little have these Bay Area planning issues changed in the 36 years since this was written?
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Northern News September/October 2022
(The Barcode Project, Oslo, Norway, Aug 2018. Photo by Woodie Tescher.) Five from Northern Section win 2022 Chapter Awards • SIX locally-authored feature articles • TWO upcoming CM webinars • 12 “Who’s where” profiles • 18 from Northern pass AICP exam • 16 articles excerpted in “Planning news roundup,” from Napa Valley to Daly City to Salinas • Four “Where in the world” photos.
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