Creating transportation equity from the ground up
Wednesday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. Participants of the live webinar are eligible for one Equity CM and 1.5 AICP CM credits.
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BOOKS: Evolving community engagement toward the hands and senses rather than the loudest voices
Reviewed by Asher Kohn, AICP, April 13, 2022. Equity is taking center stage in community planning. This book challenges current approaches to community engagement and proposes hands-on methods to embolden stakeholders.
How cap-and-trade keeps people in their homes in East Oakland
California’s cap-and-trade program is building up cash while lowering carbon emissions. An April 6 podcast (32 min.) looks at one way that money is being used in East Oakland.
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ICYMI: This Fact Sheet can aid localities in implementing SB 9
March 25, 2022. HCD does not have authority to enforce SB 9, but violations of SB 9 may violate other statutes over which HCD does have enforcement authority.
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Van Ness BRT is finally running. What does it promise?
By Earl G. Bossard, April 10, 2022. Van Ness can become a world class example of effective, multimodal, environmentally friendly, urban travel in a magnificent place to live, work, or visit.
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Listening Sessions: APA and CPR want to hear from you
The housing crisis is worsening and getting more complex. How can planners lead effectively while preventing the displacement of our neighbors?
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IN MEMORIAM: Christopher Alexander, 85
He was a towering figure in architecture and urbanism, one of the biggest influences on the New Urbanism movement, and the author or principal author of many books, including “A Pattern Language.”
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About Northern News
We publish 10 times each year as a forum for the exchange of planning information and ideas. Entirely the effort of volunteers, Northern News is written and produced by and for urban planners in northern California.
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Now YOU can join our Northern Section Board
By Michael Cass, Director-elect. Add to your skills and collaborate with fellow Northern Section APA colleagues on the Northern Section Board to support, enhance, and grow the planning profession.
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2022 East Bay Innovation Awards – Nominate your innovators by 3/25
By Carline Au, MCRP. Nominations for East Bay Innovation Awards in Built Environment and Community Impact are open through COB March 25.
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