A land acknowledgment policy, now in effect for all APA events in California, recognizes and respects indigenous people as stewards of their traditional lands.
Acknowledging we live, work and play on indigenous lands Read More »
By Saba Gebreamlak, October 1, 2021. This update adds more than 65,000 acres and 300 new units, plus 60,000 acres of new easement lands.
Updated databases for Protected Areas and Conservation Easements Read More »
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, editor. Don’t miss this one-hour webinar recording, with attorney Barbara Kautz, FAICP, and David Garcia, policy director at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation.
SB 9: What it says and what it doesn’t Read More »
What was signed, vetoed, or lives on as a two-year bill. A five-page list from Stefan/ George Associates gives the status of 41 bills the Chapter followed.
Wrap-up on key planning-related bills for 2021 Read More »
Attend APA California’s recorded session on-demand for just $15 for APA members, $25 for non-members, and $5 for students.
Ethics on-demand webinar, CM credits, now available Read More »
Elizabeth “Libby” Tyler, Ph.D., FAICP, highlights what it’s like being a city planning director for a city in the heart of a Midwestern state and in an equivalent-sized city in the San Francisco Bay Area.
City planning here — and there Read More »
(Looking across Coyote Valley from Almaden in South San Jose. Photo: Juan Borrelli, AICP.) • Planning in CA vs IL • SB9, SB478, and other new laws (3) • ‘Meet a local planner’ • Wildfires and housing (2) • Burlingame on Planetizen • ‘Planning news roundup’ (14) • ‘Who’s where’ (11) • ‘Where in the world’ photos (4).
Northern News November 2021 Read More »
By Will Houston, Marin Independent Journal, September 20, 2021. Desalination is still the district’s secondary option to prevent it from running out of water as soon as July.
Drought: Marin, Saudi crown prince eyeing same desalination plants Read More »
By Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, September 20, 2021. 70 tiny homes (cabins), similar to those used in Oakland and other cities, will replace 44 tents in a city-sanctioned ‘safe sleeping village.’
SF piloting tiny cabins for homeless people as a cost-effective alternative to tents Read More »
By Marisa Kendall, East Bay Times, September 17, 2021. SB 9, now law, allows up to four units on single-family lots.
Gov. Newsom abolishes most single-family zoning in California Read More »
