LETTERS
Letters from H. Pike Oliver, Seattle, and Stephen Avis, AICP, Redwood Coast.
News
Five ways to better neighborhoods post-pandemic
By Leila Hakimizadeh, AICP, and John David Beutler, AICP. As the pandemic changes commuting patterns, some residential subdivisions could begin to function more like older neighborhoods in terms of activities and businesses.
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“Planning Positivity” for the Holidays
By Della Acosta, AICP, October 14, 2020. Share your #PlanningPositivity photos, memes, videos, news, and stories using the hashtag.
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The West’s wildfires collide with its housing crisis
By Laura Bliss, Bloomberg CityLab, Sept. 18, 2020. Oregon was short 155,000 homes before fires destroyed thousands more, including one county’s most affordable.
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Orange Day photos
By Brendan Hurley. The Bay Bridge seen from the Embarcadero on April 14 and September 9, 2020.
‘Monster in the Mission’ site slated for affordable housing
By Jared Brey, September 11, 2020. A group has agreed to buy the site and donate the land to the city for affordable housing to fulfill the affordability requirements of a separate project of nearly 1,000 units.
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Director’s note: Planning in a State of Change
By Jonathan Schuppert, AICP, September 17, 2020. We continually adapt to environmental, societal, economic, and other changes. But adaptation doesn’t come easily and it doesn’t happen by promoting the status quo.
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AICP | CM: Leading in a crisis with spatial data
SJSU’s 90-minute webinar is on October 2 at 11:30. AICP | CM 1.5 credits pending.
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New research: Success for Santa Clara County homeless housing program
By Marisa Kendall, The Mercury News, Sept. 17, 2020. Results of the study are significant because this type of program has rarely been studied using a control group.
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State housing mandate doubles Bay Area production target
By Susan Steimle, CBS SF Bay Area, September 10, 2020. The new RHNA numbers are out and they’re higher than ever before.
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