By Becky Sullivan, NPR, April 21, 2023 “The Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land in Las Vegas to build a new ballpark, signaling a move away from Oakland after more than five decades in the city.“If the move proceeds as planned, the A’s will become just the second Major League Baseball […]
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By Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2023 “Two distinct realities — vibrant activity and eerie emptiness — are juxtaposed at Transbay transit center, the three-block-long behemoth cloaked in curvaceous white steel located south of Mission Street, running from Beale Street to just shy of Second Street. “One of the Bay Area’s biggest infrastructure
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Bay Area urban planner Gary Binger, FAICP, (1942-2023), a writer, teacher, visionary, and leader, received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the California Chapter of the American Planning Association and was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners.
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Robert Paternoster, FAICP, passed away on March 23, 2023, at the age of 83. Paternoster served as president of APA California (1981-82) and president of the Planner Emeritus Network (PEN) (2019-20).
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Beginning with this issue, Roundup will focus on a few stories that mark the most significant events across the Section or exemplify local journalism about issues that matter to planners, with other stories shared weekly via the Northern Section LinkedIn page.
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By Adam Shanks, San Francisco Examiner, May 15, 2023 “In revisions to his state budget proposal released on [May 12], Newsom made no commitment to funding public transit operations and maintained about $2 billion in cuts to public transit capital funding — money that pays for infrastructure work like rail repairs and bus purchases —
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Date: Thursday, June 8 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Event Information/Register In 2020, filmmaker Jed Terrence Lee, then an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, won the university’s American Cultures Student Prize for their documentary film about the Richmond Greenway project. Greenway weaves together the enriching tale of how a once abandoned and dangerous railroad
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Northern Section’s allied professional organizations offer events and programs in a variety of formats that you may find align well with your professional and continuing education goals.
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By Ellen Yau, Mentorship Director, May 15, 2023 Northern Section’s mentorship program, which is aligned with APA’s Mentorship Program, offers a no-cost, one-on-one mentorship matching program available to planners of all backgrounds and experiences. It is one of the many programs in the Northern Section that are free or low-cost and helps our profession continually
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