Northern News archives

To kick off 2020, we’re featuring articles on Oakland 2100-The Game, results from January’s Northern News survey, tiny homes for homeless vets in Sonoma Co., and the passing of a planning pioneer. Plus our regular features: “Meet a local planner,” “Where in the world,” “Who’s where,” and the “Director’s note”…

Above: SF General Hospital and SF skyline, photo by Diana Elrod. This issue features 4 original, local articles; 4 “Where in the world” photos; 7 Northern Section announcements, including “Who’s where”; “Planning news roundup” (7); and 67 photos.

Northern News November – December 2022 Edition, a publication of the American Planning Association, California Chapter, Northern Section.

This photo of Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park in Monterey, CA, is by Libby Tyler, FAICP. Our feature article, republished with permission from NextCity, is about CaRLA’s lawsuits. Your locally authored article can be featured in our next issue: Contact [email protected].

Photo of Capitola-by-the-Sea, above, by Juan Borrelli, AICP. This issue features three articles, two “Where in the world” photos, five items for Northern Section members (including “Who’s where”) and 13 recaps in “Planning news roundup.”

featured Articles Northern Section News & Announcements pLANNING nEWS rOUND uP where in the woRLD? MEMBERS SHARE EXPERIENCES FROM NEAR AND FAR This is Australia’s only inner-city, man-made beach. Photo: Barry Miller, FAICP, March 2018 Streets Beach, Brisbane, Australia. Photo by Barry Miller, FAICP SPONSORS

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featured Articles Northern Section News & Announcements pLANNING nEWS rOUND uP where in the woRLD? MEMBERS SHARE EXPERIENCES FROM NEAR AND FAR Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Perched on the hill between Ipanema and Copacabana are the century old, unplanned favela communities of Cantagalo and Pavão–Pavãozinho. Under the nonprofit Museu de…

The APRIL PDF (37 pp) is at http://bit.ly/2JzQVhq. In this issue: Planning Camp • Three articles on how to increase housing production • In memoriam, Frank So, FAICP, 81, APA Exec. Director 1996-2001 • Meet our local planners, Maren Moegel and John Schwarz • Northern Section and BARHII on building…

The MARCH PDF (22 pp) is at http://bit.ly/2SWJKUG. In this issue: Photos from the Ouro Preto, Brazil, field trip • In memoriam, Joseph Kott, AICP, who researched benefits of ‘green streets’ • Meet a local planner, Shannon Fiala • Meet our newest Northern Section Board members.

You can download this month’s issue as a PDF, read it online as a virtual magazine, or review the contents below and click directly to articles and features. Below Market Rate in California Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP. How America’s first inclusionary housing came to be built 46 years ago in Palo Alto —…