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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
October has come and passed and we've moved on quickly from the spooky trick-or-treating to the sweet scents of pumpkin pie and all that good stuff of November. It was event after event this past October with the state conference kicking off the month, our annual Historic Symposium in Ontario rediscovering the Graber Olive House and Huerta del Valle, and the Joint APA-AEP workshop celebrating 10 years of the
Coachella Valley Multiple Species Plan. The holidays are coming at us quickly and that means end of the year get-togethers! More details to come, but save some room for our end of the year Holiday Event, "Bowling, Booze, and BS" at Big Al's in Ontario, tentatively scheduled for Friday, December 7th.
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IES-APA ROCK THE VOTE - THIS NOVEMBER!
Professional Development Officer Nomination(s):
Vice Director of Policy Nomination(s):
Both elected positions are two-year terms, commencing on January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2020. These positions will also have the opportunity to participate with the 2020 CA APA Conference preparation, which will take place in downtown Riverside. For more information about these positions, please read the Section Bylaws or contact the Section Director (Admin@ies-apa.org)
As Christine Saunders is running unopposed, she will become our next PDO unless contested otherwise.
Thank you for your interest in the IES-APA and we look forward to new partnerships!
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LEGISLATIVE OCTOBER REPORT FOR 2018 SESSION
By: Paul Clark, AICP, Vice-Director - Policy
The 2017-2018 final session of the California Legislature will soon be concluding as the Governor signs or vetoes the last remaining bills on his desk. The Legislature finished its session at the end of August. All legislative action concludes shortly and then the November general election will send a new crop of leaders into state government, not to mention policy propositions before the voters (by the way-remember to vote November 6). Sacramento considered thousands of bills with at least 400 addressing planning related issues, and of that number over 200 were housing related.
I look forward to a final report from our APA California Chapter Legislative Representatives in coming weeks. Our lobbyists in Sacramento do a great job corralling all the proposals and tracking them through the process and often last-minute changes which seem to appear, always at the last minute. I will forward final thoughts once the round up of the final actions is reported.
In the meantime, let me address a theme coming out of the recent CALAPA conference in San Diego. The number of bills addressing planning matters, not to mention administrative actions (such as the forthcoming new CEQA Guideline revisions) require all of us to pay attention. Two methods of keeping to contact and having a say in what CALAPA responds to proposed laws and regulations exist and are available through the Chapter: (1) the chapter legislative review team and (2) the legislative council. All members with an interest in what are happening, and how this probably will be impacting our job environment, should consider contributing to these groups. I will go into these advisory committees in greater detail in the next update. In the meantime, you can contact Stefan/George Associates, 916-443-5301, to learn more, visit the CALAPA web site or your section leadership.
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2018 HISTORIC SYMPOSIUM: ONTARIO - RECAP
By: Karen Watkins, IES-APA Section Historian
Urban agriculture still exists and is thriving in Ontario. And "farm to table" is a reality! The 26 attendees of the Historic Symposium on October 23 enjoyed a beautiful autumn day under large trees at the Graber Olive House and in the garden at Huerta del Valle.
The Graber Olive House was established in 1984 growing olive trees with canning beginning in 1911. Production only includes canned olives and olive oil. Unlike most other olive companies, Graber ripens the olives on the trees and their trucks carry olives from the fields only at night to avoid the heat. The equipment for sorting, soaking, canning, and pressurizing the cans are still in use from the 1940's and 50's. They canned water for the troops in World War I. After the excellent tours by Clare and Vincent, we had time to walk among the old trees throughout the grounds, browse the gift store, explore the museum, and taste olives. Everyone went home with a can of olives.
Arriving at Huerta del Valle was magical. As you entered the gates, our lunch table was spread out before us under the trees. As Miguel said, it looked like a Monet painting! Arthur provided a tour of the 60 community garden plots. It was interesting to see how differently the plots were set out, the types of vegetables planted, and the adornments added. There are also sculptures, a little lending library, seating and murals around the garden. Maria, the garden's creator, prepared the amazing lunch from the garden stock including a vegetable mix with salsa, homemade corn tortillas freshly made over a wood fire, black beans and rice, salad, various teas and infused water, and ending with a delicious sweet potato and coconut dessert cooked in the onsite wood-fired oven. This was a real "farm to table" lunch. The final garden tour was the back commercial garden where they are growing crops for weekly boxes and hope to eventually sell to local restaurants. Five winners left with herb pots to remember the day.
Thank you to everyone who helped get the word out and those that attended the event. We could not have asked for a better day, more interesting guides, or more delicious food. We hope to see you next year!
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Are you a young planner looking for opportunities to meet other planners and engage in the Inland Empire? If so, the IES-APA Board needs your help in sustaining a Young Planners Group. Be a part of this fun and exciting initiative and network with planners across the Inland Empire and Southern California. Contact John Hildebrand (IES-APA Section Director) to get involved at JHildebr@RIVCO.ORG.
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CPP SEEKS 2019 DALE PRIZE NOMINATION - NOV 26
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Cal Poly Pomona seeks nominations for the 2019 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning. The Dale Prize recognizes planning excellence, creates dialogue between scholars and practitioners, and enriches the education of planning students. The Dale Prize is awarded in pairs: a $5,000 award to a scholar and a $5,000 award to a practitioner. Awardees spend two days on the campus, meet with students in classes, and participate in a colloquium and other events.
The 2019 theme is From Blueprint to Resilience: Planning when Change is the Norm. The Dale Prize seeks a scholar and a practitioner who will address new ways that comprehensive plans are made and used. We are interested in procedural questions such as understanding innovative roles for social media and direct democracy, deliberative practices for finding ways forward with multiple visions, and how the broader range of concerns are in included in these plans. We ask, "How can planning guide ongoing decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and with a multiplicity of visions?"
Dale Prize events will be held March 20th and 21st, 2019, on the Cal Poly Pomona campus. Nominations are due on November 26, 2018. For more information, or to receive a nomination package, please visit http://env.cpp.edu/urp/dale-prize/2019. If you have questions, contact Dr. Do Kim at dohyungkim@cpp.edu or (909) 869-4645.
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ON DEMAND EDUCATION
Get up to speed on best practices with online courses for individual study. Topics in this convenient and cost-effective format include planning law, ethics, health policy, and transportation. Go here for more info: https://www.planning.org/ondemand/
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The Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association (IES-APA) provides listings for planning and planning related jobs. If you are interested in listing your job, please visit the
Sponsorships
page (scroll down to the bottom) for more information. In addition, as a courtesy to our members - RFPs/RFQs may be submitted and posted on the IES-APA website free of charge. Please email us at
admin@ies-apa.org
for more information regarding RFPs/RFQs postings.
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JOBS
- Senior and Associate Planners at Civic Solutions
- Associate Planner at City of Riverside
- Planning Manager at City of Pomona
- Assistant, Associate, and Senior Planners at Interwest Consulting Group
- Planning Technician I/II at City of Carlsbad
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RFPs / RFQs
- Highway 111 Corridor RFP at City of La Quinta
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