Welcome to 2018! Let's dust off this newsletter and get going on the many events of the first month of the year. January is JAM PACKED with events hosted by our friends at WRCOG, RCHC, and many more! Not to mention a YPG Mixer held in Riverside at the end of the month. Check them all out below!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2018-19 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
The Governor released his 2018-19 Budget this morning. Here are the highlights of the budget of most interest to APA. Of note are a number of charts included in the "Housing and Local Government" section of the budget included on pages 115-125. The text of that section is included below.
FIVE ADVENTURES IN ONE DAY AS A HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PLANNER INTERN AT RUHS-PH
The Land Use Planning Awareness (LUPA) pilot project, created by the Riverside University Health System-Public Health (formerly known as the County of Riverside Department of Public Health) is intended to increase awareness about the inherent relationship between planning and public health.
In collaboration with the REC Route (Recreation, Education and Culture) program from the Desert Recreation District, the LUPA team spent a full day with a group of outstanding students from the Coachella Valley. Karla Martinez (bottom row, left), who interned at RUHS-PH during Fall '17, reports on what went on.
WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY: 2018 TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT - JAN 17
Description:
Join Western Riverside Council of Governments Clean Cities Coalition and the City of Moreno Valley in a conversation about the future of transportation in Western Riverside County. Through discussion with experts and industry professionals, we will explore the questions of "Where are we going?" and "How do we get there?" Come learn about new transportation technologies, best practices, and funding for the future, and take advantage of the opportunity to network with transportation industry leaders.
Breakfast and Vendor Expo begin at 9:00 a.m., Summit begins at 10:00 a.m. Plus, stick around after the Summit for a networking and social mixer organized by the Inland Empire Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council, Los Angeles.
Registration:
$15 Regular Attendees
FREE for Clean Cities Members
RIVERSIDE COUNTY HEALTH COALITION (RCHC): GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING - JAN 17
Description:
The next Riverside County Health Coalition (RCHC) general membership meeting, "Striving for Health Equity: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Across the Lifespan" is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, January 17, 2018.
Join us for a discussion on strategies to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of our community. This meeting will include presentations from Dr. Marshare Penny and Dr. Sanggon Nam from California Baptist University.
As always, we strive to bring interested organizations and community members into our coalition membership. Please pass this invitation along to your partner networks. We welcome their participation! We look forward to seeing you in 2018!
Date and Time:
Location:
Towngate Community Center
13100 Arbor Park Lane
Moreno Valley, CA 92553
Please visit this website for more info or to register:
The Public Policy Program at UCLA Extension is proud to preside over the annual
Land Use Law and Planning Conference, largely regarded as a leading source of information on California land use legislation, case law, and the emerging issues that frame land use and development practices in the nation's most populous state. Its unique cross-disciplinary approach explores the full range of perspectives drawn from the land use planning, legal, development, and environmental communities-and demonstrates how these factors influence the day-to-day work of planners, developers, environmental regulators, and attorneys.
This conference provides a big picture view of land use law and planning practice. Our guest speakers consistently provide succinct and provocative updates on core state and federal case law and legislation, mixed with practice pointers on basic land use law and planning issues. This conference is essential for attorneys, planners, environmentalists, and developers who need to know how land use law and planning is changing and affecting their interests. Join our experts and audience members next year, as they review the important issues of the past year and explore what is on the horizon.
Select conference updates and assessments include:
The Housing Crisis: The More Things Change The More They Stay the Same
CEQA 2017: The Supreme Court Weighs In
Climate Actions Plans: Embracing or Retreating Post-Newhall?
Planning, Zoning, and Development Law: Exactions, Initiatives, Referenda and More
Transportation Infrastructure: Mobility, Choice, and VMT
The conference is hosted by the UCLA Extension Public Policy Program, and is approved for 7 hours of CM (AICP) credit and 7 hours MCLE (State Bar of California) credit.
2018 SCAG SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - DUE JAN 18
The Southern California Association of Governments is now accepting nominations for the 2018 SCAG Sustainability Awards. For the past 10 years, SCAG has recognized excellent planning efforts from local agencies in sustainability with these annual awards. These projects are integral to carrying out the goals and policies of the 2016 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), and they promote a cleaner, healthier, and happier Southern California. Award nominations are open to all parties, including local governments, non-profits and private developers.
Submissions are now being accepted in the following award categories:
Active Transportation
Against all Odds (Environmental Justice/Disadvantaged Communities)
Collaborative Partnership
Green Region Initiative
Healthy and Safe Communities
Integrated Planning
Winners will be recognized at the 2018 Regional Conference and General Assembly at the Renaissance Esmeralda Indian Wells Resort & Spa on May 3-4.
2018 NATIONAL PLANNING CONFERENCE: NEW ORLEANS - APRIL 20-24
New Orleans is one of the world's most unique cities, and its melting pot of culture, food, and music offers APA conference-goers rich experiences well beyond the convention center. Register todayfor the opportunity to experience some of the city's planning precedents like the Lafitte Greenway, the iconic streetcar system, and extensive new infrastructure upgrades - all on the program for NPC18, April 21-24 in NOLA.
For more information on what's going on with YPG, please contact Victoria Kim, YPG Coordinator, at YPG@ies-apa.org. Also, find us on Facebook at "Inland Empire Section - Young Planners Group (IES-APA YPG)", a subgroup of the IES-APA page. Please join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IESAPA.YPG/
OPPORTUNITIES / TRAINING
2018 APA CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE: SHAPING OUR FUTURE - OCT 7-10, SAN DIEGO
Submittals Open: December 1, 2017
Submissions Close:January 31, 2018, 11:59 pm
Late submissions will not be accepted
Planners talk about shapes and shaping all the time. Phrases like, "the shape of things to come", or how "plans shaped a community", are part of everyday conversation. For the 2018 APA California Conference, we're seeking sessions about how something you did changed the shape of a community. Perhaps you shaped something that changed you, or even our profession. We want to hear about projects or ideas that have transformed, or shape-shifted, unexpectedly. And of course, we want to hear about shapes that were intended to be one thing, but ended up as another. Mostly we want to hear about your ideas for the shape of the future, and your plans to get us all there.
The APA Foundation supports programs that help economically challenged and disaster-devastated communities through Community Planning Assistance Teams and other planning resources.
In light of the massive wind- and flood-related damage to communities from the recent hurricanes, individual donations made online to the APA Foundation's Community Assistance Fund through December 31, 2017, will be allocated to recovery efforts, and will be matched, dollar for dollar, by the APA Foundation.
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/
JOBS / RFPs / RFQs
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.
Senior / Associate / Assistant Planners with Civic Solutions
Senior Planner / Senior Environmental Planner / Project Manager with The Altum Group
Associate Planner with City of Riverside
Senior Planner with City of Riverside
RFPs / RFQs
None
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