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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Happy Paul Bunyan Day! Let's bust out our rugged flannel that we may or may not have purchased from Urban Outfitters (because grunge is so in right now) and let's celebrate the man, the myth, the American folklore legend! Read up on his "tall tales" - best way to get your early July 4th weekend started. And speaking of All-American, just wanted to wish everyone a fun and safe Independence Day! City halls will be of a faint whisper all across the south land next week as most staffers will probably take time off to honor our freedom...but more importantly, to feast on BBQ and better yet, World Cup viewing parties.
Let's make this newsletter short and sweet.
Remember, the 2018 Award photos are up! Visit
HERE
for the website album or our
Google album
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NOVEMBER 2018 AICP CERTIFICATION - APPLY BY JUNE 30
If 2018 is your year to earn certification, get moving! The application window for the November AICP Certification Exam opens on June 1. Apply before June 7 to get extra benefits as an Early Bird Applicant, including the ability to reapply for the November exam if your application is denied. The application deadline is June 30.
AICP Candidate Pilot Program participants: if you have graduated and enroll in the AICP Candidate Pilot Program by September 3, you have until October 31 to register for the November 2018 AICP exam.
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AICP EXAM REDUCED FEE SCHOLARSHIP - DUE AUG 17
The cost to applicants seeking to take the November 2018 AICP Exam for the first time remains at $495, and for previously-approved applicants the cost is $425. In order to assist exam-takers from the California Chapter with the cost of the AICP Exam, the Chapter will award AICP Exam Reduced Fee Scholarships in the amount of $350 each to offset applicants' costs. Thus, those awarded the Chapter scholarships will only pay $145 (application fee and balance of exam fee for first-time AICP Exam applicants), or $75 (exam fee only for previously-approved AICP Exam applicants). To be eligible for an AICP Exam Reduced Fee Scholarship for the November 2018 AICP Exam, please complete this
application
and email it to Kimberly Brosseau, AICP, Vice President of Professional Development at
kimberly.brosseau@prk.sccgov.org
no later than 5 PM on Friday, August 17, 2018. Late applications cannot be accepted.
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This past May 2018, The USC Price School of Public Policy, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Planning, held a student paper competition for the American Planning Association regarding Future Visions for Planning. The results are in and the top 3 papers were chosen. The IES-APA will feature all three articles in the next few newsletters to honor the innovative planning topics by these students. Thank you to all of whom had submitted papers and congratulations to the winners!
1st place
- Kristian Castro
Master of Planning candidate, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California.
2nd place
- Harris Rosenblum
Master of Planning candidate, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California.
3rd place
- Soobin Kim
B.S. in Urban Studies and Planning, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California.
The first article we will feature is Soobin Kim's paper on
Is Los Angeles outsmarting itself with smart lighting?. As she writes:
With 220,000 streetlights burning all night, Los Angeles has lost its star-studded skies. Perhaps it's time to stop adding new features and think about how the City can maximize safety while minimizing artificiality... Streetlights are critical to how we imagine the city, so it is important to be mindful of how new technologies can alter cityscapes... When it comes to urban lighting, brighter and bigger is not always better. Los Angeles has jumped on the smart city movement, but is it wise?
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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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2018 APA CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE:
SHAPING OUR FUTURE - OCT 7-10, SAN DIEGO
REGISTER NOW - EARLY BIRD CLOSES FRI, JULY 6
We are very pleased to announce that registration is now open for the annual APA California Conference to be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina on
October 7-10, 2018
. This conference is expected to attract over 1,500 planners from throughout the state and will feature over 100 educational sessions, 13 mobile workshops to explore planning in the San Diego region, and various networking opportunities. Not to be missed will be the Opening Reception
on Sunday
night on the iconic USS Midway. We will have the historic aircraft carrier all to ourselves!
Please register online by Friday, July 6, to take advantage of the reduced early registration rate for the full conference.
Additionally,
hotel reservations
are now available at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina which is minutes away from the San Diego Airport and downtown San Diego.
Please go to the APA California
conference website
for more information and check regularly for updates and the latest conference information. The mobile app for the conference will also be released when we get closer to the conference date.
We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!
FOLLOW #APACA2018 ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
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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
- Planning Services Manager at City of Anaheim
- Planning Manager with City of Mountain View
- Mid-Level Planner with Placeworks (Santa Ana)
- Deputy Director of Planning with City of Los Angeles
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RFPs / RFQs
- San Jacinto RFP - Main Street Properties
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Board reports are available on our
board reports
page on our website. In addition, newsletter archives are available on our website as well. For any comments, questions, or inquiries of the Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association (IES-APA), please contact
admin@ies-apa.org
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