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May/June 2008
Prop. 98 attacks renters, water infrastructure, the environment and our communities
www.no98yes99.com

April 2008
Peak Oil: impetus for change
By Isby Swick and Henry Fleischmann

March 2008
Community Energy Planning: Where to Begin?
By Philip L. Millenbah, AICP

February 2008
SJSU students work for Gulf Coast Jobs Act
By Emy Mendoza, University Liaison, Northern Section

December / January 2008
Lodi leads with LEED-ND
By Peter Pirnejad, Planning Manager, City of Lodi

November 2007
California State Supreme Court denies SF petition for review
League of California Cities

September / October 2007
Envision San José 2040: Shaping the Future
By Stan Ketchum, Principal Planner, City of San José

August 2007
China's Great Leap Forward
By Barry Miller, AICP

July 2007
Understanding the challenges and benefits of diversity
By Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP, Director, Professional Development Institute, Rutgers

Death of Dr. Martin Meyerson
Northern News has just learned of the death of Dr. Martin Meyerson on June 2. He was 84.

Death of Warren Jones
Northern News has just learned of the death of Warren W. Jones on May 10. He was 78.

May / June 2007
AICP Certification Maintenance, Continuing Education Required for Certified Planners.

April 2007
Planning the inclusive city THE WASHINGTON, DC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
By Barry Miller, AICP

March 2007
Cool planners build resilient, carbon neutral communities
By Allison Quaid, Executive Director, Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities

February 2007
Fat city? To health with planning.
By Lisa Feldstein, JD, Senior Policy Director, Land Use & Health Program, Public Health Institute, Oakland

December / January 2007
Introducing poverty and social justice issues in planning organizations and processes
by Steven A. Preston, FAICP, Deputy City Manager, City of San Gabriel; Member, California Planning Roundtable

November 2006
Smart Growth Illustrated

October 2006
Can the collaborative process achieve equity?

September 2006
Planners in economic development
By Kaizer Rangwala, AICP

August 2006
Portland, OR leads U.S. sustainable cities
From SustainLane.com, June 1, 2006

July 2006
Live Sustainable or Die
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, Editor

May/June 2006
Form-based zoning is not the (whole) answer
By Michael Moore, AICP, Community Development Director, Petaluma

April 2006
Dean Macris on SF Planning Department
by Dean Macris

March 2006

The urban campus and downtown revitalization
by Katja Irvin, graduate student, San José State Universiy

February 2006
Feature Article: Planning tools for environmental, economic, and social sustainability
by Connie Galambos, Regional Sustainability Initiative Coordinator, Redefining Progress

December 2005
Feature Article: Will planners be ready when Avian flu hits?
By Jim Safranek, REHS, Environmental Health Services, Santa Cruz County

November 2005
Feature Article: How Napa vote on Measure A (Fair Payment for Public Benefit Act) will affect you
by Jessica Zenk and Elizabeth (Libby) Seifel, Seifel Consulting Inc.

October 2005
Feature Article: Cities get makeovers
by Beth Winegarner, Daily News Staff Writer

September 2005
“Kelo”GRAM: How will the Supreme Court’s decision affect California’s local governments? Thanks to Peter Detwiler, staff director, Senate Local Government Committee, for providing the text of this article to the date of the hearing.

July / August 2005
Greenbelt Alliance Says No to Sprawl, Yes to Good Development
by Julie Cummins, Education Program Coordinator, Greenbelt Alliance

June 2005
Finding New Affordable Housing Opportunities While Resolving Traditional “Red Tagged” Problem Properties
Aby Michael D. Bethke, AICP

April / May 2005
The Grand Finale: Reflecting on “Reflections on New Urbanism.”
By Hartmut Gerdes

February / March 2005
Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area!

December 2004 / January 2005
Dutch and United States Growth Management Strategies: is a planning convergence on the horizon?
By Maarten Georgius & Leonie Janssen-Jansen


November 2004
National Conference in San Francisco: Four Months and Counting!

October 2004
Coyote Valley Specific Plan: Creating a New Town Based on Smart Planning Principles
by Salifu Yakubu

September 2004
Water needs move water planning forthe Monterey area into the sea.
By Denise Duffy

July/August 2004
Feature Article: Summer Reading Issue
by Maryann Miller

June 2004

Feature Article: The Eastshore State Park General Plan
by Larry Tong

May 2004

Feature Article: Taxable Retail Sales leakage: 2002 Results for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
by John Rau, Ultra-Research, Inc.

April 2004

Feature Article: Riding to the Future...On the Bus
by Nathan Landau

March 2004

Feature Article: Contra Costa County Watershed Atlas
by Abby Fateman

February 2004

Feature Article: APA Trip to Cuba
by Pipi Ray Diamond

October 2003

Feature Article: Establishing an Effective Local Economic Development Program
by Robert Bateman

September 2003
Feature Article: But Tell Me, Where Do the Children Play?
by Steve Matarazzo

July/August 2003
Feature Article: Book Reviews
by Maryann Miller and Nathan Landau

June 2003

Feature Article: Sales Tax Leakage
by John Rau

May 2003
Feature Article:2003 APA Northern Section Awards

February 2003
Feature Article: APA Parties at Oakland Museum
by Happy Golucci

December 2002/January 2003
Feature Article: Three Rules for Better Writing
by Natalie Marcis

November 2002
Feature Article: New Planning and Environmental Statutes
by Antero Rivasplata, AICP

October 2002
Feature Article: First CPF Scholarship Winner for the Northern Section Award!
by Hing Wong, AICP

September 2002
Feature Article: Summer Reading Book Reviews
by Juan F. Borrelli, AICP

July 2002
Feature Article: APA Northern Section Awards Results
by Wayne Goldberg, AICP

June 2002

Feature Article: Planning Your Career
by Warren W. Jones and Natalie Macris

 

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