MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1
8:30am – 6:00 pm
Career Development Center, Young Planners Group
What’s Next? Planning Students and the California Planning Foundation (CPF)
Introduction to CEQA and Careers in Environmental Planning
Steps Students Can Take Before Graduating: Charting a Career in Sustainability
Resumes and Interviews for Students
Diversity Summit: Plan to Thrive Not Just to Survive
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
8:00 – 10:15 pm
How to Achieve FAICP Status
Career Development Center, Young Planners Group
Opening Keynote – Dr. Tony Haymet, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
10:30 am-Noon Session Block #1
Annual CEQA Update – Change is in the Air Again
Youth Make the Call
Is it Public Involvement or Public Relations?
From Beginning to End: Effective Public/Private Partnerships
Innovations in Transportation Planning:
I-580 East Corridor System Management Plan
Corridor System Management Plans
Tools for Revitalization – On a Shoestring Budget
Making the Most of Opportunities During Challenging Times
Climate Adaptation: Missed Opportunities of Climate Action Planning
Don’t Kill the Messenger: Understanding and Overcoming Major Project Coordination Interdisciplinary Challenges
Everything You Need to Know About Planning Trails for California Communities
Incentive Zoning: Can You Always Get What You Want?
2:00 – 3:30pm Session Block #2
Navigating the Ethical Dilemmas in Planning
How Can Planners Be Effective Leaders on Regional Issues: Bridging Local and Regional Concerns
Passing the AICP: Planning Jeopardy
Tribal Perspectives on Coast, Canyon, and Crest: Lessons from California
TDR Also Belongs In Your Climate Change Toolbox
Getting Smart About Smart Mobility
Show Me the Rock: The Missing Piece
Show Me the Rock: Creating an Aggregate Supply
Maximizing the Benefits of Urban Greening
Harnessing the Power of Sun, Wind, and Water:
Update on Local Government Green Energy Permit Issues
City Centered Growth: Mission or Myth?
City Center Growth: Is California Sustainable?
Sustainable Subsistence: The Benefits of Urban Agriculture in Today’s Cities
4:00 – 5:30pm Session Block #3
APA California Legislative Update 2010
Building Your Professional Career: Beyond Resume Skills and Interview Techniques
Open Source, Drupal, and Planning
Putting Smart Growth Into Practice: Lessons from SANDAG’s Smart Growth Tool Box
Collaborative Planning in a Complex World (CPR Salon)
What is a VMT Threshold and Why Do I Want It in My General Plan?
The Cumulative Effect: How Public Policies Impact the Housing Market Revitalization
The Longest Mile: Improving Access to Transit in Los Angeles
Deck It, Dig It, Ditch It: Overcoming the Barrier of the Freeways
Developing GHG Thresholds: What Your Mother Never Told You!
A New Breed of Affordable Housing:
Case study of innovative affordable housing projects in Downtown San Diego
16th and Market Workforce/Affordable Housing Development
Highlights of the Tallest Affordable Multi-family Tower on the West Coast
Creating a Development Code that Defaults to Sustainable Urbanism
Pressing the Throttle: Implementation of SB375 (Planners Emeritus Network)
8:00 – 9:15am Session Block #4
Working With Lawyers
Why Pedagogy and Practice Matter
San Diego Planning Directors Association Roundtable Discussion
Hot and Spicy SB 97: A Roundtable Debate About the Adopted CEQA Amendments
Preserving Continuity in a Transition: The Governance Component of the Ontario Plan
Fire and Chaparral: Why Aren’t There Any Trees in this Forest?
Parking Credits for Walk-able Neighborhoods: Three Cities’ Experience
Planning Metrics for the 21st Century:
Measuring Progress in the 21st Century
Indicators of Sustainable Competitiveness
No More Ugly Buildings! Pasadena’s New Context Sensitive Design Guidelines
City Centered Growth: The San Diego Example of How to Make it Happen
Low Impact Development: Restoring the Health of Rivers and Oceans
Getting to “Missing Middle” Footprint Densities: Responding to the Demand for Walkable Urban Living
Getting to “Missing Middle” Densities
Innovative Single Family Infill Housing Pocket Neighborhood Communities
The California Water Plan: What’s In It for Planners?
9:30 – 10:45am Session Block #5
On the Job Training: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Translating Sustainability Into an Urban District: Early Lessons From Los Angeles
Changing the Planning World Through the Web
Citizen Engagement Toolbox
CEQA Trouble: How “Little” and “Big” Things Get You There and How to Avoid It
The Redevelopment of Treasure Island: From World Expo to City of the Future
JOBs and TODs: Employment and Transit Together
Rethinking Historic Highway 101 and San Diego’s North Coastal Villages:
California’s Mother Road: The route with a view
How Planning Commissioners Can Overcome Tough Challenges to Promote Infill Development Along Commercial Corridors
Advancing Sustainability in Discretionary Reviews
Heartbreaking to Groundbreaking: The Story of New Roots Community Farm
The Politics of a Zoning Code Change
Universities, Foundations, and Planners: Working Together for Sustainable Communities (CPF)
National City: An Emerging Model for Sustainability and Equity
11:00 – 12:15am Session Block #6
Can Federal Agencies Really Work Together? The HUD/DOT/EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Working With What You Have, Getting What You Want, and Living in the New Norm
What’s Old is Green: A Sustainable Future for the Historic Presidio of San Francisco
Planners in the Hot Seat: Serving as an Elected or Appointed Official
Santa Monica’s New General Plan: Using Cutting Edge Transportation Tools to Reduce Carbon Footprint While Building the Economy
The California Public Records Act: Plumbing the Depths of Privileges and Exclusions
The Orange County Great Park: A 21st Century Laboratory
Not All TOD Are Alike: Tailoring Your TOD Strategy to the Situation
Planning for Pot
Trail and Agricultural Lands Interface: Strategies for Success
Housing That Makes SB375 and Climate Change Policies Work
Planning a Sustainable New Community Through Innovative Urban Design
2:15 – 3:45pmSession Block #7
Property Rights, Takings and Exactions: A Legal and Practical Update
NEPA Update 2010: What California Planners Need to Know
Housing Elements: A Secret Weapon to Increase Competitiveness for Funding
Implementing a Bicycle Master Plan/ Bicycle Facility Planning 101
Orienting Development Around Transit: Planning a Regional TOD
Seawater Desalination in California
Waste water: A New Renewable Resource for Urban Agriculture
Where Will We Play? Strengthening the Future of Our Urban Parks and Cultural Districts
Sustainability Through the Ages
4:15 – 5:45 pm Session Block #8
Project Management: A Toolkit for Success
You Be the Ethics and Judge and Jury
California Planning Roundtable (CPR) General Plan Implementation Project (CPR Salon)
The Nuts and Bolts of Preparing an RTP Under SB 375
Sustainable Parking: Is It Possible? If So, How Should It Be Implemented?
A Green-way Runs Through It: Changing the Face of Urban Landscapes
Now What? Implementing the Climate Action Plan
Are the Tides Turning on Equity and Environmental Justice in San Diego Planning
Addressing New Flood Risk Management Legislation – A Handbook for Locals
The Re-Birth of Retail and the Evolution of the Old Retail Center