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An Interview With Mark Hinshaw

Sep 18, 2007

CP&DR Staff, Downtown planning, Q&A, Vol. 22 No. 10 Oct 2007

Seattle-based planner, architect and journalist Mark Hinshaw identifies a back-to-the-urban-core trend, in which people who have rejected suburban uniformity are choosing to live instead in dense, diverse urban environments. He explains his findings and theories in an interview with CP&DR.

Q&A: Assemblyman Gene Mullin

Aug 1, 2005

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 20 No. 08 Aug 2005

Gene Mullin is chairman of the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development. He spoke with CP&DR Editor Paul Shigley during the Legislature's summer recess. >>read more

PPIC's Elisa Barbour

Mar 1, 2003

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 18 No. 03 Mar 2003

Elisa Barbour, of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) in San Francisco, recently published a comprehensive study on regional planning, "Metropolitan Growth Planning in California, 1900-2000." In her study, Barbour says that California has tried to create stronger metropolitan planning institutions for 100 years. She calls the most recent surge of regionalism the "third wave," after the establishment of home rule, and the rise of single-purpose agencies.

UC Merced Planner Cliff Graves

Jan 1, 2003

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 18 No. 01 Jan 2003

Cliff Graves is special advisor to the chancellor at University of California, Merced. Graves has overseen many aspects of planning the Merced campus, which is the University of California's first new campus since the mid-1960s. He spoke with CP&DR Managing Editor Paul Shigley in mid-December.

Q&A: Stuart Meck

by Paul Shigley on Jul 1, 2002

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 17 No. 07 Jul 2002

Stuart Meck is a senior research fellow for the American Planning Association (APA). For seven years, he spearheaded the APA’s "Growing Smart" project. That effort concluded earlier this year with the release of a 1,400-page legislative guidebook and user manual, which are intended to help states replace model planning acts. >>read more

Dawn Serpa

Apr 1, 2002

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 17 No. 04 Apr 2002

Dawn Serpa is president of The Surland Companies, a private, 13-year-old residential and commercial developer that builds 100 to 200 houses per year. It is currently building Redbridge in Tracy, a 450-home project that mixes an array of housing sizes and styles in one subdivision, and plans to build Tracy's first mixed-use urban village. Unlike some developers, Serpa does not fear the "smart growth" movement. She even complains that many local regulations prevent traditional neighborhood developments. CP&

Charles Buki

Jun 1, 2001

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 16 No. 06 Jun 2001

Charles Buki is the director of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute in Washington, D.C. The institute was created by Congress in 1978 to revitalize older, distressed communities through a network of local nonprofits. Buki is a former Loeb Fellow in advanced environmental studies at Harvard University. He has written and lectured widely on neighborhood revitalization and neighborhood dynamics, their interrelationship with the environment and implications for social equity.

Judy Corbett

May 1, 2001

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 16 No. 05 May 2001

Judy Corbett is executive director of the Local Government Commission, a nonprofit organization whose members include elected officials, and city and county staff members. The commission provides forums and technical assistance to assist local agencies in a variety of subject areas. In 1991, the commission, working with architects and planners, produced the Ahwahnee Principles for community and regional planning. The Ahwahnee Principles provide an alternative to what the authors see as decades of

Sheila Kuehl

Apr 1, 2001

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 16 No. 04 Apr 2001

After serving six years in the state Assembly, Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) was elected last November to the State Senate seat previously held by Tom Haden. Earlier this year, she was named Chairwoman of the Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee. Although much of her work in the Assembly centered on social issues, Kuehl did serve on committees concerned with land use and was a director of the California Coastal Conservancy. Before coming to the Legislature, Kuehl was a law prof

Steve Nissen

Jan 1, 2001

Paul Shigley, Q&A, Vol. 16 No. 01 Jan 2001

Steven Nissen became acting director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Research in April 2000 and the appointment has since become permanent. Besides advising the governor and carrying out his interests, OPR provides assistance to local government on land use planning issues. The office is responsible for preparing CEQA Guidelines and General Plan Guidelines, and it operates the state clearinghouse for environmental impact reports. Besides his role at OPR, Nissen serves as a governor's s...

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