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STEVEN A. PRESTON, FAICP | Chapter Historian, Southern | SPOTLIGHT J. LAURENCE MINTIER, FAICP | Chapter Historian, Northern Upcoming Events Turn Spotlight on California Planning History The rediscovery of California’s plan - from the 405 Freeway; continue south on ning history takes many forms, in many Cherry and turn west (right) at Hill St. Tickets places around the state. Here are three are $40 general admission, $20 for students. Seating is limited; for more information and upcoming events that invite you to learn tickets, contact Alice Lepis at more about how Southern California and [email protected] , or check out LARPHG’s the planning profession have evolved. website, www.larphg.org .
Colloquium to explore role of oil in de - SACRPH to Hold 2015 conference in Los • Tours velopment of L. A. Region Angeles • Volunteers The role of oil in Southern California’s de - For the first time, the Society for American • Fundraising velopment will be the topic of the next collo - City and Regional Planning History will hold its • Theme/marketing/promotion quium of the Los Angeles Region Planning national conference in Los Angeles in Novem - • Local planning program History Group (LARPHG). In cooperation ber, 2015. The local host committee, led by • Main reception with USC and the Huntington Library, Meredith Drake Reitan, Merry Ovnick, Kathy For more information, check out the or - LARPHG applies the lessons of the past to cur - Kolnick, Todd Gish, and David Sloane, has begun ganization’s website at http://www.sacrph.org/ , rent and future policy and planning decisions preparations for the three day event, Novem - or contact Steve Preston at throughout the region. ber 5-8, 2015 at the Millennium Biltmore in [email protected] , and we will put you in For this colloquium, attendees will enjoy downtown Los Angeles. touch with the conference organizers. the panel, luncheon, and discussion at a site In addition to a full program of academic near the very epicenter of Southern Califor - presentations, the conference will feature local How can I learn more? nia’s oil history, in Signal Hill. host events and tours to capitalize on the If you are in Northern California, call This next symposium is scheduled for Sat - unique planning history of the Los Angeles re - Larry Mintier, FAICP at (916) 446-0522 (or urday, October 11, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. gion. The organizing committee is looking for [email protected] ). In Southern at the Signal Hill Community Center, 1780 East volunteers to serve on the following task California, contact Steve Preston, FAICP at Hill St. Exit at Cherry Avenue southbound groups: (626) 308-2803, or [email protected] .
Time to Nominate Planning Landmark, Pioneer Awards Each year APA California recognizes the history of planning in the gram. This program honors pioneers of the planning profession state through two award categories – the Planning Landmark Award who have personally and directly generated innovations in American and the Planning Pioneer Award – which are presented at the annual planning that redirected planning practice, educa - conference and then forwarded for consideration as a national award tion, or theory with long-term results. Any APA
nominee. Bennett Plan Perspective 1923 member may submit another member's name for The Planning Land - this award (although candidates may not nomi - mark Award recognizes nate themselves). Contributions must date back a planning project, at least 25 years from the nomination deadline.
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P3 Speech to the 2014 Class of FAICP
CAROL D. BARRETT, AICP | CPF President
The California Planning Foundation is on a Binge Yes, you read the headline correctly. If you define binge as doing an extreme amount of 2014 Class of AICP Fellows something in a very short time, then the Califor - soon, hundreds of people are showing up at The growing cost of healthcare threatens the nia Planning Foundation is on a binge. our public meetings, invited not exactly by us, national economy. The public health commu - Established by the California Chapter in but by the community or neighborhood advo - nity suggest that better neighborhood planning 1970, the Foundation has as its primary purpose cates who had decided by now that we were can reverse that trend and a new planning raising money for planning student scholarships. devils ruining their way of life. More density, coalition is formed. And so here we are today. From humble beginnings when the Chapter more traffic, more parking issues. Not enough Basically, in the four decades of our ca - members voted to assess themselves annually a infrastructure, taxes are going up, everything is reers, we have elevated the planning agenda fee for student scholarships, Chapter members getting worse and worse and it’s all our fault. from planning cul-de-sacs to saving the planet have witnessed growth in the scholarship funds “Nobody loves us, baby.” and reversing the health crisis in America. And, Al Gore, with time on his hands, creates a we are rising to the challenge. Never have the (approximately $50,000 is awarded annually) and slide show and pretty soon his “inconvenient issues been more important or more urgent. changes to how money is raised. truth” awakens Americans to global warming And never has there been a greater need for Beginning with their annual retreat in Janu - and the environmental movement is reener - good planners. We are grateful to have been a ary, the Foundation Board embarked on a binge gized. Dire predictions abound and more and part and we expect to continue for at least an - of reinvention considering changes to how and more evidence suggests a culprit in the built other decade—where we are promised driver - to whom scholarships are awarded and changes environment. Planners are challenged to re - less cars and 3-d printed houses. to the way the Foundation raises money. Several verse the trend and targets are set to measure The Millennials are on the horizon and we subcommittees are at work on various aspects our results. hope the social scientists are right… that they Global consciousness rises and cities are are more tolerant, more socially responsible, of doing business differently and have reached on the rebound. Planners promote the revital - more open to governmental policy and that out to include Chapter members beyond the ization of cities and urbanism as a better way they, too, will value what we do. But we have Board. of life. Policies emerge for micro apartments, learned to live with the ups and downs be - At the same time that college costs are multi-generational and modular housing. We cause the core belief from our youth remains skyrocketing and students are in ever greater are all about public transit and active trans - ever constant— we know why we do this. need, the competition for donation dollars has portation. Vacant buildings take on new life Our journey remains guided by the promise of become equally intense. Do you have any opin - with creative techies who think old is cool and better places and better lives. We have lived “authentic” becomes a sales pitch! City living in interesting times and are grateful for the ion about how the California Planning Founda - becomes more appealing as the downtowns youthful exuberance that brought us to the tion can do its job more effectively? Please let add restaurants, bars and the sidewalks are planning profession. It has exceeded our high - me hear from you. [email protected] or shared by strollers and dog walkers. Streets est hopes. 818-238-5250. Otherwise, please join us at the are hot and cars are not. Complete streets are We have been inspired by the spirit, dedi - Scholarship Auction in Anaheim, our single now activated by people and parklets. cation and creativity of many young planners biggest fundraiser of the year. We welcome your We also recognize the connection be - and have benefited greatly from the generosity donations as well as your shopping. tween prosperity and planning. We talk about of community members who have partnered the sharing economy and innovation districts. with us and taught us that no one 4 1
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cific plan. The City is hoping to develop a new guiding vision for Smoky Hollow, one that iden - tifies areas for centers of activity, and provides new development and design standards. The Specific Plan update planning effort is the City’s attempt to capture the commercial real estate market forces that are clearly pushing Smoky Hollow in a new direction. There are other constraints beyond up - dating the Smoky Hollow Specific Plan that re - quire City attention. Parking, both for existing and new uses, is in short supply largely due to Smoky Hollows Studios, El Segundo FEATURE | Masa Alkire, AICP Smoky Hollows, El Segundo To the average visitor, El Segundo exudes businesses. Today, as very few of these original a classic small-town charm rarely seen in the users remain, their legacy has been a building sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles. This walk - stock of Mid-Century buildings with an indus - able town of fewer than 17,000 residents, with trial vibe. This is the root of Smoky Hollow’s its quaint main street, good schools, and neigh - potential as the L.A. region’s next “incubator” borhoods set around well-equipped parks, is zone for technology and creative firms, with located just a stone’s throw from the Pacific the possibility to develop into an area similar Ocean. to Santa Monica and West Los Angeles’ “Silicon But if examined more closely, one will see Beach” and Culver City’s “Hayden Tract” areas. the original small lot development with individ - that the history of Los Angeles is written all over El The natural appeal of the Smoky Hollow ual site-specific parking. In response, the City Segundo. Since its incorporation in 1917, the City to creative office users are obvious: the prime is also leading an effort to create a comprehen - has watched Mines Field airstrip grow into LAX, westside location, comparatively low cost of sive parking program tailored to Smoky Hol - one of the world’s major airports just to the north. property for the region, a vibrant small town low. The effort will include a block-by-block Half of the city east of Sepulveda Boulevard is the feel and residences within walking distance, all study of existing and potential parking re - historic center of Southern California’s prominent combined with small industrial parcels with ex - 7 aviation and aerospace industries. The Chevron oil isting buildings that allow businesses to start P refinery - roughly a quarter of the City’s land area up and expand. However, there are con - on the southwest side - gave the City its start (and straints. Overcoming these constraints is its name) as a company town. Each of these where the City’s participation in planning for, chapters in the history of El Segundo, and the re - supporting and facilitating a vibrant future for gion, have contributed to a very unique setting: one the area is starting to occur. The Smoky Hol - that has both allowed the City’s industry to flour - low area has an adopted Specific Plan, which ish, but also kept the City flying under the radar should guide preferred development in the when it comes to regional economic prominence. area. But the Specific Plan has not been up - dated since adoption in 1985, and cannot ad - One place with such overlooked commer - dress vastly changed development needs nearly cial potential is an area of the City known as 30 years later. The City has circulated a Re - Smoky Hollow, a small-lot district located be - quest for Proposals to update the existing spe - tween El Segundo’s residential neighborhoods and the Chevron oil refinery. In recent years,
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P6 P2 Smoky Hollows, The Dawn of the New Day El Segundo ers North Mare Island to be a unique oppor - tunity to vision an area that will generate sources which will identify sites throughout sorely-needed employment opportunities and Smoky Hollow where satellite parking lots or revenue-generating uses to create Vallejo’s structures may be located, where street parking may be increased, and where shared-use park - newest neighborhood. ing solutions may be appropriate on private In the wake of Vallejo’s infamous period property. of bankruptcy from 2008-2011, the commu - Strong technological infrastructure is an nity has been engaged in the planning essential component for the success of the process. In 2013, the City Council committed Smoky Hollow area as a business incubator. to comprehensively updating the City’s Gen - Historic buildings on Mare Island This is another area in which the City can pro - eral Plan, Zoning Code, and preparing a Spe - vide necessary support and take an active role cific Plan for Sonoma Boulevard while Often, commercial district revi - in shaping the future of the area. The City is integrating many of the existing Specific Plans actively seeking to connect the Smoky Hollow talization is more fully realized into the General Plan. This three-year area to major data centers and fiber optic lines ” process has commenced, and has included when an infusion of market- already operational on the east side of the City the development of Guiding Principles as the rate housing brings in new with improved fiber optic infrastructure. The City is actively identifying opportunities to add first step in the grassroots effort to reimag - streams of disposable income, conduit for improved fiber optic infrastructure ine the Vallejo of the future. creates more foot traffic and In the meantime, the market beckons. when private developers and service providers demand for services. in the area, such as Time Warner, are excavating The City Council is focusing immediate plan - along identified fiber optic line alignments. ning efforts on North Mare Island and will be sicians and artisans are reshaping the neighbor - The City of El Segundo does not need to seeking development interest through a hood into an Arts and Entertainmen”t District. invent the desire for Smoky Hollow to be a soon-to-be-released Request for Qualifica - The award-winning Temple Art Lofts commu - successful incubator district. There is pent-up tions (RFQ). The community has expressed nity transformed the former City Hall and ad - demand for such districts as evidenced by the a desire to see development of land uses that jacent Masonic Lodge into 29 subsidized popularity of “Silicon Beach” and Culver City’s will create an appropriate gateway while sat - apartments targeted for the creative class, with east side. Smoky Hollow has all the ingredients isfying the need to reduce the outmigration to be a desired location for new media, creative on-site art studios and large performance of jobs to the Central Bay Area. office and high-tech uses. To be successful, the space. A block away, the ground floor of the City must effectively leverage the area’s existing Another area of Vallejo that is trans - Odd Fellows Hall has been reborn as the Hub, strengths, provide support where there are ob - forming is its downtown. As happens with a community arts center that includes a vious regulatory and infrastructure constraints, many cities, shoppers long abandoned down - gallery, art classes and community space. and serve as an active participant in the story town for big-box stores, power centers, out - While artists can help energize neighbor - of this area as it emerges. let malls and online retailers. The classic, hoods, and the additional activity is a great Examples of old and new context for Smoky Hollow grid-patterned, finely-textured development benefit, revitalization of an area is dependent pattern of Vallejo’s downtown is now finding on the amount of dollars spent. Often, com - an influx of creative professionals turning mercial district revitalization is more fully real - storefronts into live-work spaces, studios and ized when an infusion of market-rate housing galleries. Lured by affordable and abundant units brings in new streams of disposable in - real estate for rent and purchase, artists, mu - come, creates more foot traffic and demand
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DAVE SNOW | VP Policy & Legislation SANDE GEORGE | Lobbyist LAUREN DE VALENCIA Y SANCHEZ | Lobbyist APA California Legislative Update Busy Time at the Capitol!
The Legislature has been busy moving bills • A Subdivision Map Act exemption for coop to meet the deadline to pass all 2014 bills out housing conversions (AB 569 – APA Opposes of the house of origin by May 9th. APA Califor - unless amended) nia has been lobbying a number of high priority • Sustainable Farmland Strategy (AB 1961 – bills including: APA Supports) • 24 hour solar permit approval mandate and • Vehicle Miles Traveled tax study (SB 1077 – limits on inspections (AB 2188 - APA Op - APA Supports) poses) • Cap and Trade Funds for planning and other • “By right” urban entrepreneurial gardens local GHG emission reduction projects (SB (AB 2561 - APA Opposes) 1122 – Supports) • Simplified measure to reduce late comments • Williamson Act funding (SB 1372 – APA Supports) on CEQA environmental documents (SB 1451 – APA Supports) In addition, the Governor will be releasing his revised budget mid-May in preparation for • Additional enforcement over massage ther - passing the final budget by June 15th. apy businesses (AB 1904 – Under review) To view the full list of hot planning bills, P2 • An exemption from 200-year flood protec - copies of the measures, up-to-the minute status Transforming APA California tion for urban infill projects that meet cur - and APA positions, please go to the legislative rent FEMA 100-year protection standards page on APA California’s website at design of our newsletter. We will be implement - (AB 2108 - APA Supports) www.apacalilfornia.org . ing substantive changes to our leadership suc - cession outreach and refining our election procedures. And there will be more to come! APA California Members Elected to APA National Offices APA California exists for the central pur - Two long-standing members of the APA California Board of Directors were recently elected pose of equipping planners in California to cre - to Region VI (California and Nevada) positions during the recent APA National election. Kurt ate communities of lasting value. Our focus on Christiansen, AICP, currently APA California Vice President for Conferences implementation of the Strategic Plan has funda - and Past President, was elected as Region VI Board Director. His focus will be mental implications for the nature of planning in to ensure that the American Planning Association is a sustainable, resilient, and our communities, leadership today, and most im - healthy professional organization by continually evaluating services, responding portantly, the leadership of tomorrow. Our pri - to needs, building support and cultivating the next generation of planners. orities are not revolutionary. The challenge does The other successful candidate is Marissa Aho, AICP, currently the Los Angeles not lie however in identifying a plan and list of
Kurt Christiansen, AICP Local Section Director and past Local Host Chairperson for the 2012 APA priorities and actions; it is about building up a National Conference in Los Angeles. She was elected as Region VI AICP Com - system of leadership that delivers results. I in - missioner. She plans to seek ways to increase the value of the AICP creden - vite you to join the challenge. Get in - tial, enhancing the reciprocal relationship with universities and faculty, and give volved. Invest in your profession. Invest in back to communities by increasing awareness for the Community Planning Ac - your communities. tion Teams (CPAT) and AICP's Community Planning Workshops at National To learn more, click to read our Strategic Planning Conferences. Plan and Implementation Work Program. Please join the APA California Chapter in congratulating these two indi - BP
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P1 From Pickford-Fairbanks to Oprah Winfrey... the historic Warner Hollywood Studios prop - additional significant impacts to the historic Today the Eastside of West Hollywood is erty. Warner took its time with the redevelop - buildings lining the perimeter of the Lot. Al - bustling. Many of the prior land uses were mod - ment and in 1999 sold the site to BA Studios, though the City had reservations regarding fur - ified, contaminated soils have been remediated which renamed the studio complex as “the Lot”. ther impacts to historic resources, the amended and obsolete buildings were replaced. Today the During this same time period, the City was plans were approved in early 2007, not long be - area is transformed into a destination spot considering the redevelopment and revitalization fore the onset of the "Great Recession" of 2008. framed by transit oriented development that in - of the area surrounding the intersection LaBrea BA Studios did not proceed with the cludes medium scale mixed-use projects and a Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. The area amended redevelopment plans and sold the stu - wide variety of retail and service opportunities. surrounding studio was very different than the dio site to CIM Group in August 2007. After Without abandoning its roots to the film-making purchasing the property, CIM met with City staff process, it area has been enhanced and trans - Public outcry over the demolition of the to discuss the possibility of amending the Com - formed to meet 21st Century needs. And with prehensive Development Plan a third time based new tenants like Oprah Winfrey moving in, the non-historic Pickford Building was swift on new economic conditions. While discussions Lot’s place in the entertainment history contin - ” and strong, and resulted in CIM submit- between the City and CIM continued on ways to ues with its role in today's entertainment indus - ting a new Comprehensive Development modify portions of the development plan, CIM try secure. was anxious to start building. In order to keep Plan that maintained all of the historic Aerial view (looking west) of United Artists Studio 1925 things moving while a new perimeter buildings while reducing the plan was developed, the total amount of square footage to be City suggested CIM start with a part of the plan that built on the site. was not going to be vibrant one we see today. Straddling both Los amended, the Formosa Angeles and West Holl”ywood, the area is largely South Building. characterized by studio craft warehouses and Demolition for con - post production facilities. On the West Holly- struction of the Formosa wood side and east of the studio campus once South Building began in exisited a car wash, auto mechanic shop and 2012 with the removal of taco stand. To the west was a 1960s style strip a non-historic structure mall with the typical endless blacktop surface named the Pickford Build - parking. To the north, aged light industrial and ing. Public outcry over the low scale commercial including an industrial demolition of the non-his - metal plating facility defined the area. Recogniz- toric Pickford Building was ing this area as a key component to the eco- swift and strong, and re - nomic vitality of the entire eastside of the City, sulted in CIM submitting a redevelopment efforts were focused on the new Comprehensive De - vicinity surrounding the studio. The West Holly- velopment Plan that main - wood Gateway became the initial anchor for this tained all of the historic effort. A mixed-scale retail project (with subter- ranean parking )was developed and programmed and today it includes the first a Target elevated above the ground floor, along with a Best Buy and various other smaller retailers and restau- rants surrounding a pedestrian plaza. To build the Gateway Project required the acquisition of a 1.26-acre property owned by BA Studios east of Formosa Avenue. A dispute en- 4 sued between BA Studios and the City as to BA 1 Studios' development rights with respect to the 0 2 site. In settlement of the dispute, the City ac- n quired the 1.26-acre parcel with the historic Establishment of United Artists Studio with principals Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith u J
Formosa Café. This acquisition allowed for the | perimeter buildings while reducing the total preservation of the historic landmark. The origi- y nal development plan for the studio site had amount of square footage to be built on the site. a In addition to the Formosa South Building, the M called for the relocation of the café and the con- amended plan contains two additional office r struction of a studio-related parking structure e on this parcel. In return, BA Studios secured an buildings. The new plan, approved by the City this n past April, is more sensitive to the historic build - n extension to its Development Agreement with a ings on the site while providing additional open l the right to build out all of its development P rights on the remaining studio land. This re- space for tenants. The superior layout does a L quired an amendment to the 1993 Comprehen- better job of preserving historic resources while A sive Development Plan. The new plan called for allowing for new economic vitality. C Samuel Goldwyn Studios cir. 1955 P9 2014 CONFERENCE NEWS
JENNIFER LILLEY, AICP | 2014 Conference Chair Adventures in Planning Your Conference Schedule 10 EXCITING MOBILE WORKSHOPS BEING PLANNED!
Any good adven - This session will be followed by more amaz - ture begins by charting ing sessions that you won't want to miss. In RESORT a course. We want you order to obtain all of your CM credits this year you will want to be to be prepared for the sure that your travel plans account for all of Tuesday’s activities. We Adventure we are have made sure that you will be able to catch your plane, train, boat or preparing for you in automobile out of town after you have enjoyed a full day of adventure. Anaheim September 13-16. There are many Keep your eyes open for the session detailed things that you need to Conference-at-a-Glance coming soon which will know and be aware of to ensure that you get also include CM/MCLE credit information. the most out of this wonderful opportunity.
NEW THIS YEAR: • Saturday: A full day of "pre-conference" Professional Development training. You will have the ability to learn leading techniques and skills on a variety of topics. Be on the lookout for news and information on these great options for more in-depth and engaging continuing educa - tion. • Sunday: A full conference day beginning at 8:00 am with our first ses - sion block. Gone are the days where Sunday is a travel, check in, regis - tration and only opening reception day. We have packed Sunday full of leaders in the industry sharing insights and information on tools and techniques to help you learn from their adventures. You won't want to miss a single session so plan to arrive Saturday night (if you are traveling from afar) or early enough on Sunday morning to grab a cup of coffee and breakfast before listening to the first group of great panelists. • Opening Reception: Once-in-a Lifetime opportunity to share an evening of celebrating California's Adventures in Planning beginning with an amazing dinner reception on the lawn with entertainment and fun followed by the Park after Dark: We will have Disney's California Ad - venture – Cars Land all to ourselves! And to cap off the evening we will treat you to a private showing of the World of Color. This is a rare opportunity to have access to the Park and view this wonderful show with just our group of planners. No standing in line, or waiting for hours hoping for a good seat for the show. Every seat will be a perfect view. Families and friends are welcome to attend and extra tickets will be available as part of registration or at the conference. But you will want to reserve early to ensure your spots. 4
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STEVEN A. PRESTON, FAICP | Chapter Historian, Southern George Marr, 91 Former Demographics Expert
eorge E. Marr, a pioneering planner and demographer Local and regional newspapers anxiously awaited these in the Los Angeles County Department of Regional quarterly reports on County growth impacts which showed Planning, passed away this past week at age 91. population changes on a small scale and were calculated by hand, GMarr, a 36 year employee of the County and longtime Ingle - using building permit data from all cities within the County. This wood resident, received his degree from UCLA, starting his ca - information has assisted jurisdictions and agencies in planning for reer with Regional Planning in 1952. A veteran of the United infrastructure growth, schools, parks, and other public service States Army, Marr served in World War II. needs throughout the County. Marr was a highly respected demographer and urban plan - George retired from the County in 1988. An active mem - ner and the longtime head of the department’s Population Re - ber of the Department’s Decennial Club, he was a consistent search bureau. He published the Population Bulletin for the supporter of the County's Performing Arts programs. In a spe - County of Los Angeles. His demographic research and popula - cial adjournment order issued by the County's Board of Supervi - tion projections were in great demand from the 1960’s through sors, County officials noted that "George will be truly missed by the 1980’s. all that knew him." 4 1 0 2
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