The AIA|LA strongly encourages the City to support a design direction for the Sixth Street Bridge that will allow for the opportunity to:
· Create a new iconic and contemporary landmark for Los Angeles.
· Catalyze economic growth and revitalization in the Arts District, Boyle Heights and throughout downtown.
· Strengthen the link between Boyle Heights and downtown.
· Create new, accessible public open space along the River
· Encourage pedestrian and bicycle activity through the creation of attractive walk and bike lanes.
Southwestern Law School
What kind of planning does the city need in view of the demographic, economic, and environmental challenges coming in the years ahead?
How should the next Planning Director grapple with the budget restrictions and staff reductions imposed on the Planning Department in the past year and the reality of a system in which the Planning Department is not autonomous?
You are invited to attend a bracing discussion of these and other key questions facing the City Planning Department. We will be joined by Michael LoGrande, who has been nominated by Mayor Villaraigosa to be the Planning Director.
The panel will feature:
• Jane Blumenfeld: Former Acting Deputy Director, L.A. City Planning Dept.
• Bill Boyarsky: Columnist for Truthdig and LA Observed; Former L.A. Times City Editor and Columnist
• Vaughan Davies: Principal, Director of Urban Design, AECOM Design + Planning
• Hon. Bill Fulton: Mayor of the City of Ventura; Senior Scholar, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development; Principal, Design, Community & Environment (DCE)
• Emily Gabel-Luddy: Past Director, Urban Design Studio, L.A. City Planning Dept.
• Christopher Hawthorne: Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic
• John Kaliski, AIA: Principal, Urban Studio-LA; Past President, AIA|LA
• Elva Yanez: Policy Coordinator, Los Angeles Collaborative for Environmental Health and Justice
Michael Woo, Dean of Cal Poly Pomona's College of Environmental Design, a member of the L.A. City Planning Commission, and a former L.A. Councilman, will be the moderator.
Bill Roschen, FAIA, President of the L.A. City Planning Commission, will give opening remarks.
WHEN:
Wednesday, August 4 (6:00pm - 8:00pm)
WHERE:
Southwestern Law School (former Bullocks Wilshire building)
Louis XVI Room
3050 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010
Access: Metro Red Line to Wilshire/Vermont station or free parking behind the building Link to directions and map: http://www.swlaw.edu/directions
RSVP by August 2: Email marcyruiz@csupomona.edu or Telephone 909-869-2667.
Presented as a public service by the College of Environmental Design, Cal Poly Pomona; the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles Chapter; the American Planning Association, Los Angeles Section; and the Urban Land Institute/Los Angeles.
In celebration of the ZIMAS (Zone Information and Map Access System)
*10-year* anniversary, the Planning Department is rolling out a new version
of the system on the Internet.
The new ZIMAS uses the latest GIS, mapping, and Internet technologies;
features a brand new graphical user interface; and provides Internet users
instant access to a wealth of planning, zoning, and property information for
any property within the City of Los Angeles.
We welcome you to visit ZIMAS at www.zimas.lacity.org
Thank you.
Vincent P. Bertoni, AICP
Acting Director
Attachment - ZIMAS Announcement
BizFed members and key contacts,
Sign on asap if you and/or your organization want to be heard. Move LA is coordinating an important effort to get as many companies, organizations, and individuals as possible to sign on to a petition simply seeking the vital Federal government support of 30/10.
It is easy. Just click below where noted and type in your name, and contact info. Hit send. That's it.
We cannot let up in our fierce and unrelenting support to see the 12 approved Metro transit projects throughout LA County get built in the next 10 years. We need the 166,000 jobs, cleaner air, and reduced gridlock.
Thanks, Tracy Rafter
LA
818.429.0862
From: Denny Zane for Move LA [mailto:Denny_Zane_for_Move_LA@mail.vresp.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 4:49 PM
We are requesting a formal public endorsement from you and your organization in support of LA Metro's "30/10 Plan". The "30/10 Plan" seeks the assistance of the federal government to enable LA Metro to build 12 transit projects funded in Measure R over 10 years rather than 30 years.
Time is of the essence. Things are moving fast in
Sign the "30/10 Plan" Petition Today
Move LA initiated Measure R, the 1/2 cent sales tax for transportation approved by 68% of LA County voters on the November, 2008, ballot and convened the business, labor and environmental coalition that championed it. Thus began a 30-year revenue stream of $40 billion for
Thank you,
Denny Zane
Executive Director, Move LA
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LA City Office of Economic Analysis is official!
GREAT news: The LA City Council yesterday approved an Office of Economic Analysis that the business community initiated and then rallied strongly for over the past year!
The Council voted 14-0 to create the office, which will perform economic impact analyses on proposed ordinances and will be funded by $250,000 by Council President Eric Garcetti, who was among the bold leaders of the drive.
This is a good step toward helping ensure the jobs and economic impact of policy, projects and regulations are adequately evaluated by LA City officials BEFORE they take action. And a solid success story for the collective business community. BizFed, Central City Association (CCA), Employers Group, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, LAEDC, Valley Industry and Commerce Assoc. (VICA), among others, came together in earnest to advance this most needed economic assessment vehicle.
The OEA, modeled after a similar office in
We ARE all making a difference!
Tracy Rafter, CEO
BizFed,
818.429.0862
Grassroots alliance of 70 top LA County business groups
Mobilizing over 100,000 business owners
AIA Los Angeles presents...
"A Greener City Through Better Land-Use - Part 3"
A Breakfast Reception with Richard Katz
Board Member for METRO and California High-Speed Rail Authority
Friday, July 23 (8:00-9:30am)
HNTB Architecture
601 West Fifth Street
Suite 1010
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Hosted by HNTB Architecture
As part three of our 2010 AIA|LA Breakfast Series entitled "A Greener City Through Better Land-Use", the breakfast reception with Metro and CHSRA Board Member Richard Katz will continue our seven part series of discussions with civic officials about how we can build and operate a more environmentally and economically sustainable City by making better land-use decisions.
TICKETS
Advance Registration Required.
AIA Members = $15
Non-Members = $30
To register, CLICK HERE.
Or cut and past the following link into your web browser: http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?3T,S7,5969eac8-dbfc-4a80-966e-0b6b58cb5cc4
Richard Katz is the owner of a successful public policy and government relations firm based in Los Angeles, Richard Katz Consulting (RKC), Inc. RKC offers a wide variety of services, including strategic advice, message development, negotiations/ mediation and government relations strategies. RKC brings a vast knowledge of all levels of government and can guide clients through the maze of both bureaucratic and regulatory concerns. In addition, they can develop, direct and implement a communications strategy to specific stakeholders. Targeting interest groups and helping clients gain entrée into organizations, stakeholders and corporations through their vast contacts and decades of relationships is their specialty.
Richard Katz was California's lead negotiator for the landmark Colorado River Agreement between the State of California, the Federal Government, four California Water Agencies, and the six Colorado River Basin States, furthering his expertise as a negotiator on issues of statewide significance. Katz had already played a pivotal role in renegotiating $30 Billion worth of California's Energy contracts and developing California's Transportation Blueprint for the 21st Century, which the voters approved as Proposition 111 in 1990.
Shortly after his election in June of 2005, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Katz to serve with him on the Governing Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. In Sepember 2008, following the horrendous Metrolink crash, Mayor Villaraigosa appointed him to the Metrolink board in order to lead the effort to right the agency.
Governor Davis appointed Katz as his Senior Advisor on Energy and Water issues in 2001. Also in 2001, Katz was appointed to the State Water Resources Control Board. Confirmed by the Senate, he served for five years, occupying the water quality seat on the State Board.
Katz was first elected to the California State Assembly in 1980, serving continuously for 16 years. As Democratic Leader in 1995, Katz led the Party back to majority status by winning 43 seats in the 1996 elections. California's term limits law prohibited Katz from seeking re-election.
For 10 years, Katz served as Chair of the powerful Assembly Transportation Committee. Katz authored Proposition 111, a 10 year Blueprint, which raised more money for mass transit and highways than any other effort in the history of California. He created the Congestion Management Plan, requiring cities and counties to measure and mitigate impacts of land use decisions on streets, highways and transit systems. Katz also spearheaded numerous investigations of governmental waste.
In addition to serving as Chair of the Transportation Committee, Katz worked in policy areas including the environment, education, criminal justice and consumer issues. Some of his accomplishments include laws he wrote and efforts he led in the areas of prison reform, groundwater protection, computer education, a $100 million school bus replacement program, Mono Lake restoration and landmark water market legislation.
Katz was Chair of Angelenos for Better Classrooms, which led the successful 1997 campaign to pass a $2.4 billion L.A. school bond. Katz serves on the boards of: Project Grad, The West Coast Sport Medicine Foundation, Heal the Bay, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, The Children's Community School, Encino Tarzana Hospital Foundation and Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH).
A native of Los Angeles, Katz lives in Sherman Oaks with Wendy Mitchell, their two year-old son Mitchell Robert and their two dogs.
Appointed by the Governor of the State of California.
