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10995 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 315, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1333
UCLA Extension’s annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference is the leading source of information on California land use legislation, case law, and the emerging issues that frame land use and development practices in the nation’s most populous state. The program’s unique cross-disciplinary approach explores the full range of perspectives drawn from the land use planning, legal, development, and environmental communities, and demonstrates how these factors influence the day-to-day work of planners, developers, environmental regulators, and attorneys.
Join us on January 27 for a review of the important issues of the past year and a look at what’s ahead for 2017.
Now in its 31st year, the UCLA Extension conference offers a big-picture view of land use law and planning practice, with knowledgeable speakers providing succinct and provocative updates on core state and federal case law and legislation, as well as practice pointers on basic land use law and planning issues. The conference is essential for attorneys, planners, environmentalists, and developers who need to know how land use law and planning is changing and affecting their interests.
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
SUSAN K. HORIPartner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Costa Mesa
STEVEN A. PRESTON, FAICPCity Manager, City of San Gabriel
MARGARET M. SOHAGIPresident, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC, Los Angeles
CONFERENCE ADVISORS
HELENE SMOOKLEROf Counsel, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC, Los Angeles
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSOur Conference Scholars are named in commemoration of the late Donald G. Hagman, Professor of Law at UCLA, and Joanne L. Freilich, Director of the Public Policy Program at UCLA Extension. Mr. Hagman and Ms. Freilich were dedicated to bringing together attorneys and planners in the land use field, and to better unify the academic and practi-tioner worlds. Scholarships are awarded to students and professors from law schools and graduate planning programs in Southern California, as well as to new professionals in the planning and policy field.
ABOUT UCLA EXTENSION
UCLA Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California at LosAngeles (UCLA). We offer courses evenings and weekends in Westwood and Downtown L.A., with a location in Woodland Hills coming soon. Plus, online classes are available around the globe. Courses range from business, arts, engineering, and IT to entertainment studies, public policy, public health, the humanities, and more. Explore UCLA Extension at uclaextension.edu.
Please fill in information requested below.Reg# Course Title and Number Credit Status Fee
350995 Land Use Law and Planning Conference Law 867.1
Name (First/Middle/Last) Male Female
Position or Title
Organization (25 Character Limit)
Business Address( )
City/State/ZIP Area Code/Daytime Phone
Email Address
A roster of attendees will be made available at the conference. Please check the box below if you do NOT want your name included.
Please do NOT include my name on the participant roster.
Check enclosed payable to: The Regents of the University of California Purchase Order or Authorization to Bill Organization enclosed
Charge: – – – AmericanExpress Discover Mo/Yr MasterCard Authorizing Signature Expiration Date VISA
Mail to: P.O. Box 24901, Dept. K, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA 90024-0901
In order to assess our community outreach efforts, we ask our students to complete the following information. Providing this information is voluntary. It is requested for statistical purposes only.
Asian/Pacific Islander Caucasian Native American/Alaska Native Black/African American Hispanic/Latino Other Decline to State
In accordance with applicable federal laws and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate in any of its policies, procedures, or practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Inquiries regarding the University’s equal opportunity policies may be directed to Office of Registrar, UCLA Extension, Suite 214, 10995 Le Conte Ave., Westwood; Voice/TDD: (310) 825-8845. For information on services for students with disabilities, or questions about accessibility, please call (310) 825-7851 (voice or TTY).
3. Not for Credit4. CEU5. Do Not Record
REGISTRATION FORM PLEASE PRINTWinter 2017
31st Annual
Land Use Law & Planning ConferenceUPDATES, TRENDS & ASSESSMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017, 8:30AM-5PM
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31st Annual Land Use Law & Planning Conference
UPDATES, TRENDS & ASSESSMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017, 8:30AM-5PM MILLENNIUM BILTMORE HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, CA
10995 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 315, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1333
UCLA Extension’s annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference is the leading source of information on California land use legislation, case law, and the emerging issues that frame land use and development practices in the nation’s most populous state. The program’s unique cross-disciplinary approach explores the full range of perspectives drawn from the land use planning, legal, development, and environmental communities, and demonstrates how these factors influence the day-to-day work of planners, developers, environmental regulators, and attorneys.
Join us on January 27 for a review of the important issues of the past year and a look at what’s ahead for 2017.
Now in its 31st year, the UCLA Extension conference offers a big-picture view of land use law and planning practice, with knowledgeable speakers providing succinct and provocative updates on core state and federal case law and legislation, as well as practice pointers on basic land use law and planning issues. The conference is essential for attorneys, planners, environmentalists, and developers who need to know how land use law and planning is changing and affecting their interests.
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
SUSAN K. HORIPartner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Costa Mesa
STEVEN A. PRESTON, FAICPCity Manager, City of San Gabriel
MARGARET M. SOHAGIPresident, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC, Los Angeles
CONFERENCE ADVISORS
HELENE SMOOKLEROf Counsel, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC, Los Angeles
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSOur Conference Scholars are named in commemoration of the late Donald G. Hagman, Professor of Law at UCLA, and Joanne L. Freilich, Director of the Public Policy Program at UCLA Extension. Mr. Hagman and Ms. Freilich were dedicated to bringing together attorneys and planners in the land use field, and to better unify the academic and practi-tioner worlds. Scholarships are awarded to students and professors from law schools and graduate planning programs in Southern California, as well as to new professionals in the planning and policy field.
ABOUT UCLA EXTENSION
UCLA Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California at LosAngeles (UCLA). We offer courses evenings and weekends in Westwood and Downtown L.A., with a location in Woodland Hills coming soon. Plus, online classes are available around the globe. Courses range from business, arts, engineering, and IT to entertainment studies, public policy, public health, the humanities, and more. Explore UCLA Extension at uclaextension.edu.
Please fill in information requested below.Reg# Course Title and Number Credit Status Fee
350995 Land Use Law and Planning Conference Law 867.1
Name (First/Middle/Last) Male Female
Position or Title
Organization (25 Character Limit)
Business Address( )
City/State/ZIP Area Code/Daytime Phone
Email Address
A roster of attendees will be made available at the conference. Please check the box below if you do NOT want your name included.
Please do NOT include my name on the participant roster.
Check enclosed payable to: The Regents of the University of California Purchase Order or Authorization to Bill Organization enclosed
Charge: – – – AmericanExpress Discover Mo/Yr MasterCard Authorizing Signature Expiration Date VISA
Mail to: P.O. Box 24901, Dept. K, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA 90024-0901
In order to assess our community outreach efforts, we ask our students to complete the following information. Providing this information is voluntary. It is requested for statistical purposes only.
Asian/Pacific Islander Caucasian Native American/Alaska Native Black/African American Hispanic/Latino Other Decline to State
In accordance with applicable federal laws and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate in any of its policies, procedures, or practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Inquiries regarding the University’s equal opportunity policies may be directed to Office of Registrar, UCLA Extension, Suite 214, 10995 Le Conte Ave., Westwood; Voice/TDD: (310) 825-8845. For information on services for students with disabilities, or questions about accessibility, please call (310) 825-7851 (voice or TTY).
3. Not for Credit4. CEU5. Do Not Record
REGISTRATION FORM PLEASE PRINTWinter 2017
31st Annual
Land Use Law & Planning ConferenceUPDATES, TRENDS & ASSESSMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017, 8:30AM-5PM
185
55
-16
Not
prin
ted
at s
tate
exp
ense
. Prin
ted
with
gre
en in
k on
rec
ycle
d pa
per.
31st A
nnua
l
Land
Use
Law
&
Plan
ning
Conf
eren
ceUP
DATE
S, TR
ENDS
& A
SSES
SMEN
TS
FRID
AY, J
AN
27,
201
7, 8
:30A
M-5
PM
MIL
LEN
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M B
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OR
E H
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L
506
SO
UTH
GR
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D A
VE
NU
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LOS
AN
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LES
, CA
ucl
ae
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nsi
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.ed
u/l
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31st Annual Land Use Law & Planning Conference
UPDATES, TRENDS & ASSESSMENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017, 8:30AM-5PM MILLENNIUM BILTMORE HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, CA
Registration and Refreshments Begin at 7:45amMillennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles 506 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California (213) 624-1011
Fees & CreditRegistration or a reservation is required for this program. Visitors are not permitted at this conference.
$495 Reg# 350995
Fee includes conference materials, refreshments, and lunch. There is a limited number of discounted fees available for faculty, students, nonprofit, and government employees. For information, call (310) 825-7093.
0.7 CEU *MCLE Credit Program: 7 hours**CM credit: 7 hours
*This activity has been approved for MinimumContinuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit bythe State Bar of California for credit hoursstated above. UCLA Extension certifies that thisactivity conforms to the standards for approvededucational activities prescribed by the rulesand regulations of the State Bar of Californiagoverning minimum continuing legal education.
**This activity has been approved for Continuing Professional Development Program (CM) credits by the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Enrollment
ONLINE: Visit uclaextension.edu/landuse for full information about this conference. Complete the online enrollment form for secure registration.
MAIL: Use attached form. For additional enrollments, use photocopy or separate sheets giving all information requested on form.
PHONE: Use American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or VISA. Call (310) 825-9971.
Confirmation/ReservationWhen enrolling by mail, you must allow enough time (approximately two weeks) for your payment to be processed and to receive your enrollment confirmation. If you need additional time for your organization to process payment, you may reserve your space by emailing a copy of the enrollment form plus either a purchase order or authorization to bill organization to [email protected].
For more information call the Public Policy Program office at (310) 825-7093.
RefundsA service charge of $30 is withheld from all refunds (full refund granted if course is canceled or rescheduled). Requests must be postmarked or phoned in five working days before the pro-gram date. Refunds cannot be made after that date. For more information, call (310) 825-9971.
Tax CreditYou might be eligible for a tax credit for fees paid at UCLA Extension. For details, see the tax information in the general information section of the UCLA Extension quarterly catalog, or visit uclaextension.edu.
Joanne Freilich Scholarship FundUCLA Extension, with the generous support of the California Planning Roundtable and individual donors, has established the Joanne Freilich Scholarship Fund. This enables recipients to attend public policy courses with full scholar-ships. Eligible recipients include new profession-als who are within one year of their graduation date from a planning and policy program, those who are ready to graduate, and individuals employed by nonprofit organizations in a relevant field. This fund was created in memory of Joanne Freilich, AICP, the former director of UCLA Extension’s Public Policy Program. Email [email protected] to apply.
For More InformationPublic Policy Program UCLA Extension10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room 711Los Angeles, CA 90024-1333(310) 825-7093uclaextension.edu/publicpolicy
7:45am REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN
8:30am WELCOME & PROGRAM OVERVIEWStephanie Hoekstra, Public Policy Program, UCLA Extension
8:45am UPDATE #1 - CEQA 2016: Few Surprises, But Some Welcome ClarityIt’s one down and five to go at the Supreme Court for CEQA cases. Common sense prevailed with the Supreme Court’s decision in Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens where finally the face-off between Mani Brothers and Lishman was resolved with the Court focusing on the informational value of the original document instead of the changes to a project. Our panel will discuss whether addendum preparers can indeed now breathe a sigh of relief. The decades-long battle over the Cadiz project’s groundwater pumping in the Mojave Desert was also decided this year as was the challenge to the “Plan Bay Area” sustainable communities strategy. Other cases providing guidance to CEQA practitioners that will be dissected by our panel include:
• How should energy impacts under Appendix F be analyzed after the UkiahCitizens for Safety First decision
• The latest application of the Berkeley Hillside two-step in Walters v. City ofRedondo Beach
• The standard of review for determining a historical resource as interpreted bythe Friends of Willow Glen Trestle court
• And the surprise? Negative declaration cases have made their way back tothe courts including a supplemental mitigated negative declaration for a ruralprinting facility run by monks in Coastal Hills Rural Preservation
MODERATOR: Susan Hori, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
PANELISTS: Kevin Bundy, Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity Tina Thomas, Founding Partner, Thomas Law Group
10am MORNING BREAK
10:15am ASSESSMENT #1 – Is Regionalism Inescapable? Did Greenhouse Gases Kill Local Control?Foundational to California’s approach to greenhouse gas reduction has been reform of land use and growth patterns statewide to drive development to infill urban cores over greenfields. This was a pillar of the groundbreaking SB 375 and its requirement of Sustainable Communities Strategies. But as emission reduction mandates increase and an understanding that reduction strategies operate at the regional level, many ask if reduction strategies must come at the expense of a long-sacred California standard: local control over land use decisions. Housing shortages and affordability, transportation infrastructure investment, transit, and even “by-right” development proposals necessarily implicate curtailment of local control in favor of regional objectives. Will greenhouse gas reduction mandates come at the expense of local control? What is the alternative? Will city councilmembers ever vote in the regional interest over the more parochial demands of constituents? Will Sacramento soon control local land use?
MODERATOR: David Smith, Partner, Stice & Block LLP
PANELISTS: Ken Alex, Director, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Lucy Dunn, President and CEO, Orange County Business Council Darrell Steinberg, Mayor, City of Sacramento
11:30am RECESS TO GOLD ROOM
11:45am LUNCH
FREILICH FOUNDATION AND SCHOLARSHIPSSteve Preston, City Manager, City of San Gabriel
RECOGNITION OF HAGMAN SCHOLARS AND SPONSORSWayne Smutz, Dean, UCLA Extension
12:15pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS
1:00pm RECESS TO CRYSTAL BALLROOM
1:15pm UPDATE #2 - Quick Hits
• SB 1190 California Coastal Commission: Ex Parte Communications
• GHG: Cap and Trade; NEPA; AB 32
• Housing Shortage and Affordability
• Storm Water
• New Nationwide Permits
• Update on the State Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy
PANELISTS: Susan Hori, Steve Preston, David Smith, Margaret Sohagi
1:45pm UPDATE #3 – Planning, Zoning, and Development Law UpdateThis not-to-be missed PZDL event of the year will bring you case law and legislative updates on all your favorite land use topics. When you return to your office, others will wonder how it is that you are current on the new laws and changes in the laws that take effect on January 1, 2017. After this session, you will be able to share the latest stories about developers, cities, and community members generating new cases about telecommunications, housing, zoning, and various other topics that intrigue us.
MODERATOR: Margaret Sohagi, President, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC
PANELISTS: Sonia Rubio Carvalho, Partner, Best Best & Krieger David Snow, Shareholder, Richards Watson Gershon
3:00pm AFTERNOON BREAK
3:15pm ASSESSMENT #2 – The Recalibrated General Plan: If it Were a Car, Would it Be a Tesla … or an Edsel? When not characterized by proponents as the answer to your every need (and by opponents as a fossil from an era best forgotten), the general plan continues to be a vessel into which communities pour their hopes and State agencies pour their expectations. Those hopes and expectations are increasingly colliding: communities demand control that local agencies can’t assure; developers are seduced by promises of density, then abandoned when the community objects. The State’s expectations, including GHG initiatives, SB 32, the Scoping Plan, SB 743 methodologies for transportation impact assessment, and the draft general plan guidelines, are all driving the general plan in one direction, while expectations of communities to retain control of their destiny push the plan in the opposite direction. Can these opposing forces be reconciled, and is the general plan even the best place to do it? How these thorny issues get resolved—in new plans that are constructed around visions of public health and quality of life, is the topic which this panel will tackle.
MODERATOR: Matt Burris, AICP, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Raimi + Associates
PANELISTS: Christopher Calfee, Senior Counsel, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research David Early, Principal, Placeworks Miguel Vazquez, Healthy Communities Planner, Riverside University Health System
4:30pm CLOSING COMMENTSStephanie Hoekstra, Public Policy Program, UCLA Extension
Drawing for a FREE 2018 Conference Registration
GENERAL INFORMATION
PROGRAM
Registration and Refreshments Begin at 7:45amMillennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles 506 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California (213) 624-1011
Fees & CreditRegistration or a reservation is required for this program. Visitors are not permitted at this conference.
$495 Reg# 350995
Fee includes conference materials, refreshments, and lunch. There is a limited number of discounted fees available for faculty, students, nonprofit, and government employees. For information, call (310) 825-7093.
0.7 CEU *MCLE Credit Program: 7 hours**CM credit: 7 hours
*This activity has been approved for MinimumContinuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit bythe State Bar of California for credit hoursstated above. UCLA Extension certifies that thisactivity conforms to the standards for approvededucational activities prescribed by the rulesand regulations of the State Bar of Californiagoverning minimum continuing legal education.
**This activity has been approved for Continuing Professional Development Program (CM) credits by the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Enrollment
ONLINE: Visit uclaextension.edu/landuse for full information about this conference. Complete the online enrollment form for secure registration.
MAIL: Use attached form. For additional enrollments, use photocopy or separate sheets giving all information requested on form.
PHONE: Use American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or VISA. Call (310) 825-9971.
Confirmation/ReservationWhen enrolling by mail, you must allow enough time (approximately two weeks) for your payment to be processed and to receive your enrollment confirmation. If you need additional time for your organization to process payment, you may reserve your space by emailing a copy of the enrollment form plus either a purchase order or authorization to bill organization to [email protected].
For more information call the Public Policy Program office at (310) 825-7093.
RefundsA service charge of $30 is withheld from all refunds (full refund granted if course is canceled or rescheduled). Requests must be postmarked or phoned in five working days before the pro-gram date. Refunds cannot be made after that date. For more information, call (310) 825-9971.
Tax CreditYou might be eligible for a tax credit for fees paid at UCLA Extension. For details, see the tax information in the general information section of the UCLA Extension quarterly catalog, or visit uclaextension.edu.
Joanne Freilich Scholarship FundUCLA Extension, with the generous support of the California Planning Roundtable and individual donors, has established the Joanne Freilich Scholarship Fund. This enables recipients to attend public policy courses with full scholar-ships. Eligible recipients include new profession-als who are within one year of their graduation date from a planning and policy program, those who are ready to graduate, and individuals employed by nonprofit organizations in a relevant field. This fund was created in memory of Joanne Freilich, AICP, the former director of UCLA Extension’s Public Policy Program. Email [email protected] to apply.
For More InformationPublic Policy Program UCLA Extension10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room 711Los Angeles, CA 90024-1333(310) 825-7093uclaextension.edu/publicpolicy
7:45am REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN
8:30am WELCOME & PROGRAM OVERVIEWStephanie Hoekstra, Public Policy Program, UCLA Extension
8:45am UPDATE #1 - CEQA 2016: Few Surprises, But Some Welcome ClarityIt’s one down and five to go at the Supreme Court for CEQA cases. Common sense prevailed with the Supreme Court’s decision in Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens where finally the face-off between Mani Brothers and Lishman was resolved with the Court focusing on the informational value of the original document instead of the changes to a project. Our panel will discuss whether addendum preparers can indeed now breathe a sigh of relief. The decades-long battle over the Cadiz project’s groundwater pumping in the Mojave Desert was also decided this year as was the challenge to the “Plan Bay Area” sustainable communities strategy. Other cases providing guidance to CEQA practitioners that will be dissected by our panel include:
• How should energy impacts under Appendix F be analyzed after the UkiahCitizens for Safety First decision
• The latest application of the Berkeley Hillside two-step in Walters v. City ofRedondo Beach
• The standard of review for determining a historical resource as interpreted bythe Friends of Willow Glen Trestle court
• And the surprise? Negative declaration cases have made their way back tothe courts including a supplemental mitigated negative declaration for a ruralprinting facility run by monks in Coastal Hills Rural Preservation
MODERATOR: Susan Hori, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
PANELISTS: Kevin Bundy, Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity Tina Thomas, Founding Partner, Thomas Law Group
10am MORNING BREAK
10:15am ASSESSMENT #1 – Is Regionalism Inescapable? Did Greenhouse Gases Kill Local Control?Foundational to California’s approach to greenhouse gas reduction has been reform of land use and growth patterns statewide to drive development to infill urban cores over greenfields. This was a pillar of the groundbreaking SB 375 and its requirement of Sustainable Communities Strategies. But as emission reduction mandates increase and an understanding that reduction strategies operate at the regional level, many ask if reduction strategies must come at the expense of a long-sacred California standard: local control over land use decisions. Housing shortages and affordability, transportation infrastructure investment, transit, and even “by-right” development proposals necessarily implicate curtailment of local control in favor of regional objectives. Will greenhouse gas reduction mandates come at the expense of local control? What is the alternative? Will city councilmembers ever vote in the regional interest over the more parochial demands of constituents? Will Sacramento soon control local land use?
MODERATOR: David Smith, Partner, Stice & Block LLP
PANELISTS: Ken Alex, Director, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Lucy Dunn, President and CEO, Orange County Business Council Darrell Steinberg, Mayor, City of Sacramento
11:30am RECESS TO GOLD ROOM
11:45am LUNCH
FREILICH FOUNDATION AND SCHOLARSHIPSSteve Preston, City Manager, City of San Gabriel
RECOGNITION OF HAGMAN SCHOLARS AND SPONSORSWayne Smutz, Dean, UCLA Extension
12:15pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS
1:00pm RECESS TO CRYSTAL BALLROOM
1:15pm UPDATE #2 - Quick Hits
• SB 1190 California Coastal Commission: Ex Parte Communications
• GHG: Cap and Trade; NEPA; AB 32
• Housing Shortage and Affordability
• Storm Water
• New Nationwide Permits
• Update on the State Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy
PANELISTS: Susan Hori, Steve Preston, David Smith, Margaret Sohagi
1:45pm UPDATE #3 – Planning, Zoning, and Development Law UpdateThis not-to-be missed PZDL event of the year will bring you case law and legislative updates on all your favorite land use topics. When you return to your office, others will wonder how it is that you are current on the new laws and changes in the laws that take effect on January 1, 2017. After this session, you will be able to share the latest stories about developers, cities, and community members generating new cases about telecommunications, housing, zoning, and various other topics that intrigue us.
MODERATOR: Margaret Sohagi, President, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC
PANELISTS: Sonia Rubio Carvalho, Partner, Best Best & Krieger David Snow, Shareholder, Richards Watson Gershon
3:00pm AFTERNOON BREAK
3:15pm ASSESSMENT #2 – The Recalibrated General Plan: If it Were a Car, Would it Be a Tesla … or an Edsel? When not characterized by proponents as the answer to your every need (and by opponents as a fossil from an era best forgotten), the general plan continues to be a vessel into which communities pour their hopes and State agencies pour their expectations. Those hopes and expectations are increasingly colliding: communities demand control that local agencies can’t assure; developers are seduced by promises of density, then abandoned when the community objects. The State’s expectations, including GHG initiatives, SB 32, the Scoping Plan, SB 743 methodologies for transportation impact assessment, and the draft general plan guidelines, are all driving the general plan in one direction, while expectations of communities to retain control of their destiny push the plan in the opposite direction. Can these opposing forces be reconciled, and is the general plan even the best place to do it? How these thorny issues get resolved—in new plans that are constructed around visions of public health and quality of life, is the topic which this panel will tackle.
MODERATOR: Matt Burris, AICP, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Raimi + Associates
PANELISTS: Christopher Calfee, Senior Counsel, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research David Early, Principal, Placeworks Miguel Vazquez, Healthy Communities Planner, Riverside University Health System
4:30pm CLOSING COMMENTSStephanie Hoekstra, Public Policy Program, UCLA Extension
Drawing for a FREE 2018 Conference Registration
GENERAL INFORMATION
PROGRAM
Registration and Refreshments Begin at 7:45amMillennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles 506 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California (213) 624-1011
Fees & CreditRegistration or a reservation is required for this program. Visitors are not permitted at this conference.
$495 Reg# 350995
Fee includes conference materials, refreshments, and lunch. There is a limited number of discounted fees available for faculty, students, nonprofit, and government employees. For information, call (310) 825-7093.
0.7 CEU *MCLE Credit Program: 7 hours**CM credit: 7 hours
*This activity has been approved for MinimumContinuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit bythe State Bar of California for credit hoursstated above. UCLA Extension certifies that thisactivity conforms to the standards for approvededucational activities prescribed by the rulesand regulations of the State Bar of Californiagoverning minimum continuing legal education.
**This activity has been approved for Continuing Professional Development Program (CM) credits by the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Enrollment
ONLINE: Visit uclaextension.edu/landuse for full information about this conference. Complete the online enrollment form for secure registration.
MAIL: Use attached form. For additional enrollments, use photocopy or separate sheets giving all information requested on form.
PHONE: Use American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or VISA. Call (310) 825-9971.
Confirmation/ReservationWhen enrolling by mail, you must allow enough time (approximately two weeks) for your payment to be processed and to receive your enrollment confirmation. If you need additional time for your organization to process payment, you may reserve your space by emailing a copy of the enrollment form plus either a purchase order or authorization to bill organization to [email protected].
For more information call the Public Policy Program office at (310) 825-7093.
RefundsA service charge of $30 is withheld from all refunds (full refund granted if course is canceled or rescheduled). Requests must be postmarked or phoned in five working days before the pro-gram date. Refunds cannot be made after that date. For more information, call (310) 825-9971.
Tax CreditYou might be eligible for a tax credit for fees paid at UCLA Extension. For details, see the tax information in the general information section of the UCLA Extension quarterly catalog, or visit uclaextension.edu.
Joanne Freilich Scholarship FundUCLA Extension, with the generous support of the California Planning Roundtable and individual donors, has established the Joanne Freilich Scholarship Fund. This enables recipients to attend public policy courses with full scholar-ships. Eligible recipients include new profession-als who are within one year of their graduation date from a planning and policy program, those who are ready to graduate, and individuals employed by nonprofit organizations in a relevant field. This fund was created in memory of Joanne Freilich, AICP, the former director of UCLA Extension’s Public Policy Program. Email [email protected] to apply.
For More InformationPublic Policy Program UCLA Extension10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room 711Los Angeles, CA 90024-1333(310) 825-7093uclaextension.edu/publicpolicy
7:45am REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN
8:30am WELCOME & PROGRAM OVERVIEWStephanie Hoekstra, Public Policy Program, UCLA Extension
8:45am UPDATE #1 - CEQA 2016: Few Surprises, But Some Welcome ClarityIt’s one down and five to go at the Supreme Court for CEQA cases. Common sense prevailed with the Supreme Court’s decision in Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens where finally the face-off between Mani Brothers and Lishman was resolved with the Court focusing on the informational value of the original document instead of the changes to a project. Our panel will discuss whether addendum preparers can indeed now breathe a sigh of relief. The decades-long battle over the Cadiz project’s groundwater pumping in the Mojave Desert was also decided this year as was the challenge to the “Plan Bay Area” sustainable communities strategy. Other cases providing guidance to CEQA practitioners that will be dissected by our panel include:
• How should energy impacts under Appendix F be analyzed after the UkiahCitizens for Safety First decision
• The latest application of the Berkeley Hillside two-step in Walters v. City ofRedondo Beach
• The standard of review for determining a historical resource as interpreted bythe Friends of Willow Glen Trestle court
• And the surprise? Negative declaration cases have made their way back tothe courts including a supplemental mitigated negative declaration for a ruralprinting facility run by monks in Coastal Hills Rural Preservation
MODERATOR: Susan Hori, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
PANELISTS: Kevin Bundy, Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity Tina Thomas, Founding Partner, Thomas Law Group
10am MORNING BREAK
10:15am ASSESSMENT #1 – Is Regionalism Inescapable? Did Greenhouse Gases Kill Local Control?Foundational to California’s approach to greenhouse gas reduction has been reform of land use and growth patterns statewide to drive development to infill urban cores over greenfields. This was a pillar of the groundbreaking SB 375 and its requirement of Sustainable Communities Strategies. But as emission reduction mandates increase and an understanding that reduction strategies operate at the regional level, many ask if reduction strategies must come at the expense of a long-sacred California standard: local control over land use decisions. Housing shortages and affordability, transportation infrastructure investment, transit, and even “by-right” development proposals necessarily implicate curtailment of local control in favor of regional objectives. Will greenhouse gas reduction mandates come at the expense of local control? What is the alternative? Will city councilmembers ever vote in the regional interest over the more parochial demands of constituents? Will Sacramento soon control local land use?
MODERATOR: David Smith, Partner, Stice & Block LLP
PANELISTS: Ken Alex, Director, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Lucy Dunn, President and CEO, Orange County Business Council Darrell Steinberg, Mayor, City of Sacramento
11:30am RECESS TO GOLD ROOM
11:45am LUNCH
FREILICH FOUNDATION AND SCHOLARSHIPSSteve Preston, City Manager, City of San Gabriel
RECOGNITION OF HAGMAN SCHOLARS AND SPONSORSWayne Smutz, Dean, UCLA Extension
12:15pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS
1:00pm RECESS TO CRYSTAL BALLROOM
1:15pm UPDATE #2 - Quick Hits
• SB 1190 California Coastal Commission: Ex Parte Communications
• GHG: Cap and Trade; NEPA; AB 32
• Housing Shortage and Affordability
• Storm Water
• New Nationwide Permits
• Update on the State Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy
PANELISTS: Susan Hori, Steve Preston, David Smith, Margaret Sohagi
1:45pm UPDATE #3 – Planning, Zoning, and Development Law UpdateThis not-to-be missed PZDL event of the year will bring you case law and legislative updates on all your favorite land use topics. When you return to your office, others will wonder how it is that you are current on the new laws and changes in the laws that take effect on January 1, 2017. After this session, you will be able to share the latest stories about developers, cities, and community members generating new cases about telecommunications, housing, zoning, and various other topics that intrigue us.
MODERATOR: Margaret Sohagi, President, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC
PANELISTS: Sonia Rubio Carvalho, Partner, Best Best & Krieger David Snow, Shareholder, Richards Watson Gershon
3:00pm AFTERNOON BREAK
3:15pm ASSESSMENT #2 – The Recalibrated General Plan: If it Were a Car, Would it Be a Tesla … or an Edsel? When not characterized by proponents as the answer to your every need (and by opponents as a fossil from an era best forgotten), the general plan continues to be a vessel into which communities pour their hopes and State agencies pour their expectations. Those hopes and expectations are increasingly colliding: communities demand control that local agencies can’t assure; developers are seduced by promises of density, then abandoned when the community objects. The State’s expectations, including GHG initiatives, SB 32, the Scoping Plan, SB 743 methodologies for transportation impact assessment, and the draft general plan guidelines, are all driving the general plan in one direction, while expectations of communities to retain control of their destiny push the plan in the opposite direction. Can these opposing forces be reconciled, and is the general plan even the best place to do it? How these thorny issues get resolved—in new plans that are constructed around visions of public health and quality of life, is the topic which this panel will tackle.
MODERATOR: Matt Burris, AICP, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Raimi + Associates
PANELISTS: Christopher Calfee, Senior Counsel, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research David Early, Principal, Placeworks Miguel Vazquez, Healthy Communities Planner, Riverside University Health System
4:30pm CLOSING COMMENTSStephanie Hoekstra, Public Policy Program, UCLA Extension
Drawing for a FREE 2018 Conference Registration
GENERAL INFORMATION
PROGRAM
Registration and Refreshments Begin at 7:45amMillennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles 506 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California (213) 624-1011
Fees & CreditRegistration or a reservation is required for this program. Visitors are not permitted at this conference.
$495 Reg# 350995
Fee includes conference materials, refreshments, and lunch. There is a limited number of discounted fees available for faculty, students, nonprofit, and government employees. For information, call (310) 825-7093.
0.7 CEU *MCLE Credit Program: 7 hours**CM credit: 7 hours
*This activity has been approved for MinimumContinuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit bythe State Bar of California for credit hoursstated above. UCLA Extension certifies that thisactivity conforms to the standards for approvededucational activities prescribed by the rulesand regulations of the State Bar of Californiagoverning minimum continuing legal education.
**This activity has been approved for Continuing Professional Development Program (CM) credits by the American Institute of Certified Planners.
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ONLINE: Visit uclaextension.edu/landuse for full information about this conference. Complete the online enrollment form for secure registration.
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For more information call the Public Policy Program office at (310) 825-7093.
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Tax CreditYou might be eligible for a tax credit for fees paid at UCLA Extension. For details, see the tax information in the general information section of the UCLA Extension quarterly catalog, or visit uclaextension.edu.
Joanne Freilich Scholarship FundUCLA Extension, with the generous support of the California Planning Roundtable and individual donors, has established the Joanne Freilich Scholarship Fund. This enables recipients to attend public policy courses with full scholar-ships. Eligible recipients include new profession-als who are within one year of their graduation date from a planning and policy program, those who are ready to graduate, and individuals employed by nonprofit organizations in a relevant field. This fund was created in memory of Joanne Freilich, AICP, the former director of UCLA Extension’s Public Policy Program. Email [email protected] to apply.
For More InformationPublic Policy Program UCLA Extension10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room 711Los Angeles, CA 90024-1333(310) 825-7093uclaextension.edu/publicpolicy
7:45am REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN
8:30am WELCOME & PROGRAM OVERVIEWStephanie Hoekstra, Public Policy Program, UCLA Extension
8:45am UPDATE #1 - CEQA 2016: Few Surprises, But Some Welcome ClarityIt’s one down and five to go at the Supreme Court for CEQA cases. Common sense prevailed with the Supreme Court’s decision in Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens where finally the face-off between Mani Brothers and Lishman was resolved with the Court focusing on the informational value of the original document instead of the changes to a project. Our panel will discuss whether addendum preparers can indeed now breathe a sigh of relief. The decades-long battle over the Cadiz project’s groundwater pumping in the Mojave Desert was also decided this year as was the challenge to the “Plan Bay Area” sustainable communities strategy. Other cases providing guidance to CEQA practitioners that will be dissected by our panel include:
• How should energy impacts under Appendix F be analyzed after the UkiahCitizens for Safety First decision
• The latest application of the Berkeley Hillside two-step in Walters v. City ofRedondo Beach
• The standard of review for determining a historical resource as interpreted bythe Friends of Willow Glen Trestle court
• And the surprise? Negative declaration cases have made their way back tothe courts including a supplemental mitigated negative declaration for a ruralprinting facility run by monks in Coastal Hills Rural Preservation
MODERATOR: Susan Hori, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
PANELISTS: Kevin Bundy, Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity Tina Thomas, Founding Partner, Thomas Law Group
10am MORNING BREAK
10:15am ASSESSMENT #1 – Is Regionalism Inescapable? Did Greenhouse Gases Kill Local Control?Foundational to California’s approach to greenhouse gas reduction has been reform of land use and growth patterns statewide to drive development to infill urban cores over greenfields. This was a pillar of the groundbreaking SB 375 and its requirement of Sustainable Communities Strategies. But as emission reduction mandates increase and an understanding that reduction strategies operate at the regional level, many ask if reduction strategies must come at the expense of a long-sacred California standard: local control over land use decisions. Housing shortages and affordability, transportation infrastructure investment, transit, and even “by-right” development proposals necessarily implicate curtailment of local control in favor of regional objectives. Will greenhouse gas reduction mandates come at the expense of local control? What is the alternative? Will city councilmembers ever vote in the regional interest over the more parochial demands of constituents? Will Sacramento soon control local land use?
MODERATOR: David Smith, Partner, Stice & Block LLP
PANELISTS: Ken Alex, Director, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Lucy Dunn, President and CEO, Orange County Business Council Darrell Steinberg, Mayor, City of Sacramento
11:30am RECESS TO GOLD ROOM
11:45am LUNCH
FREILICH FOUNDATION AND SCHOLARSHIPSSteve Preston, City Manager, City of San Gabriel
RECOGNITION OF HAGMAN SCHOLARS AND SPONSORSWayne Smutz, Dean, UCLA Extension
12:15pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS
1:00pm RECESS TO CRYSTAL BALLROOM
1:15pm UPDATE #2 - Quick Hits
• SB 1190 California Coastal Commission: Ex Parte Communications
• GHG: Cap and Trade; NEPA; AB 32
• Housing Shortage and Affordability
• Storm Water
• New Nationwide Permits
• Update on the State Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy
PANELISTS: Susan Hori, Steve Preston, David Smith, Margaret Sohagi
1:45pm UPDATE #3 – Planning, Zoning, and Development Law UpdateThis not-to-be missed PZDL event of the year will bring you case law and legislative updates on all your favorite land use topics. When you return to your office, others will wonder how it is that you are current on the new laws and changes in the laws that take effect on January 1, 2017. After this session, you will be able to share the latest stories about developers, cities, and community members generating new cases about telecommunications, housing, zoning, and various other topics that intrigue us.
MODERATOR: Margaret Sohagi, President, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC
PANELISTS: Sonia Rubio Carvalho, Partner, Best Best & Krieger David Snow, Shareholder, Richards Watson Gershon
3:00pm AFTERNOON BREAK
3:15pm ASSESSMENT #2 – The Recalibrated General Plan: If it Were a Car, Would it Be a Tesla … or an Edsel? When not characterized by proponents as the answer to your every need (and by opponents as a fossil from an era best forgotten), the general plan continues to be a vessel into which communities pour their hopes and State agencies pour their expectations. Those hopes and expectations are increasingly colliding: communities demand control that local agencies can’t assure; developers are seduced by promises of density, then abandoned when the community objects. The State’s expectations, including GHG initiatives, SB 32, the Scoping Plan, SB 743 methodologies for transportation impact assessment, and the draft general plan guidelines, are all driving the general plan in one direction, while expectations of communities to retain control of their destiny push the plan in the opposite direction. Can these opposing forces be reconciled, and is the general plan even the best place to do it? How these thorny issues get resolved—in new plans that are constructed around visions of public health and quality of life, is the topic which this panel will tackle.
MODERATOR: Matt Burris, AICP, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Raimi + Associates
PANELISTS: Christopher Calfee, Senior Counsel, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research David Early, Principal, Placeworks Miguel Vazquez, Healthy Communities Planner, Riverside University Health System
4:30pm CLOSING COMMENTSStephanie Hoekstra, Public Policy Program, UCLA Extension
Drawing for a FREE 2018 Conference Registration
GENERAL INFORMATION
PROGRAM
10995 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 315, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1333
UCLA Extension’s annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference is the leading source of information on California land use legislation, case law, and the emerging issues that frame land use and development practices in the nation’s most populous state. The program’s unique cross-disciplinary approach explores the full range of perspectives drawn from the land use planning, legal, development, and environmental communities, and demonstrates how these factors influence the day-to-day work of planners, developers, environmental regulators, and attorneys.
Join us on January 27 for a review of the important issues of the past year and a look at what’s ahead for 2017.
Now in its 31st year, the UCLA Extension conference offers a big-picture view of land use law and planning practice, with knowledgeable speakers providing succinct and provocative updates on core state and federal case law and legislation, as well as practice pointers on basic land use law and planning issues. The conference is essential for attorneys, planners, environmentalists, and developers who need to know how land use law and planning is changing and affecting their interests.
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
SUSAN K. HORIPartner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Costa Mesa
STEVEN A. PRESTON, FAICPCity Manager, City of San Gabriel
MARGARET M. SOHAGIPresident, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC, Los Angeles
CONFERENCE ADVISORS
HELENE SMOOKLEROf Counsel, The Sohagi Law Group, PLC, Los Angeles
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSOur Conference Scholars are named in commemoration of the late Donald G. Hagman, Professor of Law at UCLA, and Joanne L. Freilich, Director of the Public Policy Program at UCLA Extension. Mr. Hagman and Ms. Freilich were dedicated to bringing together attorneys and planners in the land use field, and to better unify the academic and practi-tioner worlds. Scholarships are awarded to students and professors from law schools and graduate planning programs in Southern California, as well as to new professionals in the planning and policy field.
ABOUT UCLA EXTENSION
UCLA Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California at LosAngeles (UCLA). We offer courses evenings and weekends in Westwood and Downtown L.A., with a location in Woodland Hills coming soon. Plus, online classes are available around the globe. Courses range from business, arts, engineering, and IT to entertainment studies, public policy, public health, the humanities, and more. Explore UCLA Extension at uclaextension.edu.
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