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NEWS & UPDATES
2011 CCPCA EVENTS

Our Northern District Spring Conference was
May 21st in Clarksburg.
CLICK HERE for a report on what happened and the logistics behind it.  
 

CCPCA NEWSLETTER

CLICK HERE to open and read our August 2011 Newsletter. It will open in a new window.

81st ANNUAL CCPCA CONFERENCE FULL OF QUALITY SPEAKERS

The event was held October 21 and 22 in Sacramento. CLICK HERE for more information and a Snapshot look at an import isse.

Planning Resources and Information  
    
The map below provides a link to each county government website in California.

Below the map are links to departments, publications, and projects that we will continue to add to for your use. If you have resources, contacts, or projects that would be appropriate to share, please let us know. The best resources are the ones that have a proven value. Thank you! 
Map Courtesy of Digital Map Store
Planning Links, Publications and More 

CCPCA offers the following links and other material as educational resources. We do not make endorsements of any legislation, plan, project or candidate. In our listings of books, we may link to an online vendor such as Amazon, but not as an endorsement of Amazon, rather instead as a link for reviews and summaries of those books.

NEW - Alameda County Climate Action Plan - Click Here. To review the entire draft - Click Here.

NEW - 2010 California Green Building Standards Code - Click Here.

Institute for Local Government, Land Use Resources for California
Local Officials - Click Here.

Governor's Office of Planning and Research, A to Z Publications - Click Here.

California Planners' Books of Lists, 176 pages - Click Here.

California Water Plan - CCPCA representatives have been involved in the public hearings and study group as the plan has developed. This is the state website - Click Here.

Delta Vision Committee Implementation Report, January 2009 - Click Here.

UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, Planning Documents - Click Here.

US Department of Energy Smart Communities, December 2008 - Click Here.

UC Davis Extension, Land Use and Environmental Planning Program - Click Here.

Sustainability Ratings of Major US Cities 2008, NGO website - Click Here.

"Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities" by Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson
Island Press, 2004
- Click Here.

"When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe"
by Tom Daniels   Island Press, 1999
- Click Here.

"Go Green: How to Build an Earth-Friendly Community" by Nancy H. Taylor
Gibbs Smith, Publisher 2008
- Click Here.

 
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