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March 4, 2013

Former San Diego Planning Director Bill Anderson on Reviving the City's Planning Department

Former City of San Diego Planning Director Bill Anderson discusses plans by the newly elected Mayor Bob Filner to unmerge the Planning and Development Services department.

March 4, 2013

Climate Resolve's Jonathan Parfrey Stresses Cool Roofs to Combat Urban Heat Island

TPR recently met with Jonathan Parfrey, executive director of Climate Resolve, to discuss cool roofs and the urban heat island effect in Los Angeles.

March 4, 2013

A New TPR Brew: LA Roast - Thomas Jefferson Plunkitt explains it all

TPR exclusive interview of a new arrival to Los Angeles, an especially well-informed political and humanistic observer of local government, TJ Plunkitt, a direct descendant of the infamous George Washington Plunkitt. It is important to note that this transcript of our conversation with TJ is the first of what will be a series of uncensored conversations about Los Angeles governance.

March 2, 2013

Threat to Water Supply After An ‘Event’ Necessitates Delta Fix (Part II)

Part II of a VerdeXchange Conference panel focused on the vulnerability of California's Delta infrastructure, featuring Paul Brown, Paul Brown, a International Water Association Fellow, and Phil Isenberg, Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council.

March 2, 2013

Former Ventura City Manager Rick Cole Examines CEQA Reform

Former Ventura City Manager Rick Cole defends CEQA against both those who would reform it, and those defending it in its current state, suggesting misinterpretation of the act and the procedures developed in response have twisted CEQA in opposition of the very projects that share its goals of sustainability and environmental stewardship.

March 2, 2013

Why is Cleantech Important?

Fred Walti, Executive Director of the LA Cleantech Incubator, explores why the Los Angeles mayoral candidates should be focusing on clean technology and the growth of the green economy across the region.

February 19, 2013

Threat to Water Supply After An ‘Event’ Necessitates Delta Fix

VerdeXchange conference panel, “The Delta Resiliency After an Event,” featuring Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager at the Metropolitan Water District; Gerald Meral, Deputy Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency; Jack Baylis, Senior Vice President of the Shaw Group; Paul Brown, a International Water Association Fellow; Lucy Jones, Senior Advisor for Risk Reduction at the USGS; and Phil Isenberg, Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council.

February 19, 2013

VX2013/FutureBuild: Bogaard & Caruso Address Sustainability

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard and California real estate developer Rick Caruso, CEO of Caruso Affiliated, together discuss sustainable development a the 2013 VerdeXchange / ULI-FutureBuild Conference.

February 19, 2013

CARB’s Nichols: Elections Have Consequences for Climate Change

CARB Chair Mary Nichols opened the VerdeXchange VX2013 conference in describing the ongoing California initiatives for cleaner air and more energy-efficient vehicles, including CARB’s cap-and-trade auction, the Plug-In-Vehicle Collaborative, a low-carbon fuel standard, and renewable energy mandates.

February 19, 2013

Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster’s 2013 State of the City Message

Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster’s 2013 State of the City address notes that although Long Beach’s has survived the fiscal recession, government must resist the temptation to borrow against the future.

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