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AIA|LA Government and Public Affairs Updates

August, 31, 2010

Los Angeles Citywide Design Guidelines

On August 31st, Will Wright attended a public meeting at City Hall, where The Los Angeles Department of City Planning announced their request to receive input and feedback on draft citywide design guidelines. Although the guidelines are not construed to be mandatory, they will help the City establish a precedent for design excellence. The guidelines, if used effectively, can serve as a community-based tool to help shape the design process by focusing the dialogue around certain urban design principals.

August 12, 2010

AIA|LA & LADBS: Implementing CALGreen for the City of Los Angeles

AIA|LA members Stuart Magruder, Jim Dixon and Tracy Stone discussed ideas and opportunities for what it would take to encourage new construction projects to go 15% beyond TITLE-24 requirements. Together with LADBS management and representatives from Turner Construction, Clark Construction, Gensler and AC Martin, AIA|LA is exploring ways to incentivize the use of sustainable building materials.

August 9, 2010

AIA|LA & LAUSD: Working Together to Build Better Communities

AIA|LA launched the first in a series of monthly meetings with senior management at Los Angeles Unified School District. It was an excellent meeting with plenty of passion and energy, optimistic with the opportunity to work together and to establish a systematic dialogue to help facilitate meaningful exchange between the architecture profession and the leadership team of the LAUSD Facilities Division.

August 6, 2010

AIA|LA meets with Assembly Member Kevin DeLeon

AIA members Michael Pinto and Travis Frankel joined Will Wright in a meeting with Assembly Member Kevin de León and his District Director Steve Veres to introduce de León to the leadership resources of AIA|LA and discuss ideas for how AIA|LA can help advance his key initiatives. Additionally the meeting discussion touched upon other important issues such as urban farming and local food production and health care reform funding opportunities.

August 5, 2010

CALGreen

At the CALGreen meeting, AIA|LA members Jim Dixon, Stuart Magruder and Tracy Stone work with LADBS and LADWP to develop performance-based standards to save energy in residential lighting systems.

August, 4, 2010

The Future of the L.A. City Planning Department (And the Future of the City): Panel Discussion

AIA|LA members Bill Roschen, FAIA, John Kaliski, AIA and Martha Welborne, FAIA participated in a panel discussion entitled, "The Future of the L.A. City Planning Department (And the Future of the City)," which was moderated by Cal Poly Pomona's Dean of Environmental Design, Michael Woo, Hon. AIA|LA.

Last Updated: Sep 2, 2010

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