SEPPS is proud to have sponsored the UCSB Reads program this year featuring Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery. In Happy City, Montgomery demonstrates that the manner in which we build our cities alters the way we think, feel, and behave as individuals and as a society. The book was...
On the fifth anniversary of the Montecito debris flow, Associate Planner Haley Kolosieke was proud to reflect on one of her first projects with SEPPS. Haley and Suzanne Elledge worked with The Project for Resilient Communities to permit six debris flow prevention nets over creeks throughout Montecito. The project involved coordination with multiple public agencies...
I have had the pleasure of serving on the Board of the Coastal Housing Coalition (CHC) since 2014. The CHC is a non-profit organization and the voice of local employers and employees in support of workforce housing. The Coalition’s founding mission is to educate the community about the critical need for middle-income housing and to...
Laurel Perez, Principal Planner with SEPPS, joined fellow planners at the Central Coast APA Awards Night in celebrating Paul Wack! An inspirational professor in urban planning and a mentor and leader for many of us in the planning field! Cheers Paul and to all who received an Award!
A few weeks ago, I was given the opportunity to speak about land use planning with third graders at Julien Hathaway Elementary School in Oxnard, California. I have an uncanny talent of making my husband fall asleep as soon as I mention “entitlements”, “zoning clearances” or any acronym specific to the planning world (CUP, LUP, SCD,...