ES 135A SUMMARY COURSE OUTLINE. Introduction: Course Overview The Idea of Planning: Setting the Table for Planning Trends and Issues in California

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1 ES 135A SUMMARY COURSE OUTLINE One possible reason why things are not going according to plan is that there never was a plan. --Ashleigh Brilliant JANUARY 5 Introduction: Course Overview The Idea of Planning: Setting the Table for Planning Trends and Issues in California We can never know about the days to come but we think about them anyway. -- Carly Simon Fulton & Shigley, Chapters 1 (especially Current Trends & Ongoing Issues) and 2 (reference only) Bartuska, T. (2007). The built environment: definition and scope. In The built environment: creative inquiry into design and planning. (pp. 3-14). Menlo Park: Crisp Publications. Lecture: Defining Environmental Planning: Natural and Human Systems Interactions between man and land are too important to be left to chance. -- Aldo Leopold, A Environmental Issues (2016) Slides Randolph, J.(2012). Environmental planning for sustainability (Chapter 2). In Environmental land use planning and management. (pp , 694-6).Covelo, CA. Island Press. (focus on pp , 48-53) Daniels, T.L A trail across time: American environmental planning from city beautiful to sustainability. Journal of the American Planning Association, 75(2), (Reference, pp related to Randolph, pp above) Smith, Z. (1999). Ecosystem interdependence. In The environmental policy paradox. (pp. 1-5). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. (EnvPolicyParadox,5Laws) What is Livability Summary Page ( ) Lecture: The Organization of Planning After all, if a policeman must know the Constitution, then why not the planner? -- Justice William J. Brennan 1

2 Fulton & Shigley, Chapters 1, 4 and 5 (reference): Context and Organization of Planning: The California Framework (lecture slides not posted) Get involved. The world is run by those who show up. Bumper sticker. JANUARY 12 Lecture: History of Planning in the United States and the Evolution of Urban America, I History is always repeating itself, but each time the price goes up. -- Anonymous Lecture Outline: The Evolution of American City Planning. History Lecture Slides, Part 1 Levy, J.W. (2011). The history of planning: Part I. In Contemporary urban planning. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Prentice Hall (read after lecture) Lecture: History of Planning in the United States and the Evolution of Urban America, II The growth of the American city in the past century has meant the extension of streets and sewers and gas mains, and progressive heightening of office buildings and tenements. There is a curious confusion in America between growth and improvement. -- Lewis Mumford. City Development, 1973 Fulton & Shigley, Chapter 3 (pp , 70-2) History Lecture Power Point, Part 2 Mumford, L. (1968). Preface: The fourth migration, in The urban prospect. New York. Harcourt, Brace, & World, Inc. ix-xx. (historic reference, 1925) Fishman, R. (2005). The fifth migration. Journal of the American Planning Association. 71,4: (define the five migrations with examples) JANUARY 19 DUE: Assignment 1- Getting to Know Your Community Lecture: The Community Planning Process: The California Perspective I have seen the future I saw the future and and it works. -- Lincoln Steffens it didn t work -- Zero Mostel 2

3 Fulton & Shigley, Chapter 6. General Plan Lecture Slides. OPR Draft General Plan Guidelines (October 2015) PDF. See Chapter 2: A Vision fort Long Range Planning (pp. 10=27), as assigned. Examples of "State-of-the-Art" Plans: City of Sacramento 2035 General Plan (2014). Available at (overview) Library/General%20Plan (Graze through Introduction (Part 1) for basic understanding of general plan content) City of San Diego General Plan. Available at (after basic review of overview page, go to Conservation Element and see something special related to climate change) Marin Countywide Plan. Available at (Reference) Santa Monica Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) (July 6, 2010) Available at (Reference) Presentation: Urbanized Environmentalists have to be architects, not just complainers. --Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund Class Meeting: Review for exam JANUARY 26: FIRST EXAM (First half of class, 250 points) Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is ready cash. Use it! -- Edward Bliss, Getting Things Done 3

4 FEBRUARY 2 Lecture: Implementing the General Plan, I You can zone it for oil wells, but you might not get any. -- Fred Bair Planning Cities, 1970 Fulton & Shigley, Chapter 7. Implementing the General Plan: The Zoning Challenge (Lecture slides) Zoning History Power Point, Part I Evolution of Flexible Zoning Power Point, Part II Elliott, D. A brief history of zoning (Chapter 1). In A better say to zone: ten principles to create more livable cities. (pp. 9-38). Covelo, CA: Island Press. California Governor s Office of Planning and Research. (1998). Hypothetical general plan/zoning compatibility matrix. In General plan guidelines. (p. 131) Meck, S., Wack, P.W., & Zimet, M.J.. (2000). Figure The basic components of a zoning ordinance. In Hoch, C, Dalton, L., & So, F., The practice of local government planning(3rd ed.). (p. 349). Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association. Haar, C.M. & Kayden, J.S. (1989). Zoning today: A time for reckoning. Planning. 56 (6), Lecture: Implementing the General Plan, II It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is : What are we busy about? -- Henry David Thoreau Fulton & Shigley, Chapter 8. Implementing the General Plan: The Zoning Challenge (Lecture slides) Cluster Subdivisions Power Point, Part III The City of Pasadena Permit Center City of Pasadena Zoning Code Duerksen, C. (2008). Saving the world through zoning: The sustainable community development code comes to the rescue. Planning 74 (1)

5 FEBRUARY 9 Lecture: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): An Overview We inherit the earth, but... we also rebuild the earth, -- without plan, without knowledge of its properties, and without understanding of the increasing coarse and powerful tools which science has placed at our disposal. We are remodeling the Alhambra with a steam shovel. -- Aldo Leopold, 1933 Fulton & Shigley, Chapter 9. And so God said, To hell with it The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): An Overview (selected power point slides) The Planning Center. (1998). Mitigation monitoring. In The last practical guide to CEQA for this century! (p. 20). Costa Mesa, California: Author. Lecture: Preserving Agricultural Land: The Need for Stewardship, I A land ethic then, reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the land. -- Aldo Leopold. A nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Preserving Agricultural Land: The Need for Stewardship (Three Parts, as assigned) FEBRUARY 16 Guest Lecture: Laurel Fisher Perez, AICP Principal Planner, Suzanne Elledge Planning & Permitting Services, Inc. Topic: Renewable Energy Production & Agricultural Resources You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller Lecture: Preserving Agricultural Land: The Need for Stewardship, II The farm not only grows food, it nourishes human character, is a challenge and a teacher, a source of insight and values. --Wendell Berry Land Conservation (Lecture Slides, Randolph, Chapter 15) 5

6 Randolph, J. (2012). Land Conservation for Sustainability (Chapter 15). In Environmental land use planning and management. (Reference, as discussed in class: , 541-2, 545-6, 549, , ) Covelo, CA. Island Press. PDF Posted American Farmland Trust California Programs (Reference) American Farmland Trust Information Center Institute for Local Self Government. (2002). Farmland protection action guide: 24 strategies for California. (Part 1, pp 1-8, and 24 Strategies chart, p 164) Sacramento: Author. PDF posted and Available at 9.+Farmland+protection+action+guide%3A++24+strategies+for+California.&ie=utf- 8&oe=utf-8 American Planning Association Policy Guide on Community and Regional Food Planning(Final Policy Guide, adopted May 11, 2007). Reference only. Available at: FEBRUARY 23 Guest Lecture: Katie Maynard UCSB Sustainability Coordinator & Goleta City Planning Commissioner Topics: Sustainability and the Role of a Planning Commissioner If there is no wind, row. Latin Proverb Lecture: New Urbanism/Smart Growth, The reason they call it the American dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it. -- George Carlin Fulton & Shigley, Chapters 11 and 17 (as assigned) Gillham, O. (2002). What is sprawl? In The limitless city: A primer on the urban sprawl debate. (pp. 3-23, ). Covelo, CA: Island Press. (as assigned) First they built the road, then they built the town, that s why were still driving around and around. - Arcade Fire Poticha, S. (2000, January/February). Smart growth and new urbanism: What s the difference? Congress For The New Urbanism Update. P

7 Randolph, J. (2012). Design with nature for people: sustainable, livable, and smart growth communities (Chapter 16). In Environmental land use planning and management. ( , ) Covelo, CA. Island Press. Randolph, J. (2012). Community Smart Growth Management (Chapter 17). In Environmental land use planning and management. Covelo, CA. Island Press. (NOTE: The above chapter provides a reference source for terms covered in class or other readings. Specific pages will be assigned. Also, this chapter is presented as an example from the best textbook on Environmental Planning in the U.S.). San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). (December, 2013). Getting to Great Places: How better urban design will strengthen San Jose's future. ( example of good non-profit work)available at: Local Government Commission: (Excellent non-profit organization) Lecture: Planning for Sustainability (and Climate Change) I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future... without having to wait for others to do so. -- Mohandas Gandhi Fulton & Shigley, Chapter 18 Sustainability and Community Planning: Need for New Directions Lectures What Does Sustainability Mean? Sustainability in Planning Sustainability and Local Planning: California Examples Godschalk, D., Anderson, W. (2012). Sustaining Places: The Role of the Comprehensive Plan. American Planning Association. Planning Advisory Service Report Number , 57-68, Wheeler, S Tools for sustainability planning, in Planning for sustainability: Creating livable,equitable, and ecological communities. London. Routledge , , Yin, J. (2012). Greening the city, in Urban planning for dummies. Canada: John Wiley & Sons. (as assigned). Topic: Seeking Solutions in a Climate Changing World: An Overview 7

8 Presentation: Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See (Climate Change) (SEE BEFORE CLASS) Presentation: How it all ends (SEE BEFORE CLASS) Let my dreams yall dormant Category 6 s are stormin Take this as a, take this a warning Welcome to, welcome to global warming Pitbull, Global Warming Wheeler, S Climate change planning, in Planning for sustainability: Creating livable,equitable, and ecological communities. London. Routledge , 350, Craven, G The decision grid. In What's the worst that could happen? A response to the climate change debate. (p ).New. Penguin Group. Hensen, Robert. (2014). The thinking person s guide to climate change. American Meteorological Society. Boston (Recommended for future use) Downs, A Up and down with ecology- the issue attention cycle. The Public Interest. 28: pp (Squirrel!!!) Kolbert, E. (May 9, 2005), The climate of man, part III. (pp.52-63). The New Yorker. (Think wedges ) Haggard, K. and Aljilani, R. (April 18, 2007). Let's drive some wedges: The green build model can cool down global warming. New Times MARCH 1: SECOND EXAM (275 points) Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley MARCH 8 DUE: Assignment 2- Current Event Assignment Democracy can not exist in silence. -- Charles Kuralt. Said one in his plea, It s a marvel to me That you d give so much greater attention, To repairing results than to curing the cause; Why you d much better aim at prevention. It makes far better sense to rely on a fence, Than an ambulance down in the valley. --Anonymous, An Ambulance Down in the Valley 8

9 Presented by John Denver at the Apollo Theater in London: (Start at 3:00 minutes in and stop at end of poem) Class Meeting: Finish up loose ends (25 points) GRADING PROGRAM The following course components represent the total potential grade for this course: ITEM POINTS Two Exams (January 26, March 1) 550 Assignment 1-Getting to Know Your Community (January 19) 225 Assignment 2-Current Events: Issue & Solution (March 8) 225 TOTAL 1000 Please note: Exams can only be made up for serious medical reasons, subject to a formal letter from a Doctor. Assignments 1 and 2 will be turned in both in class and on Gaucho Space. They must not be turned in late. COURSE READINGS Fulton, William and Paul Shigley Guide to California Planning. 4th Edition. Point Arena, CA, Solano Press. Please note that this edition of the textbook is also available in e-book Kindle format on Amazon. Course readings are available on Gaucho Space OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday, 3:45 PM- 4:45 PM. Bren 4021L pwack@calpoly.edu. (Note: Please include ES 135A in subject box of s and do not send attachments) Mailing address: P.O. Box 1086, Morro Bay, CA We have not inherited the world from our fathers... We are borrowing it from our children David Brower DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENTS, ETC. (NOTE: Assignments will be posted on Gaucho Space and hard copies submitted in class on due date) Descriptions of Assignments 1 and 2, among other topics will be part of the full course syllabus posted on Gaucho Space. Changes to course schedule and content will be posted on Gaucho Space as needed (El Nino, etc.). 135AcoW16 ( ) 9