Fall Training: Housing Policy & AI for CM Credits
Fall is in full swing and we are nearing the end of the year! It’s a great time to finish up some CM credits for your log. There are fantastic opportunities in this month’s curated training sessions, focusing on housing policy as well as an interesting talk about using AI to increase efficiency and speed in application processes!
Whether you're looking to deepen your knowledge or stay updated on the latest trends and best practices, these trainings offer invaluable insights to propel your career forward and stay ahead of AICP requirements:
1. How LA County Plans for the Future with AI
- Date: November 13, 2024
- Time: 10AM PT
- Description: Interested in hearing more about how AI could impact planning workflows? Join this webinar to learn how Los Angeles County is analyzing their current planning processes to identify areas where AI could improve their speed and efficiency. We’ll be joined by LA County’s Supervising Planner Kevin Finkel, AICP, and experts from Tyler Technologies to discuss how an AI model could benefit government agencies
i. Increase the quality of pre-application interactions
ii. Decrease the number of incomplete applications
III. Decrease number of plan revisions
iv. Increase speed of approval and permit issuance
v. Increase the speed and efficiency of onboarding and training
vi. Use AI to empower the public and increase efficiency in the use of county staff resources
2. Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis (Presented by Charles Marohn, Founder of Strong Towns)
- Date: November 15, 2024
- Time: 9AM PT
- Description: Housing is an investment. Investment prices must go up. Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress.This is the housing trap. It’s time to escape. This presentation introduces a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. These insights will help local communities fight back against the current affordability housing crisis, and opt out of the boom and bust cycles that have typified housing in postwar America. This presentation offers a serious, yet accessible, history of housing policy in the United States and explains how it led us to this point in time: where we face a market that is rigged against people who, only a few decades ago, could have been homeowners or stable, long-term renters. Only local change, on a neighborhood or city-wide scale, can begin to restore balance to the housing market.
3. Accessory Dwelling Units & Equitable Land Use Policies
- Date: November 18, 2024
- Time: 10AM PT
- Description: Zoning can be a leading cause of inequity in America, and progress will not be made until we start to break down the barriers of inequitable land use regulations. Moreover, zoning reform is only beneficial to those that have access to capital. Eric Kornberg of KRONBERG URBANISTS + ARCHITECTS will discuss how financing ADUs is one of the most inequitable aspects of small scale development. He will share ways to layer on affordability requirements that coincide with land use reform. These affordability requirements can soften the impact of redevelopment for residents, but it is the access to capital and training to be one’s own developer that is crucial to better outcomes.
- CM Equivalence: 1.5 with 1 Equity Credit
- Cost: Free!
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Of course, there are always other FREE trainings available on Planetizen and the APA Ohio based Planning Webcast Series!
Stay tuned for more updates and valuable resources in our upcoming newsletters!
And, as always, please reach out to Continuing Education Committee Chair Justin Patterson with any questions or ideas for training opportunities at [email protected].
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