Blog Entries tagged 'Land Use'

A New World Order Not as Previously Imagined

joel.ellinwood@lawyer-planner.com — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:00:00 +0100

I once believed that carbon reduction and peak oil would be the defining issues of my generation, and that to be involved in land use was the opportunity and challenge of a lifetime. Instead I am now inclined to believe that the overleveraging of the American consumer debt economy, and its resultant exposure of our economic model as the emperor's new clothes of the capitalist economy of the west may be almost as big an issue, and one that will overshadow our economy and prospects for de [...]

More letters after my name - LEED-AP

joel.ellinwood@lawyer-planner.com — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:00:00 +0100

I am pleased to announce that I recently qualified for certification as a LEED Certified Professional and to use the designation "LEED-AP".

After nearly 30 years as a lawyer and planner, the last thing I really needed was more letters after my name - M.C.R.P (Master of City & Regional Planning), J.D. (Juris Doctor), A.I.C.P (American In [...]

SB 375 - Good start on the politics, but where's the money?

joel.ellinwood@lawyer-planner.com — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:00:00 +0100

In the article recently published in the California Real Property Journal, Vol. 26 No. 4, (January 2009) I explain the problem of governance that combating global warming through more efficient land use and development practices poses for California. The California Constitution directly establishes the police power of cities and counties, and state statutes enshrines the principle of local control for all land use, planning and zoning issues. The California Global Warming Solution [...]

AB 32 Scoping Plan Comments of a Land Use & Environmental Attorney without Portfolio

joel.ellinwood@lawyer-planner.com — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

To: California Air Resources Board

Subject: Comments on Scoping Plan - Regional Transportation Target

Submitted online on December 2, 2008

As a land use and environmental attorney I have followed the development of the Scoping Plan and the regional transportation target closely. I am not commenting on behalf of a client and I am not representing any particular interest group or organization. I am stating my own personal views and professional opinion.

SB 375 req [...]

Climate Change: Local Government Response

joel.ellinwood@lawyer-planner.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:00:00 +0100

National Business Institute is offering "Climate Change: Local Government Response" on December 12, 2008 at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J Street in Sacramento.

The faculty for this seminar are land use and environmental attorneys Timothy D. Crimin of Meyers Nave, Eric W. Davis of Somach, Simmons & Dunn and Joel Ellinwood, AICP Lawyer-Planner. Topics include Planning, Land Use and Climate Change; Local Government Operations and Initiatives and CEQA and Climate [...]