The Outdoors for All Act unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives as a part of the EXPLORE Act package. The American Society of Landscape Architects and its members successfully advocated for the measure and now urges the Senate to swiftly pass its version of the bill. The Outdoors for All Act seeks to address [...]
A rainy and cold 3 day event, LABash, the landscape architecture conference for students, by students, was held March 28-30 at the University of California Davis in Davis, CA. After more than a year of planning, a team of 10 student leaders led my Mark Peñaran, Student ASLA, and Olive Tang, Student ASLA, hosted a [...]
March 6, 2024 - This course focused on "Inventory, Analysis and Project Management" and is free to members and $50 for non-members. Member Access Click Here Request Access
March 6, 2024 - This course focused on "Construction Documentation and Administration" and is free to members and $50 for non-members. Member Access Click Here Request Access
February 28, 2024 - This course focused on "Planning and Design" and is free to members and $50 for non-members. Member Access Click Here Request Access
February 21, 2024 - This course focused on "Grading, Drainage, and Stormwater Management" and is free to members and $50 for non-members. Member Access Click Here Request Access
December 2023, Presented by Jon Wreschinsky, LATC Committee Chair and Nicholas Barnhart, LATC Examination Coordinator.
As your Southern California Chapter Liaison to Students, I would like to ask for your assistance in serving as a juror for our upcoming 2024 Student ASLA Honor and Merit Awards. We seek licensed landscape architects who are current ASLA Full or Fellow members willing to volunteer their time by participating in a student presentation [...]
Organized partly from the defunct Pacific Coast Chapter, Katherine Bashford and Fred Barlow, Jr. were both involved in founding the “Southern California Chapter” in 1937. Ralph Cornell was Chapter President elected by a handful of members at a time when the American economy was experiencing the third worst downturn of the 20th century, [...]
We are sadly sharing the news that long time irrigation industry member Tom Gentile, Gentile & Associates, Inc., passed away unexpectedly on January 2, 2024, at the age of 81 in Murrieta, California. Tom was a long-time member and supporter of the ASIC. Born in 1942 in Des Moines, Iowa, he moved to Southern California [...]
