As of April 29, nominations are open for Chapter Executive Committee leadership positions for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Leaders would be seated on November 15 following the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Francisco. Please find the nomination form HERE with a list of positions and summary of descriptions.
April 26, 2022, marks the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted — author, journalist, public official, urban planner and founder of American landscape architecture. Olmsted and his successor firms designed thousands of landscape projects across the country. His democratic vision of public parks and their capacity to bring communities together is more important than ever. [...]
On March 12, 2022, students presented to a jury of five ASLA member professionals at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Congratulations to the following students. Dylan Reeder - Honor Award Lika Pasurishvili - Honor Award Sabra Dewey - Honor Award Marilynn Cheryl Connell - Merit Award Hisham Hussain - Merit Award Elissa Urbina - Merit [...]
USGBC-LA is offering an online free 18-hour training Landscaper Certification Program is providing on California native plant maintenance. This certification can be used as a requirement or recommendation to clients on a maintenance schedule or specification. Here is the link to the program. I will add to the weekly broadcast and create a news post on [...]
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) has announced a call for nominations for Landslide, the foundation’s annual thematic report about threatened and at-risk landscapes. Landslide 2022: The Olmsted Design Legacy, timed to the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. (1822-1903), widely hailed as the father of landscape architecture, will focus on landscapes designed by Olmsted, Sr. and his [...]
September 14, 2021: ASLA Southern California sat down for a midday discussion with Kelly Comras, FASLA and Claire Latane to discuss schools, mental health and Claire's new book "Schools that Heal, Design with Mental Health in Mind".
In November 2021, the President signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which made significant investments in transportation, water, broadband, and other infrastructure projects. Recently, the White House released a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law guidebook to provide information on what you can apply for, who to contact, and how [...]
The first in person event in two years, chapter members, colleagues and friends gathered on Saturday afternoon, February 19 in in the Desert for a walking tour of a 2-acre public open space that is the heart of the city's ambitious redevelopment and revitalization of downtown Palm Springs. Thank you to RIOS for providing [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $1.5 billion in grant funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. The popular program helps large and small communities around the country carry out infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact, including active transportation, [...]
Presented by Nate Cormier, ASLA from RIOS on January 20, 2022
