Land Use Education and Training Project - SCAG

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and the Local Government Commission (LGC) combined efforts to establish a comprehensive land use education and training program. SCAG has a significant role in regional planning and their jurisdiction includes the South Coast Air District. (See Contract 97003 for the details of the LCG program). Workshops with local elected officials, planning commissioners, local government staff, private sector and community leaders were held. The project organized ten training sessions for the SCAG subregions within SCAD - Western Riverside, San Bernardino, Coachella Valley, the West Side cities, Orange County, Arroyo-Verdugo, South Bay, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, and the Gateway cities. Region-wide Public Issues Forums were conducted to address land use and air quality planning issues of common interest, with attendees consisting of elected officials, redevelopment staffs, non-profit housing developers, financial institutions, and private builders with an interest in in-fill development. A second forum was held to discuss downtown revitalization, in-fill and mixed-use development and residential development in support of livable communities. The public attended the second forum. SCAG instituted a media outreach program designed to help ensure good attendance. The mailing list reached 4500 key contacts. Training materials were developed and distributed at training sessions and a resource manual was created and mailed to each of the 162 city managers in the South Coast region. Manual was also mailed to each county administrator.