CC/ASLA Legislative Update
David Allan Taylor, JR., ASLA

Legislative Update

The California Council of the ASLA (CCASLA) works with our state Lobbyist, Terri Thomas, and the Landscape Architects Technical Committee (LATC) to track legislative issues and policies that could impact our profession, as well as our allied professions. We are looking forward to another active year of monitoring upcoming proposed legislation, taking action as necessary.

CC/ASLA is currently monitoring several bills at the state level. Please keep an eye on your email in-boxes, as a Bill Watch should be headed your way soon, if you haven't already seen it. These Bill Watch documents, which we try to send on a monthly basis as necessary, contain links that will take you to the full wording of the proposed legislation.

State Board Vacancies

There are three state regulatory boards of interest to our profession that have vacant positions on their committees. The California Architects' Board, The Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and the Landscape Architects' Technical Committee all have appointments available by either the Governor, Speaker of the Assembly, or the Senate Rules Committee. It would be incredibly valuable to have a landscape architect serve on all of these boards. Please visit the California Department of Consumer Affairs website at http://www.dca.ca.gov/about_dca/entities.shtml for more information. Contact us at CCASLA@sbcglobal.net if you plan to submit an application.

SDASLA Takes on Shelter Project for LA Month

The San Diego Chapter of ASLA is taking on a community beautification project for the nonprofit organization Center for Community Solutions (CCS) which has been helping victims of domestic violence in San Diego County since 1969 (www.ccssd.org). Several SDASLA Chapter sponsors and vendors have already committed to helping, including Pardee Tree Nursery, Brickman Group, Big Trees Nursery, Quick Crete Products, Coast Recreation and Landscape Structures, Armstrong Growers, and Monrovia and Mintz Levin. If your company wishes to help, contact Chris Gustard, chris@gmplandarch.com.