Your Monthly BIA Baldy View Chapter Update: October 2021 |
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BIA Baldy View Members -
Happening this week, please plan to attend the BIA Housing Strategy Summit & VIP Reception - Special Commemoration Honoring General William Lyon on October 28th at the Lyon Air Museum. Click HERE for more information!
Our BIA Baldy View Chapter Update section below highlights the most recent advocacy news and government affairs updates from BIA Baldy View Chapter Executive Officer Carlos Rodriguez.
I'm excited to share that the Building Industry Show 3.0 at Pechanga Casino & Resort on September 29-30th was a huge success! From golfing at the beautiful Journey Golf Course, to wine tasting throughout Temecula, to our booming "Meet the Builder" event on our show floor filled with new and returning exhibits to our Kickoff Reception and 70's Casino Night BIS After-Party to our most engaging BIS Keynote Speaker yet - the legendary Earvin "Magic" Johnson, the Building Industry Show 3.0 was our most memorable BIS yet! Scroll below to view our BIS Recap video and BIS Photo Gallery. If you attended the show, we encourage you to share feedback with our BIASC BIS Sales Manager Lisa Lundrigan at llundrigan@biasc.org.
For questions or more information on BIA Baldy View Chapter please email your questions to Executive Officer Carlos Rodriguez at carlos@biabuild.com.
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Tim Roberts
BIA Baldy View Chapter President
Brookfield Residential
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Chapter Executive Officer Message |
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Greetings Valued Members-
The BIA Baldy View Chapter continued our frontline advocacy efforts with these recent noteworthy efforts – for more information please contact Carlos Rodriguez at carlos@biabuild.com.
SCAG SoCAL Greenprint
The BIA Baldy View Chapter and our coalition partners were successful in urging the SCAG Regional Council by a vote of 43-15 on October 7, to maintain a pause on the deeply flawed SoCal Greenprint. The BIA concerns centered on the need for improved datasets, a formal draft plan, and other clarifications to minimize the detrimental impact to housing affordability, as well as federal funding for various transportation projects.
Thanks to the collective voices of the BIA Southern California and our broad coalition, the SCAG staff changed their recommendation from removing a previously approved pause in the development of the GreenPrint to continuing the pause.
As noted by BIA Baldy View Chapter Executive Officer Carlos Rodriguez, “We need the SCAG Regional Council to prescribe the principles and policies to which staff should adhere when it restarts its work on the Greenprint. We should only restart when the Regional Council has provided clear direction with policy prescriptions related to the Greenprint’s goals, purpose, content, use, limitations, and process for review and approval. Our concerns with Greenprint is that to date it has been a technical exercise that was commenced without clear policy direction or guidance from the Regional Council. In closing, we believe that the process for developing the Greenprint initially should have started with a very careful discussion in which the Regional Council articulates threshold policies, principles, and limitations concerning the Greenprint.”
After a three-hour debate and two motions on whether to pause the SoCal Greenprint formulation process, two elected leaders from the BIA Baldy View Chapter service area set the table for the debate with SCAG Regional Councilmember Liz Becerra, Victorville City Council, making a motion (seconded by SCAG Regional Councilmember Steve Tye, Diamond Bar City Council) which was approved 43-15 to adopt the supplemental agenda staff recommendation of continuing the pause on the SoCal Greenprint. This comes 24 hours after SCAG Staff changed their staff recommendation from "lifting the pause" to "continuing the pause" on the Greenprint.
Highlighted SCAG Councilmember Quotes – courtesty of LA BIZFED:
- Hon. Don Wagner: “Not fully cooked because there is no consensus.”
- Hon. Cheryl Viegas-Walker: “Approve the motion to continue with the pause on the Greenprint.”
- Hon. Liz Becerra: “Continue the pause and report back with concerned items.”
- Hon. Trevor O’Neil: “Suspend the work on the Greenprint.”
- Hon. Rex Richardson: “We don’t have a Greenprint to approve or not approve. Let’s support the staff recommendation.”
- Kome Ajise: “We are not asking for the Regional Council to approve a tool.”
The motion also includes the development of a white paper and the creation of a five-member advisory task force. BIASC, BizFed and our coalition partners will remain engaged to ensure the appropriate actions are taken on these next steps to ensure vital housing and transportation projects are not killed by radical environmental groups who would seek to weaponize the GreenPrint regional planning effort.
We will continue work to develop a Greenprint plan that has clear, thoughtful policy goals consistent with the adopted mitigation measures in Connect SoCal. The BIA Baldy View Chapter will remain on the front lines of this important issue which will affect the future residential and transportation projects for years to come.
Other Key Issues
Joshua Tree
The BIA continues to coordinate with local jurisdictions, policy and environmental experts to pursue a pathway of mitigation to ensure greater certainty in the permit approval process. Currently Joshua trees are protected by the State of California as a candidate for listing as an endangered species. At this time, the County and local cities cannot issue a permit to take (by removal or transplanting) any Joshua tree.
Victorville
BIA staff continues to pursue an Infill Overlay District in Victorville which would increase the density in portions of the city from 2 du/pa to 9 du/pa.
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Inland Empire State Legislative Caucus Briefing
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For more information on other Government Affairs efforts please contact Carlos Rodriguez at carlos@biabuild.com.
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Carlos Rodriguez
BIA Baldy View Chapter Executive Officer
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2021 Building Industry Show |
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2021 Building Industry Show
September 29-30, 2021
Thank you to our 2021 Building Industry Show sponsors, exhibitors and attendees for making this our best Building Industry Show yet!
Enjoy our NEW BIS Recap Video and our BIS Photo Gallery and please share your most memorable moments and best take-aways from the show, online! Be sure to tag us in your posts at @biasocal and use the hashtag #buildingindustryshow for additional exposure!
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Watch Our BIS Recap Video Now! |
Share your favorite photos on social media and tag us at
@biasocal and use our hashtag #buildingindustryshow.
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Thank You To Our Sponsors! |
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Thursday, October 28, 2021
4:00PM - 8:00PM
Lyon Air Museum
19300 Ike Jones Rd, Santa Ana, CA 92707
BIASC Housing Strategy Summit & VIP Reception - Special Commemoration Honoring General William Lyon
You're invited to BIA of Southern California's Housing Strategy Summit & VIP Reception featuring a Special Commemoration Honoring General William Lyon at the Lyon Air Museum with BIASC Leadership, Chapter Presidents, and special guests panels featuring local elected representatives. Network with Southern California's top builders and landowners. Sponsorships available.
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Friday, October 29, 2021
9:00AM - 12:00PM
Virtual Webinar
BIA Baldy View Chapter Advanced Mechanics Lien Seminar
Register now for this virtual webinar!
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Thursday, November 4, 2021
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Virtual Webinar
FREE TO ATTEND
The Perfect Storm Educational Series:
Webinar 1
An introduction to the four elements of the Perfect Storm threatening the building industry and how they will change our industry.
Speakers: BIAOC Vice President Adam Wood and Jennifer Hernandez, Holland & Knight.
Moderator: BIASC COO Craig Foster
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INTRODUCTION
Part One: Understanding the Four Elements of the Storm (SB12/VMT/Green Print/Construction and Stormwater permits). Learn not only how each element can harm our industry in addition to affiliated industries, but also how all four could devastate housing as we know it today. Join our Part One Webinar via Zoom on Thursday, November 4th from 12:00pm to 1:30pm for this educational lunch and learn series. Please note: BIASC is encouraging all our members to allow their staff to register for this series. The Perfect Storm will impact all industry members at all levels, and we need to harness not just our 1,000 company members but their 5,000+ employees to help us navigate through and conquer this storm.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
BIASC Member Companies and all their employees.
COST
FREE to attend! Please encourage your employees to attend this important educational webinar as a lunch and learn opportunity.
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
5:00PM - 9:00PM
Sheraton Fairplex Hotel
2021 BIA Baldy View Chapter Holiday & Awards Gala "Better Together"
You're invited to BIA Baldy View Chapter's Holiday & Awards Gala - In Person! We look forward to gathering in celebration of the year-end, and we hope to see you there!
Sponsorships Available
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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BRONZE SPONSORS
ASG Development Advisors
National Community Renaissance
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Check out the full list of upcoming BIASC and Chapter Events at biasc.org.
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NEW BIA Magazine Southern California Builder
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Available Now
Southern California Builder - 8th Edition
The Industry Game Changers Issue
Spotlight:
Q&A with OCBC Business Champion Lucy Dunn
Spotlight:
Q&A with Metropolitan Water District GM Adel Hagekhalil
Rebuild SoCal Partnership:
Q&A with Executive Director Jon Switalski
The Business of Building:
Tracy Hernandez, Chief Executive Officer,
BizFed Los Angeles County Business Federation
Building Industry Show
Exclusive Recap & Photos Link
Plus – Additional Guest Writers, Member Spotlights,
Industry News, Upcoming Events, and Much More!
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Your BIA Baldy View Chapter Team |
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Our BIA Baldy View Chapter Team is always here for you! Contact us HERE.
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Address
PO Box 867
Ontario, CA 91762
Phone
909-641-4630
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