Southern California Planning Congress, Legislative Update

Our speakers
are City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning’s Deputy Director,
Vince Bertoni and David Snow Law Associate with Richards|Watson|Gershon. Please RSVP by 12 noon on February 11th to Claudia Rodriguez at (818) 374-5060 or e-mail scpcrsvp@msn.com with your meal choice.

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