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Our latest California Comeback guest speaker, Rick Cole, is one of the nation's most thoughtful and experienced thinkers on urban centers. He joins us by Zoom November 22 at 2 PM to talk about homelessness, workforce housing and the evolution of our cities.
Rick Cole is the Executive Director of the Congress for the New Urbanism which advocates for the architecture of community in America’s cities and towns. He also teaches urban policy at Occidental College and Pepperdine University. He spent thirty years in public service, including stints as Deputy Mayor for the City of Los Angeles and City Manager in three California communities: Santa Monica, Ventura and Azusa. Prior to that he spent twelve years on the Pasadena City Council, including a term as Mayor. The Los Angeles Times called him “one of Southern California’s most visionary planning thinkers.” He co-chairs ULI-LA’s Homelessness Initiative Council.
Cole has been recognized as one of “America's Public Officials of the Year” by Governing Magazine and one of the "Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers" by Government Technology Magazine. He has won numerous awards for municipal management excellence and urban planning leadership. We are honored to have him as a guest speaker and hope you can join us!
If you are already a member of the California Comeback Task Force, the meeting should be on your calendar. If you are not, but would like to attend this meeting, please click on the button below. Feel free to share this invite with your board members, community colleagues, and partners as well.
