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What’s Inside BIASC Chairman Message Dave Bartlett
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Governing Board
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BIASC President Message Jeff Montejano
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New Members
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Letter From Editor Craig Foster
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A Presidential Evening with President George Bush
10-11
BIA Member Spotlight: Clarity Real Estate
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Inside Edition: Water
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Introduction by Adel Hagekhalil
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Extreme Water Droughts, Storms & Homebuilding by Laer Pearce
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Q&A with Charley Wilson
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Q&A with Brad Coffey
31-35
Q&A with Lanaya Voelz Alexander
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Southern California Water Conference
40-42
Upcoming: BIASC & Chapter Events
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BIA LA/V Chapter Economic Forecast & Housing Strategy Summit Recap
44-46
BIA Coachella Valley Energy Summit, New Member Reception & Social Networking Event Recap
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Hall of Fame Celebration at SWIG & PCBC2022 Recap
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Building Industry Show 2022
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BIASC College Game Day Event: Game On LA!
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BIASC 2023 Rose Parade Participation
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BIASC Team Roster
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Renewing Members
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GSMC Upcoming Events
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Council on SAGE Update
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NextGen Insider
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BI A S C Chairman Message:
Dave’s Top Ten Solutions
FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING Dave Bartlett
2022 BIASC Chairman VP, Land Entitlement, Land & Housing Development, Brookfield Residential
10. Increase Supply 9. Stop Conflicting Policies 8. Reduce Time from Entitlements to Building Permit 7. Engage Community 6. Think Outside the (product) Box 5. Density…as Appropriate 4. Think Mixed-Use 3. Do A Better Job Promoting Housing 2. CEQA Exemption for Refill Projects 1. Increase Supply At PCBC on June 22, I spoke on a panel with Jay Bullock, VicePresident for Rancho Mission Viejo Company moderated by the Director of Planning for JZMK Architects, John Leehey. The topic was Solutions for Attainable Housing. So in the spirit of the Late Show and Dave’s Top Ten, I’ve produced my own list and will be discussing this in more detail at the conference. As noted, Supply is on the list twice because it’s so dang important, and I’ll discuss that here. Supply has to be increased across the housing spectrum. First-time buyer…move-up, second and third-time move-up buyer, rental, affordable, assisted units…you name it…housing spanning the entire spectrum needs to be prioritized and produced…full stop. Every decision that state and local agencies make should be viewed from this lens: Does this decision, policy, or legislation help produce attainable housing, or does it hurt the potential delivery of attainable housing? This should be the lens. It’s pretty simple. And, with RHNA at 2.6 million housing units as the target in California over the next eight-year cycle, how about we join forces with the State, our local governments, our regional planning agencies and make this a priority…because housing is the number one crisis in the state of California outside of the pandemic and drought.
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If we can produce what is required under RHNA, this would equate to 325,000 units per year. Now, the State of California has never made that target. For the last ten years, we’ve been limping along at 90,000 - 150,000 permits per year. We have a chance at making significant strides toward the RHNA target, but we need to look at policies, legislation, and decisions through the attainable housing lens. But is this happening? Since 2019, when Governor Newsom signed twenty-five pieces of new legislation to increase housing production, what he said at that time, which he later characterized as aspirational, was “that the state of California needs to produce 3.5 million new housing units by 2025.” But the point was being made by the CEO of the State of California that housing was clearly recognized as a crisis. There were several bills passed into law designed to produce, encourage and create new housing opportunities. Yet since that time, the legislature has continuously introduced new bills that have been labeled as “housing killer bills” by the California Building Industry Association. What is going on here? Do we really think eliminating single-family zoning and adding ADUs is the solution? Also, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), our regional planning organization, is trying to layer on hundreds of environmental data sets through Greenprint that will create more confusion for local agencies and opportunities for litigation against housing. The State says, “produce more homes,” SCAG says, “let’s create more hurdles to production.” AB 2840 is another example. Passed by the Assembly with the minimum vote required, it’s labeled as both a “job killer” and “housing killer” bill. Let’s hope the Senate votes on the side of jobs and housing. These are just two examples of many of the conflicting policies we are seeing today. All we need to do is look through the attainable housing lens and ask some simple questions. I ask that we start doing this together.
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As we approach the mid-year point of 2022, our organization continues to focus on creating new and profound pathways for our members to collaborate, advocate, and network. Over the next six months, BIASC will be focusing on bringing our members together through our event programming, which includes world-class guest speakers and entertainment at some of Southern California’s most prestigious venues. These signature and commemorative events will help celebrate our organization’s history while providing more education and awareness about critical issues facing our building industry - and how we as an organization will embrace meaningful change. Later this year, BIASC will also introduce new public policy housing initiatives to help protect and grow our building sectors including underserved communities through diversity, equity, and inclusion. A very special thank you to our magazine sponsors who, through their generosity, make this growing and successful magazine possible. We also like to thank our BIASC members, supporters, and staff for their support and dedication to this exceptional organization. We look forward to an exciting and prosperous second part of the year, which we hope will make all of you proud members of BIASC.
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BI A S C Letter from the Editor:
Surviving the Storm & Enjoying the Cruise In retrospect, it is more than a little ironic that BIASC’s new activism program educating members on the threats the building industry faces is named “The Perfect Storm,” considering that a lack of enough storms brings back an old, longstanding threat to our industry: Drought. Our region is now in the third year of extreme drought, capping off a 22-year period that has been the driest in the American Southwest in 1,200 years, according to the head of Metropolitan Water District’s Resource Management Group, Brad Coffey (see page 31). Conditions on the State Water Project, which brings water to us from Northern California, have deteriorated so greatly that in May, Metropolitan Water District imposed a mandatory 30 percent cutback on water use for dozens of local water agencies in Los Angeles and Ventura counties that are dependent on that water. The State Water Resources Board followed up this month with a statewide mandatory 20 percent cutback. As is so typical in California, just as our worries of possible drought-fueled building moratoria are on the rise, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) want us to find a way to build the 1.3 million new housing units by 2028, even as this returning and alarming contributor to the Perfect Storm of regulations adds to the difficulty of building even one home. One of those regulations, governing stormwater runoff from construction sites, currently predicts an excess of rain falling – while the entire state worries about not enough rain falling! That’s why this issue of Southern California Builder focuses on the drought, water supply, and homebuilding. If you’ve attended a public hearing on a housing project during a dry year, you have no doubt heard irate people ask why new homes should be approved if they’re being told to cut back on their water use. Builders and developers are certainly hearing that this year, and the Inside Edition on water that starts on page 17 gives the answer to this issue– and it’s an answer people familiar with our industry won’t find surprising: The homebuilding industry
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Craig Foster
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is not making the effects of droughts worse; in fact, it’s driving solutions to drought and has been for decades. I hope you take the time to read the Inside Edition on water carefully, as it is overflowing – pardon the pun – with interesting and useful information. Meanwhile, there’s certainly no drought on fun at BIASC. When it comes to having a good time, our members are certainly getting a healthy return on their BIASC investment.
Get ready to rock the night away at our exclusive private event at the House of Blues Anaheim with Red Rocker, Sammy Hagar coming up September 14-15 at the Building Industry Show. One month later, BIASC will host a political rock star, former President George W. Bush. Stay tuned for more details coming soon. For football fans, we are excited to introduce Game On, LA, our BIASC outing to the USC/UCLA football game in November and our association’s float in the Rose Bowl Parade in January 2023. If you’ve ever wanted to glue flower petals to something, watch for announcements later this year! We haven’t forgotten baseball fans, with upcoming BIASC events at Dodgers and Angels games alike. Golfers, skeet-shooters, and softball players also will find their spot on BIASC’s busy events calendar, alongside our annual installation dinners and additional chapter events. And lest we forget what the focus of this issue of Southern California Builder is about, we invite you to attend our Southern California Water Conference on August 12th hosted by the Baldy View Chapter. As Maximus said in The Gladiator, “Are you not entertained?” Of course you are – so watch your emails, mark your calendar, and register for a virtual flood of fun events!
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Event Highlight:
You are invited to an exclusive evening with Building Industry Association of Southern California leadership as we host former President George W. Bush on October 26, 2022, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Former President Bush’s appearance continues BIASC’s tradition of hosting national and world leaders, including former Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. This special evening will also include the unveiling of BIASC’s new Veterans and Affordable Housing Initiatives and the installation of the 2023 Building Industry Association Los Angeles/Ventura Board of Directors. There will also be very special entertainment to be announced soon. This black-tie event is an evening you will not want to miss! Stay tuned for more information coming soon. Sponsorships are available. Please contact BIASC Vice President of Events Laura Barber at lbarber@biasc.org for inquiries.
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BI A S C Member Highlight:
Clarity Real Estate: Hot Takes on the Housing Market Clarity provides real estate decision-makers with researchbased insights into market and product trends. Southern California Builder spoke with Clarity’s President, Pete Reeb, and Vice President, Adam Artunian, and merged their insightful answers together.
California plunging. Can you give our readers more details on this?
Clarity: At the peak of the market in the mid-2000s, there were 1,710 actively selling new home projects in Southern California. Today there are 406, and the number of homes Southern California Builder: Tell us about Clarity’s services per subdivision has dropped as well. About 15 years ago, the and how you help home builders. average subdivision was probably around 100 units; today, it’s closer to 75 or 80 units. We don’t see this changing Clarity: We provide market-based guidance to the real estate in California because of the constraints we have on the industry with regards to optimizing market viability of new real marketplace. estate developments. We do that by providing the best, most accurate and timely information on the market – there’s a lot The hard landing of the last crash was because we had all of data out there but that doesn’t mean the data is any good, these projects with so many homes to unload. Now there are and it doesn’t mean that it’s easy to figure out what it means. fewer projects with fewer units, so even if the market does slow, we won’t have that same level of inventory to unload. SCB: After a couple unexpectedly robust COVID-era years, You also won’t have as many foreclosures because prices have the homebuilding industry now is facing inflation by raising gone up so much. Most people who can’t make their payments interest rates. How is this change affecting your current view and get a notice of default likely would be able to sell their of Southern California market trends? house and make a profit, so we don’t foresee a big wave of foreclosures. Clarity: The overall market is healthy. Positive job growth is generating strong demand, and there is really limited supply, SCB: Where are the opportunities now in Southern California on both the new home side and the resale side. Here’s an – which markets or market segments? example of the supply versus demand dynamic: There’s an 85home townhome project in a Grade A San Diego location that’s Clarity: There are good opportunities both from a geographic priced at about $1.1 to $1.3 million. They have a qualified standpoint and a product standpoint throughout Southern interest list of 1,907 people – that underscores the supply California. The scarcity of product in the coastal marketplaces versus demand imbalance. We could easily triple the number means there’s still opportunity to address the Grade A markets of homes in some markets and still not be over-supplied. with high-end products. The mid-level, B market was a “missing middle” before COVID hit. There was fairly strong Affordability is a big concern but it’s being offset by the limited demand from the first-time buyers, empty nesters and retirees, supply, but people are still buying because they realize that but a lot of families were locked into low interest rates and prices will continue to rise. Salespeople tell us that rising were satisfied with their homes. When COVID hit, the kids interest rates have made the number of offers on a home drop were suddenly at home and parents were working at home, from 12 or 15 to eight or ten – a level that will still put upward so a lot of people who weren’t otherwise going to be in the pressure on pricing. Eventually you do reach a tipping point market started reassessing their living situation. This unlocked and sales drop, but initially higher rates create more demand that segment of the market. Even in the tertiary markets like because the fence-sitters start to worry that they’ll be left out Banning, Beaumont, Fontana and Rialto there is very strong if rates keep going up. They may buy a $700,000 townhome demand because prices are so high on the coast and prices instead of an $800,000 house, or they’ll buy in the Inland elsewhere in the Inland Empire have been escalating, Empire instead of Orange County, but they’ll buy. SCB: Is there any hope for a significant return of first-time SCB: There’s a blog post on your website about how the homebuyers? number of active new home communities in Southern
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Clarity: We think so because first-time buyers have seen rents skyrocket, up 15 or 20 percent year over year in many markets. That’s pushing renters off the fence. They’re not going away; they’re just moving out to the Inland Empire’s more affordable markets or buying attached, smaller products in the coastal markets.
conventional floorplans to see how we can get more uses into the same square footage, or if there is less square footage, how can we still make the home something that will sell. You will see less conventional detached product in the future and more high density, small lot single family homes on 30’ X 70’ or smaller lots with densities of 12 to 14 units per acre, and more three-story side-by-side row townhomes, in configurations that maximize the livability of the homes.
SCB: What strategies do you recommend to your clients for dealing with the delays and uncertainties of the current supply chain disruptions? SCB: Baby Boomers are retiring, Gen X’s and Millennials are moving up, and Gen Z’s are buying their first homes – is this Clarity: More builders are switching to the “Everything’s the typical generational dynamic or is there anything different Included” approach pioneered by Lennar, where the builder going on that builders should be aware of? picks the features and doesn’t offer upgrades, which streamlines the construction process. In the past, many Clarity: Attached housing historically appealed to households homebuilders have said that what differentiates new without children, but as prices of single family detached homes from resales is that buyers can pick their options and homes have skyrocketed, more young families are considering upgrades. However, it’s a logistical nightmare to coordinate attached for-sale homes. You’re seeing more three-bedroom hundreds of different choices, which extends construction and four-bedroom townhomes being brought to market to timelines and adds to the cost. Lennar’s sales have proven appeal to family buyers, particularly in locations in good school that their concept works. Our clients are also changing out districts. their suppliers to American-based companies. We just talked to a builder who said they used to get all their appliances from In the empty nester and retiree markets, where there’s a China but just switched to Wolf because they’re Americanpreference for single-story living, we won’t see as many agemade and they promised better delivery timeframes. restricted communities in Southern California because high land costs force lot sizes to shrink and single-story units to SCB: Turning to something more positive, what are the most be too small to generate enough revenues for deals to pencil. exciting trends you are tracking now? Instead, you’ll see age-targeted communities, like those Shea Homes has built, where you’ll have a three-story building with Clarity: All the builders are looking at whether it makes sense one single-story unit at ground level and two two-story units to incorporate ADUs into their communities. ADUs are so new above, with the one-story unit having strong appeal to empty that there aren’t any large-scale test cases yet to show us nesters and retirees. what works best, but in some cases we are recommending them nonetheless because we think they’re going to be very SCB: What can home builders do regarding rising interest successful. We worked on a project in south San Diego that rates? achieved 54 units on land that was zoned for 18 single-family detached homes through ADUs. That particular product isn’t Clarity: To combat rising interest rates, more builders are going to be sold – it’s a build-to-rent project, which is another starting to offer interest rate buy-downs. Buyers may still have huge trend that’s sweeping the nation. to qualify at today’s higher rates, but the initial payments will be lower with the buydown. Then, if rates drop, buyers can Then there’s the multi-gen trend with lock-off suites for the always refinance and bring their monthly payment down. homeowner’s aging children or parents. That isn’t new, but the demand has increased as affordability has become a greater SCB: Is there anything we didn’t cover that you’d like to challenge. In a lot of the communities we’re seeing the multi- discuss? gen floorplans selling really well, even with their higher price points. Clarity: Homebuilders in southern California are some of the most innovative and pioneering in the nation. Trends that go Finally, we are working with our clients to try to match the nationwide often start here. We are proud to contribute to demand in a post-COVID world for having more bedrooms or that entrepreneurial spirt, helping our clients to profitably push a den or an office with rising prices driving a need to build the market forward with the best market insights and guidance smaller houses at higher densities. We are re-looking at possible.
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Adel Hagekhalil
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For more than a generation, Southern California has employed a tried and true playbook to prepare for droughts: Store water when it is wet – largely in snowpack – and use those reserves when it is dry. For decades, this worked well because of billions of dollars in investments to increase our ability to move and store water. Yet that playbook is quickly changing. All our water resources are challenged due to record heat and drought. Water reserves that are now sustaining our region’s economy may be the most precious supply in our history. Replacing it is becoming much harder. We need to add some new chapters to the playbook: Prepare for less imported water and local groundwater due to climate change. Conserve more. Develop more local supplies. Replace diminishing snowpack storage with surface and groundwater storage. Fit all these pieces together to help ensure we have the water we need.
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One way to think of this approach is “One Water.” It recognizes there is one precious resource that comes through our taps from many sources. We are in this together, both to sustain our communities and our rivers that face unprecedented stress. The solutions reside with different constituencies and agencies in Southern California and across the West, in states that share water resources and their challenges. There’s no doubt that Southern California will always need imported water.
Inside Edition: WATER
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But we must do more. We must expand local and drought resistant supplies by integrating smart water management into our infrastructure and building new projects. We need to embrace innovation and accelerate recycled water projects at a pace and scale to meet our needs. And we need investments from the state and federal government to make this all happen. The homebuilding industry recognizes the importance of water supply reliability, as evidenced by this special Inside Edition of Southern California Builder on the drought. There is much to be done and together, we can plan for a resilient future that continues to support our region’s economy and communities.
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Seventy years ago, when Southern California’s post-World War II homebuilding boom was just gaining steam, Tejon Ranch was thinking about water for houses. That might seem incongruous because the sprawling 270,000-acre ranch – the largest private landholding in California – spans the Los Angeles and Kern county lines, hours away from where new subdivisions were springing up. But it pays to plan ahead. In the 1950s, Tejon joined other large Central Valley landowners to push for the State Water Project, which would move water from northern California to Central Valley fields and Southern California urban centers. Then, when construction started in the 1960s, Tejon agreed to provide a 30-mile-long easement over its land for the project’s pipelines in return for turnouts from which it can access the project’s water. On top of that, years later the ranch began purchasing water and storing it in the Kern Water Bank, and for extra security, they started their own Tejon Water Bank. By 2020, Tejon owned rights to nearly 150,000 acre-feet of banked water (a single household uses about a half an acre foot of water annually), in addition to its access to water from the State Water Project and other sources. And that doesn’t count water stored in reservoirs they built to capture snowmelt and runoff from the Tehachapi Mountains. Having foresight and thinking big about water paid off because today Tejon has enough water to supply The Outlets at Tejon, the 20 million square-foot Tejon Ranch Commerce Center and the 35,000 homes it is planning in the residential communities of Centennial, Mountain Village and Grapevine. Additionally, Tejon will implement every water conservation measure it can to reduce its water budget. “We were very, very successful with our water supply assessments because we went beyond the requirements of the Kuehl-Costa legislation (SB 221 and SB 610 from 2001), which required proof of a 20-year water supply up front,” said Barry Zoeller, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications
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for Tejon. “We went further because the politics of water in California really requires that you have enough water for the full build-out of the project, especially if the full build-out is beyond a 20-year timeframe.”
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Extreme Water Droughts, Storms and Homebuilding
Ah yes, the strange, extreme politics of water in California. Consider this: The staff at the State Water Resources Control Board is so worried about too much rain causing runoff from construction sites that this month they are set to approve regulations demanding such high levels of treatment of stormwater leaving construction sites that the only guarantee of avoiding fines for violations would be to not build during the six months when we might get rain – or might not. Yet that very same state agency just decreed a mandatory 20 percent statewide reduction in water use because California isn’t getting enough rain. “To comply with this proposed permit, you have to have zero discharge – it’s essentially a ban on water leaving a construction site,” said Dr. Mark Grey, BIASC’s Director of Environmental Affairs. “The state tries to say there are treatment options, but those options don’t work in the real world. So, this is an allegory for California, water and homebuilding – you can’t build if there’s too much rain, and people don’t want you to build because there’s not enough rain.” That second point – the threat of building moratoria because of drought conditions –has Grey worried. “In each drought cycle we get the same question from residents and city councils: How can new homes be approved when we’re in a drought?” he said. “Working with the National Association of Home Builders, the California Homebuilding Foundation, CBIA and BIASC, I am working to prove the narrative that we in housing have been answering this question since the 1970s, working with the water agencies to have a diverse supply so they can use that in their planning cycles. Because we’ve had this amazing foresight, the building industry is a problem solver, not a problem maker.”
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John Schatz agrees. He is a water attorney who was General Manager of Santa Margarita Water District when its South Orange County service area, which is 100 percent dependent on imported water, faced drought as rapid growth was underway in Rancho Santa Margarita, Las Flores, Talega and other master-planned communities. “If you look at Metropolitan’s supply, they are in good shape largely because demand has gone down, fostered and enabled through conservation,” he said. “That means the folks who are saving the water are living next to the new homes that are being built, and they’re complaining. But the truth is, regardless of when the homes were built, the water conservation standards are uniform so you’re not taking water away from them, you’re just utilizing this whole, available
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water source efficiently. To say we have to go out and get a new supply for every home ignores the fact that there’s water available because we’ve become so much better at reducing demand.” As drought is once again triggering talk of water moratoria, Southern California’s planning agency, SCAG, is laying the groundwork for 1.3 million new homes to be built in the region by 2029. All those faucets, showers, toilets, washing machines and landscaping will require a lot of water, even with the latest water efficiency tech. Everyone I talked to about meeting the RHNA challenge – Metropolitan Water District’s water resource manager, Eastern Municipal Water District’s planning and engineering chief, Dr. Grey, Schatz and others – says the water will be there, thanks in part to the building industry. As the industry’s members pursue positive water supply assessments and research new ways to attain net zero water use, they will continue their long tradition of being valued partners in bringing water supply solutions to Southern California.
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Grey’s research shows that between 1975 and 2013, the last year for which there are statistics, homebuilders reduced the amount of water used inside a home by 50 percent – and conservation has been steadily accelerating. In the 15 years between 1975 and 1990, builders cut indoor water use by 19 percent, and in the four years between 2009 and 2013, homes became 21 percent more water efficient. “When we finish bringing these numbers up to date, it will show emphatically that homebuilding is a positive force and we have earned the approvals we receive,” Grey said.
Laer Pearce is a public affairs consultant specializing in communications support for challenging land development and water infrastructure entitlement projects. He is a lifetime board member of the Orange County Chapter.
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Mother Nature has not been easy on Californians lately. As if wildfires, drought and floods weren’t enough, climate change science tells us it may only get worse. With the possible exception of legislation proposed in response to wildfires, drought-caused declines in water supply reliability have the greatest potential to impact homebuilding across a broad swath of Southern California – just look to northern Los Angeles and Ventura counties, which are under 30 percent mandatory water cutbacks.
including the BIA. They come from eight Southern California counties from Kern County to the North all the way to the Mexican border and out to the state line and include leaders from business, city and county government, agricultural groups, labor unions, environmental organizations, water agencies, as well as the general public.
Still, with water flowing freely from most of our taps, it is sometimes hard to feel like this drought is severe. But it definitely is. To find out more about this drought’s severity, how homebuilding might be affected, and the long-term forecasts for the region’s water supply, Southern California Builder talked with Charley Wilson, Executive Director of the Southern California Water Coalition, the region’s most powerful voice on regional water issues.
CW: It is that homebuilders in California are no strangers to drought – in fact, they are one of the driving factors in finding ways to secure greater water supply resiliency. In recent years, they have had to contend with water restrictions and mandatory conservation measures. As a result, many builders have implemented innovative drought-resistant technologies and strategies, and have worked with their water providers on ways to better plan for future growth to help ensure adequate supplies. However, the state’s ongoing and severe drought has brought new challenges, so it’s not time to let up on these efforts.
Southern California Builder: Tell us first about the Coalition’s members and its focus. Charley Wilson: The Southern California Water Coalition was established through the leadership of an Orange County supervisor in 1984 following a failed state-wide ballot initiative on the peripheral canal. The Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public education partnership dedicated to informing Southern Californians about our water needs and our state’s water resources. We recognize the rich diversity of Southern California’s people and cultures and see clearly how we are all connected by the need for a safe, affordable and reliable water supply. We believe that working with and learning from a broad range of people helps us address California water issues more creatively. For decades, our coalition has brought together people from all over the region and from many different interest groups for productive dialogue and consensus-based solutions. Today, SCWC counts more than 200 organizations as members,
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SCB: Before getting into details, what one thing would you like most to say to the homebuilding community?
SCB: As you work on securing the reliability we need, what are your priorities? CW: With the election of Gavin Newsome, we pivoted with him from a focus only on reliability to one on ultimate resiliency. What resiliency involves is building the redundant systems that match with water use efficiency to provide the state with a long-term resilient water supply so that no matter what may happen over the course of time and with climate change, you have the available water resources for your population, the environment, business, and industry. We began our organization’s history with the premise that you have to modernize the state’s water infrastructure. That means we’re tracking very closely what’s happening in the Sacramento Delta with the State Water Project, along
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with the challenges along the Colorado River. There is an absolute necessity that the imported water delivery system be modernized to address the new climate realities we all face. We’ve gone from the peripheral canal in 1984, then two tunnels and now, under Gov. Newsom, a single tunnel. If you read all the environmental and climate change documents, it is irrefutable that the Sacramento Delta is salting out. Sea level rise will salt out 30 percent of our drinking water for Southern California if we do nothing. That system has to be fixed. To go with that, we know that we need an “all of the above” approach to water resiliency that includes water use efficiency, conservation, recycling, stormwater capture, desalination and new water supply development all being critical. SCB: Is there any evidence that opponents of water infrastructure are moderating as we look to more frequent, more severe droughts, or are they doubling down? CW: Most of what I see is that no matter who comes to the table, they seem to come with a predisposition for a silver bullet, that their solution will solve our problem. No single issue, no single project is going to solve it; it’s really all of the above. Looking at the history of the energy and oil industries, we used to be really good at extracting, using and then dumping. Clearly, that’s not the case now – it’s how do you use the whole value stream of a resource; that’s just good stewardship. Having said that, we are now in the third very dry year of the current drought and we’re finding that people are getting less and less cooperative. It’s the opposite of what you would expect or what’s needed. While we talk about the importance of balanced approaches, there are those who come to the table with old, war-like, my way or the highway attitudes, and that’s not very conducive to solving vexing public problems. When we get an earthquake that’s bad enough, then the state will absolutely move to address the crisis. Well, it’s bad enough now, and it’s very frustrating that things like investment in water infrastructure are very long term, taking 10, 15 or 20 years to plan, get approvals and eventual construct. Right now the political attention span is not long-game oriented; it’s all short-term and immediate gratification.
happening is that the heavy emphasis on reducing water flows inside the home is also reducing the water that runs to the sanitation districts, which is the source water for the recycled water that’s supposed to be such a big piece of the future. The heavier focus is, and needs to continue to me, on outdoor landscape – that will not mean the traditional green lawn and water-intensive plants, but native California-friendly plants and shade trees. So yes, there’s water if we use it efficiently. As we bring new water supply projects on, like the Carson recycling project in LA and stormwater recapture and reuse, that’s going to have a significant impact. I’m also finding some new allies in the energy sector, because as our lake levels drop, hydroelectric power, which is our cheapest and most renewable source of electricity, falls off so you are seeing stressors there as well. If you don’t have water, you don’t have energy, and then how will we provide that skeletal backbone of infrastructure that’s required so you can build all the housing units and environmentally balanced communities you’re being asked by the state to build and are desperately needed? SCB: Are the state and the feds ready to provide significant funding? CW: I would tell you that there are unprecedented revenues in the Sacramento and Washington workstreams today that present the opportunity to make significant investment in public infrastructure, We are working closely with a statewide coalition that includes the Bay Area Council and the San Joaquin Valley Water Blueprint, along with other major players like the state water contractors and other prominent business and industry groups, to urge the governor and the legislature to spend $6.5 billion out of their nearly $100 billion surplus on specific, long-term water related infrastructure. We see this
SCB: Do we have enough water to cover the growth that’s projected? CW: The water is there and our history with water says will be there. We’ve doubled the population in Southern California and we’re using the same amount of water we did 20 or 30 years ago. It’s about how you use it, about water use efficiency. A lot of that has fallen on the back of new housing construction because that’s where you have the best opportunity to put in the low flow devices, the recycled water, and the other new technologies. In fact, the shift that I see
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as an opportunity to make a significant investment toward true resiliency. Your readers should know that we’re not getting a lot of traction. It is hard to get past the current crisis and get to investing in the future. SCB: One national builder just bought a private water company that owns many independent providers. That’s a very creative approach – do you see more of that sort of long-term thinking? CW: I spent nearly 30 years in the electric utility business, and what I’m seeing is that water in California is 10, maybe 15, years behind in terms of its transformation. The homebuilding industry has the opportunity to shape this transformation if it has the long view because you’re going to see really significant shifts in how we deliver, what we develop, how people contract for water. A lot of it is going to be driven by new technology, like everything else we’re going through – with data management, new technical tools for cleaning and desalinating water. The challenge will be how we meet the state’s adoption of a human right to water, while getting the cost down to make it affordable. As an example, there are even people talking about onsite water recycling for housing units. Some homebuilders are already testing the efficiency and affordability of that. The other transformation I’ve seen is that we used to – and some still do – gear up for an “us vs. them” fight, environmentalists vs. developers, and I’m seeing less of that. You still have your hardcore extremes, the “No, never” folks, but in the middle there’s a recognition of the environment that we want the new community to be developed into, and that you can’t achieve that unless you come together and take care of both sides of the equation. Also, it’s becoming evident that you can’t achieve the inventive, big net zero goals that tip the needle very well in small infill projects. It almost has to be large scale, so it still falls in the hands of the landowners. But that’s a tremendous opportunity – it can be quite something.
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Brad Coffey Probably no one thinks more about how Southern California will get the water it needs over the long term than Brad Coffey. As the manager of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Resource Management Group, he and his team are responsible for forecasting future water demand and planning how to meet it. As tough as that job is, he told Southern California Builder he thinks his job is easier than the job builders will have meeting housing demand! Southern California Builder: Please explain to our readers what’s involved in your job as MWD’s water resource manager. Brad Coffey: Our water resource group does four main things: We plan for the region’s long-term water supply needs, we manage our imported and local water supply programs, we advance conservation, and we prepare for droughts and a changing climate. About $800 million comes through our department a year for these activities. We work with our engineering planning department on where the demand nodes might be and where the supply constraints might be, but when it comes to whether the pipe should go to the right or to the left, that’s for others.
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Manager of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Resource Group
straightforward than what the building industry needs to do to get those numbers of new housing units. We’ve got lots of ideas and lots of opportunities –increasing conservation and developing local supplies, transforming our laws governing the ways we use water, and supporting well-designed housing and infill development, all working together.
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SCB: The fastest growth areas are more arid, like the Inland Empire. Do you consider an area’s growth when projecting demand? BC: Absolutely. We do projections for where the growth will be and how we can best serve the growing regions. Examples of this would be long-term planning for a pipeline going into northern San Diego County or Riverside County, which will serve several of our member agencies. Our member agencies themselves are responsible for moving water withing their boundaries but we would bring it either through or to their boundaries.
SCB: Can the homebuilders of Southern California be assured of an adequate water supply for the homes we will be building over the next few decades? BC: Yes – that’s the mission of Metropolitan Water District. It’s in our DNA, and we don’t know how not to do that. I would argue that what we need to do is more
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SCB: How does the current drought situation rank relative to previous droughts? BC: If you look at a broad landscape scale in the southwestern U.S., the recent research from UCLA has shown that this is the worst drought for that region in about 1,200 years. They were able to go back so far by looking at tree rings, including fossilized tree rings, across the region to measure soil moisture deficits based on how closely or spaced apart the rings are. They have been able to see that from 2000 to now, it’s been the driest 22-year period since the year 800. SCB: Climate change, global weather patterns like El Niño and regulatory restrictions all cause water shortages. How would you allocate blame for the current drought among these three causes?
SCB: MWD’s traditional role as an importer of water from Northern California and the Colorado River has changed. Can you explain the different water sources MWD relies on today to meet demand? BC: During the 1987 to 1992 drought, we recognized that meeting demand for the region by increasing our supply from Northern California and the Colorado River just was not possible, so we developed our first Integrated Water Resources Plan. That plan took a portfolio approach to water management, establishing that the water needs of the next person that moved to Southern California, the next dollar of economic activity in Southern California, will need to be met by either conservation or increased local supply, such as recycled water. That’s not to say that there wasn’t a lot of work to do on our imported water supply system, but that work is focused on protecting against a decrease in imported supplies, not increasing its contribution to our portfolio. That was when Metropolitan started funding various local water supply programs.
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BC: For thousands of years, the Southwest has had periodic droughts, but the UCLA team was able to look back through thousands of years and say that about 42 percent of the current soil moisture deficit is the result of human-caused climate change. Without the effects of anthropogenic climate change, it would be a bad drought, but it wouldn’t be the worst drought in 1,200 years. That’s only continuing. We expect there to be between half and two-thirds less average snowpack by 2100 and we expect peak runoff to shift from April to as early as mid-January. We have a water transport system that we started planning in the early 20th Century, built in the mid-20th Century, and are expecting to still perform at the beginning of the 22nd Century. That short window of hydrology that we had and the infrastructure we put in likely won’t be adequate.
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BC: We don’t necessarily say that regulations are a bad thing; they simply reflect shifting social values regarding how we balance the multiple uses for water. We use scenario planning to plan for factors like this, looking at different scenarios where we discount the yield and the timing of projects that might be coming on, saying, for example: what would happen in the region if there was 30 percent less local supply development because of economic slowdown or additional regulatory delays? Then we would plan for that. SCB: If the Delta Conveyance project, which would carry water from Northern California through a tunnel to bypass the Sacramento Delta, were in place today, would these restrictions be necessary?
I don’t want to over-state the case, because in a very dry year there would not be much additional water yield from the Delta Conveyance project. But it would help us better capture the water when we have these shorter, larger storms, and some of the climate models show that these opportunities are going to increase. We need to take those opportunities – it’s critical to our future.
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still protecting the sensitive fish. About half of that water would have come to Metropolitan, and it would have gone a long way to alleviate this emergency.
SCB: Do you have any final thoughts? BC: Yes. We know water and the building industry knows housing. We want to compare our models with the building industry’s and understand how they’re conceptualizing and thinking about water use. One big opportunity we have is to work together is increase acceptance of landscaping that is more adaptable to our climate, because we really must reduce the loss of our precious water resources to non-functional turf.
BC: We would still have a drought but improving the Delta infrastructure would allow so many more water reliability opportunities. If the Delta Conveyance project were operational at the end of the last year when we had large storms in October followed by big storms in December, the state could have captured about 230,000 or 240,000 acre-feet of additional water, which is enough water for about 850,000 households for a full year, while
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Lanaya Voelz Alexander Assistant General Manager, Eastern Municipal Water District
LV-A: We did. One of the things that makes EMWD unique is that we are in a rapidly growing area and we recognize that we are only about 38 percent built-out. We know that because we collaborate closely with the county and the cities in our service area, which helps us to plan for this growth by understanding their ultimate plans and land use designations. This allows us to implement our infrastructure projects in a just-in-time manner. We want to make sure we have the infrastructure in place to support development, but we also don’t want to get too far out ahead, so we have five-year plans, 10-year plans, and 30-year-plus ultimate build-out plans. Some of the hottest new home markets in Southern California, like Menifee, Murrieta and French Valley, are within the borders of the 558 square-mile Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD). Southern California Builder talked with EMWD’s Assistant General Manager Lanaya Voelz Alexander, who heads a 160-person department tasked with making sure the district keeps up with an ever-growing demand for water, about the challenges involved when rapid growth and severe drought converge. Southern California Builder: Tell us briefly about your responsibilities as Assistant General Manager of Planning, Engineering and Construction at EMWD. Lanaya Voelz-Alexander: Our branch provides planning for facilities and water supply, and also is responsible for our conservation efforts and our groundwater development and management, which are both important parts of our portfolio. We are responsible for compliance with environmental and regulatory requirements regarding water quality, wastewater treatment and environmental considerations for projects, and on top of that, we also have the engineering and construction branch, which implements more than $150 million a year of our capital improvements program, advancing water, recycled water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
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Because we have so much growth, we often have to revisit the plans, looking at the more immediate changes and adapting. For example, the Regional Housing Needs Assessment drastically changed the densification that we looked at five years ago in our facilities plan – and even drastically changed what we were looking at just 18 months ago when we were working on the technical details of our Urban Water Management Plan. We plan for things like this with buffers and on-ramps and off-ramps for certain projects. SCB: Scientists at UCLA say the Southwestern United States is in its most severe drought in 1,200 years. How do you and your colleagues throughout Californian’s water industry work to secure sufficient water supplies for such unusually dry period? LV-A: The most important thing that we can do is continue to invest in our local water supplies – that is an area where
SCB: EMWD’s service area includes several of the region’s fastest-growing new home markets. Did your department foresee this level of growth and prepare adequately for it?
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SCB: As you plan for future demand, how important is the superior water conservation achieved inside and outside new homes to your planning? LV-A: We absolutely are seeing greater efficiency in the new tracts and we incentivize and encourage that continued efficient behavior. One of the tools we have in our toolbox is water budgets, and new homes have a different conservation factor that is applied to their water budget to strongly encourage homeowners to keep the water-efficient landscaping that’s installed in their new homes. We do outreach to make sure they understand that if they rip out the landscaping that came with their home and replace it with sod, their water budgets will likely be exceeded, and they will be paying more for the water that we calculate is outside of what their need is.
SCB: What advice can you give to homebuilders and developers for working successfully with EMWD and their local water providers in your service area? LV-A: We have a development service department within our branch as well, and developers should visit us early and often. We appreciate any effort by a developer to embrace our conservation ethic. We know there’s a cost involved, but if they can make those front yards look really good with water-efficient landscaping, it will help reduce the chance of a customer deciding to replace it with turf. We also work closely with the development community on the infrastructure to get water and wastewater in and out of new tracts. For example, we may have a developer who comes in and says they need a six-inch water line to serve their community. Well, we’ll look at our master plan and if we determine that in 10 or 20 years we will need that line to be 12 inches, we’ll participate with that developer through a financial participation agreement where we’ll pay to up-size that. We try to capitalize on efficiencies with the development community.
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we do have control. EMWD is in a great position with groundwater resources, which currently make up about 15 percent of our total supply and very actively manages those resources so we don’t see the sort of groundwater challenges that we see in Central Valley. Being proactive has allowed us to maintain these resources and continue to grow them as part of our portfolio. Also, recycled water now makes up 35 percent of our supply and several years ago, our board made a commitment to utilize 100 percent of the wastewater that we generate through recycling. We have the advantage of being a developing agency so we can expand our recycled infrastructure as we grow; these “purple pipe” projects are always much more challenging in an area that is already builtout. As water use changes from agricultural to more residential and commercial development, we will be advancing a purified water replenishment project where we will be treating that wastewater using advanced technologies and re-introducing it back into our groundwater basin.
SCB: Is there anything I didn’t ask you that you’d like to discuss? LV-A: Just to reinforce that EMWD’s commitment to water use efficiency allows us to support the growth in our area. There’s still more we can do, and we are focusing most efforts on outdoor irrigation at this point and are looking to continue to improve that.
SCB: Will builders in our area be able to proceed without fear of water moratoria or the inability to attain “will serve” letters? LV-A: We are not a land use agency but based on all our planning and our documented submittals to the state, we do not envision having any issues with water supply reliability within our service area. We respond to lead agencies that come to us and ask for Water Supply Assessments under CEQA; in fact, we have three assessments going to our planning committee next week and we average one to three a month. These assessments are reinforcing the much higher densities than we saw 18 months ago, but because we have given ourselves room, we are able to adjust and adapt.
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RESILIENCE IN THE DELTA The release of the draft EIR marks an important step in the Delta Conveyance Project planning process. Hear what this means in the effort to restore and protect the reliability of the State Water Project.
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? Conserving water is a way of life, but how low is too low? We will discuss water use standards and the impacts of using less or what happens if we don’t.
BUILDING FOR DROUGHT The building industry has long been a champion of water efficiency. Our panel will provide an overview of funding opportunities and how it can be used.
EVERY DROP COUNTS
All water starts as stormwater, so how is So Cal capturing that supply from the sky? Our panel shares the process from Planning to Funding to Building.
Keynote: Planning for Resiliency
Adel Hagekhalil -
General Manager Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Southern California Water Conference provides a forum for agencies, local government, private industry and the public to collaborate on issues facing the region regarding the ability to deliver safe, clean water to residents and businesses. Our goal is to increase awareness of the issues water agencies face and showcase how they are responding. The collaborative dialogue between the public and private sectors enables the region to speak with one voice about solutions to State and regulatory agencies.
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Building Water Resiliency Now Water remains a critical issue for all of California, but especially here in Southern California where we will continue to need a reliable supply to keep pace with dire housing construction needed in Southern California. As the state presses Southern California cities to increase their collective zoning for future residential development in the next 8 years from approximately 400,000 homes to 1.3 million, BIASC will remain at the forefront of advancing water policy needed to address the needs of our region. The first part of the 2021-22 rain year drenched California with drought-busting storms - but then the first few months of 2022 dried it all up. Unfortunately, California has now slipped back into a severe drought with limited or no deliveries from the State and Federal water projects and local agencies are declaring Stage 2, or 3 even, of their water shortage plans. Californians can expect more extreme weather events including long dry periods, heat waves, low precipitation followed by more severe storms, flooding and storm surge. It is time to Build Water Resiliency Now. Since 2007, the BIASC Southern California Water Conference has provided a forum for water agencies, government officials, and the building industry to come together and share best practices and discuss ideas to meet the challenges of serving the growing demand for water while protecting our natural resources. On August 12, 2022, experts will participate in our Southern California Water Conference to discuss a variety of timely topics including “Building for Continued Drought; How Low Can You Go? Water Use Standards; and Every Drop Counts – All Water Starts as Stormwater”. We will also feature Graham Bradner from the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority to provide insights on “Building Resilience in the Delta” and a keynote address on “Planning for Resiliency” by Adel Hagekhalil, General Manager of the Metropolitan Water District. For more information about the Southern California Water Conference visit biabuild.com/water-conference.
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Southern California Water Conference Friday, August 12, 2022 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Platinum $10,000
Company logo in all pre/post event materials Listed in social media posts pre-event Full page color ad front inside cover placement Recognition during the event Twenty registrations for event Exhibit booth
Gold $7,500
Company logo in all pre/post event materials Listed in social media posts pre-event Half page ad in program Recognition during the event Ten registrations for event Exhibit booth
Lunch Sponsor $6,500 (1 available) Recognition during the event Ten registrations for event Listed in promotional materials Company logo on napkins Company logo on desert
Silver $5,000
Company logo in all pre/post event materials Recognition during the event Six registrations for event Exhibit booth
Bronze $2,500
Company logo in all pre/post event materials Recognition during the event Exhibit booth Four registrations for event
Networking Breakfast Sponsor $1,500 Sign at refreshments identifying your company as the sponsor Opportunity to address audience from podium Company logo on napkins Two (2) event tickets
Exhibitor $499
Listed in all pre/post event materials Exclusive sponsorship of one panel Exhibit booth Two event registrations
Lanyard Sponsor $250* (1 available) Recognition from podium during the event *Sponsor to provide lanyards or cover the cost to produce
Registration Sponsor $250
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BIA LA/V Chapter Economic Forecast & Housing Strategy Summit Recap
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Over 200 private and public sector leaders from throughout Southern California gathered together to further the discussion on how to get California building homes again at the 2022 Economic Forecast & Housing Strategy Summit held on April 27, 2022 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. Hosted by the Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC) and its Los Angeles/Ventura Chapter (BIA LA/V), with the Southern California Leadership Council serving as co-host, the Summit included an audience of prominent elected officials, community leaders, homebuilders, landowners, and business owners.
Attendees heard from a distinguished lineup of speakers, including former California Governor Pete Wilson. In a recorded message, former Governor Wilson addressed the need to reduce the regulatory burdens homebuilders face to reverse the state’s declining homeownership rates. “Ten years ago, 50% of Californians could afford a median-priced home, but now it’s less than half that, and each time the home affordability statistic drops another point, another swath of our population loses its hold on the American dream of homeownership,” said Wilson. “That is a tragedy because it also means that all the economic and social benefits that come with homeownership have been lost for them.” Wilson also discussed how declining home affordability can be reversed by removing regulatory and litigation roadblocks and by identifying new financing vehicles to replace redevelopment agencies. “The solution to the housing crisis can be summarized in two words: more production. It won’t be easy, but I sense that the tide is starting to turn, that the pendulum is starting to swing back in our direction,” added Wilson.
Moderating the event was Bill McReynolds, BIA LA/V President, and Vice President of Land Acquisitions at Warmington Residential. “I was delighted to attend the Building Industry Association of Southern California’s Economic Forecast to discuss California’s building successes, deficits, and predictions for the future,” commented McReynolds. “California’s housing strategies are ever-changing. We have so many talented individuals behind the curtain who contribute to BIASC was also honored to have Former Governor Gray Davis the growth of this state, and 2022 is when we need to pull back attend and speak in person. Davis told the audience that the the curtain on overbearing regulations to set our path straight.” housing crisis is causing California to lose its middle class,
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Upcoming BIASC & CHAPTER EVENTS which he called “the glue that holds society together.” He called on Governor Newsom to declare a housing emergency and use at least $10 billion of the state budget surplus on programs to create more housing. He also criticized the overregulation of housing, citing a proposed stormwater control regulation as an example because it would make it impossible for homebuilders in the region to build during the six-month rainy season. “If builders can build year-round in states where they get as much rain in a day or two as we get in a year, regulators shouldn’t be trying to stop us from building yearround here!” Guests also heard from Los Angeles County Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger, and Christopher Thornberg, founder of Beacon Economics, who provided insight into the building economic forecast for 2022 and beyond. Thornberg told the audience, “Heated inflation will carry interest rates with it, so the decades of low interest rates are behind us, but high interest rates don’t kill housing. Housing sales are being driven by equity – there’s $26 trillion dollars of equity in the U.S. housing market, triple what it was a decade ago – so we are in a cash-driven market and that cash is going to continue to be spent on homes, no matter what interest rates do.”
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The evening also included a special Land and Development panel, which featured a robust discussion among housing leaders, including:
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Greg Bielli, President and CEO, Tejon Ranch Mike Balsamo, Senior Vice President, Governmental Relations, Rancho Mission Viejo Randall Lewis, Senior EVP of Marketing, Lewis Group of Companies Nicole Murray, Division President, Shea Homes Greg McWilliams, Chief Policy Officer, and VP, Fivepoint
Panel members discussed the need for greater predictability from local and state government for land purchasing and home building to be successful. In addition, regulatory agencies need to stop promulgating more rules and hurdles, and there must be a move away from the massive economic transformation forcing gentrification. The panel agreed that all hands on deck are needed in order to get neighborhoods and quality of life back on track. “Our Economic Forecast & Housing Strategy Summit provides invaluable information for our members and elected officials to better engage on housing solutions,” said BIASC CEO Jeff Montejano. “The growing large number of attendees for these leadership summit’s are outstanding and a clear indication about the growing need for better regional housing policies.”
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Thank you to everyone who joined our BIASC Coachella Valley Chapter Energy Summit: Energy Solutions for the Coachella Valley on June 16, 2022 at the Miramonte Indian Wells Resort & Spa in Indian Wells. This Summit, co-hosted by the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce, featured guest speaker Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and additional guest speakers for the scheduled program included: •
Timothy Alan Simon, Esq. Commissioner Emeritus, California Public Utilities Commission
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Norman Brown, Vice President of Sales, Pulte Homes/Del Webb (PulteGroup)
Our BIASC New Member Reception and Social Networking Event also featured BIASC leadership including CEO Jeff Montejano, COO Craig Foster, BIA Coachella Valley Senior Vice President Brian Nestande, Baldy View Chapter President Tim Roberts, Riverside Chapter President Mike Freeman and BIASC Governing Board Member Greg McWilliams.
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WEBSITE LAUNCH Stay tuned for more BIA Coachella Valley Chapter news & events by visiting our NEW BIA Coachella Valley website at https://www.biacoachella.org/
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2022 BIASC & CHAPTER EVENTS REGISTER & SPONSOR AT BIASC.ORG/EVENTS
JULY BIAOC NEXTGEN & BIASC COUNCIL ON SAGE JOINT HAPPY HOUR HANGAR 24 JULY 20, 2022
BIA BALDY VIEW CHAPTER TOP GOLF TOP GOLF - ONTARIO JULY 21, 2022
BIA BALDY VIEW CHAPTER ADVANCED MECHANICS LIEN VIRTUAL SEMINAR VIRTUAL EVENT JULY 22, 2022
CSBC BREAKFAST GREEN RIVER GOLF CLUB JULY 27, 2022
BIA LOS ANGELES/VENTURA CHAPTER TOP GOLF TOP GOLF - EL SEGUNDO
JULY 27, 2022
BIAOC NEXTGEN CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT BILL BARBER MEMORIAL PARK JULY 28, 2022
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N I K G R EVENT O W T E N This state-of-the-art sports entertainment complex offers great fun, delicious food and superb drinks. Select your game and swing away! Feel free to bring your own clubs or use the complimentary clubs provided.
THURSDAY
JULY 21 1:45 PM - REGISTRATION OPENS 2:30 PM - TOURNAMENT PLAY & NETWORKING 5:00 PM - EVENT CONCLUDES Southern California
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AUGUST BIA RIVERSIDE CHAPTER TASTE OF TEMECULA WILSON CREEK WINERY AUGUST 4, 2022
BIASC GREATER SALES & MARKETING COUNCIL (GSMC) EVENT BREWERY X AUGUST 10, 2022
BIASC & BIA LA/V CHAPTER TOURNAMENT OF ROSES KICK OFF CELEBRATION TOURNAMENT OF ROSES HOUSE AUGUST 11, 2022
BIASC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER CONFERENCE ONTARIO DOUBLETREE HOTEL AUGUST 12, 2022
BIA LOS ANGELES/VENTURA CHAPTER DODGERS GAME NIGHT DODGERS STADIUM AUGUST 24, 2022
BIA ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER ANGELS GAME NIGHT ANGELS STADIUM AUGUST 31, 2022
BIA ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER CRAFTS & CARS LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
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BIA BALDY VIEW & BIA RIVERSIDE
JOINT CHAPTER BBQ AND Emerging Leaders Cornhole Tournament
GREAT PRIZES FOR THE 1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD PLACE TEAMS!
Wednesday, September 7 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM REGISTRATION, NETWORKING, AND BBQ
PRICING
CITRUS PARK BIASC Member: $73 9400 DUFFERIN AVE. Emerging Leader: $50 RIVERSIDE, CA 92503 Non-Member: $95 Cornhole Team of 2: $20
SPONSORSHIPS
BBQ Pit Master Sponsor (1) $1,000 6 Attendee Tickets Logo on event page, marketing and event signage
Baby Back Sponsor $750 4 Attendee Tickets Logo on event page, marketing and event signage
Low & Slow Cook Sponsor $450 2 Attendee Tickets Logo on event page, marketing and event signage
Join us for great networking and good food!
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SEPTEMBER CONT. BIA BALDY VIEW CHAPTER & BIA RIVERSIDE JOINT CHAPTER BBQ CITRUS PARK SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
BIA ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER ANNUAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
IRVINE GREAT PARK SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
BIS KICK OFF PARTY FEATURING SAMMY HAGAR AND THE CIRCLE HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
2022 BUILDING INDUSTRY SHOW ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER SEPTEMBER 14-15, 2022
BIASC COUNCIL ON SAGE BREAKFAST ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
CSBC BREAKFAST GREEN RIVER GOLF CLUB SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
OCTOBER SOCAL MAME AWARDS WESTIN ANAHEIM OCTOBER 1, 2022
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Top Golf Networking Event Wednesday, July 27, 2022
400 S Pacific Coast Highway El Segundo, CA
This state-of-the-art sports entertainment complex offers great fun, delicious food and superb drinks. Select your game and swing away! Feel free to bring your own clubs or use the complimentary clubs provided. 1:45 PM - Registration Opens 2:15 PM - Tournament Play 4:00 PM - Awards & Networking
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OCTOBER CONT. BIA COACHELLA VALLEY CHAPTER EVENT TO BE ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 3, 2022
BIA BALDY VIEW CHAPTER MECHANICS LIEN VIRTUAL SEMINAR
VIRTUAL EVENT OCTOBER 7, 2022
BIA ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER BITA WINE EVENT SUB-ZERO, WOLF, AND COVE SHOWROOM OCTOBER 13, 2022
BIASC COUNCIL ON SAGE ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER ANDREI'S RESTAURANT OCTOBER 20, 2022
BIA LOS ANGELES/VENTURA CHAPTER ANNUAL TRAP & SKEET SHOOT OAK TREE GUN CLUB OCTOBER 24, 2022 BIASC & BIA LOS ANGELES/VENTURA CHAPTER EVENING WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & INSTALLATION GALA BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL OCTOBER 26, 2022
NOVEMBER BIA LOS ANGELES/VENTURA CHAPTER CHILI COOK OFF WILLIAMS RANCH NOVEMBER 2, 2022
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BASEBALL NIGHT Nothing says summer like watching a baseball game on a warm evening with an ice-cold drink in your
hand. The only thing missing is you! So grab your Dodger Dog and join us to watch the LA Dodgers take
on the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, August 24th.
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Dodgers Stadium
Pre-Game Networking: 4:00 PM
1000 Vin Scully Ave.
Game Start: 6:00 PM
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Network with us at the pre-game happy hour and ballpark dinner and then head to your seat and enjoy
the game! Tickets sell out fast for this event so make sure to get your tickets now.
TICKET PRICING
Member Game Ticket w/ Pre-Game Networking at Loge Terrace: $135
Member Game Ticket ONLY: $44
Member Group of 10 Tickets w/ Pre-Game Networking at Loge Terrace: $1350
Non-Member Game Ticket w/ Pre-Game Networking at Loge Terrace: $165
Non-Member Game Ticket ONLY: $74
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NOVEMBER CONT. BIA ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER INSTALLATION GALA VEA NEWPORT BEACH, A MARRIOTT RESORT & SPA NOVEMBER 4, 2022
BIASC GSMC WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST TO BE ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 9, 2022
BIA RIVERSIDE CHAPTER INSTALLATION GALA MISSION INN NOVEMBER 18, 2022
GAME ON, LA - BRUINS V TROJANS EXCLUSIVE BIASC COLLEGE GAME ROSE BOWL NOVEMBER 19, 2022
DECEMBER BIA BALDY VIEW CHAPTER INSTALLATION GALA VICTORIA GARDENS CULTURAL CENTER DECEMBER 9, 2022
BIASC ROSE PARADE FLOAT DECORATING PASADENA
DECEMBER 2022
TENTATIVE CALENDAR - DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. EMAIL ASANTOS@BIASC.ORG TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY EVENTS EMAIL UPDATE. QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT BIASC VICE PRESIDENT OF EVENTS LAURA BARBER AT LBARBER@BIASC.ORG
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"LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO DRINK BAD WINE." -ANONYMOUS
RIVERSIDE COUNTY CHAPTER
TASTE TASTE OF OF TEMECULA TEMECULA PRESENTED BY
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W W II L LS SO ON N C CR RE EE EK K W W II N NE ER RY Y
35960 RANCHO CALIFORNIA RD, TEMECULA, CA 92591
Join us in your best Hawaiian attire for the Annual Riverside Chapter Wine Event at Wilson Creek Winery. Come enjoy some wine and networking in beautiful Temecula Wine Country. TICKETS STARTING AT $99 Southern California
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NIGHT Angels vs Yankees Wednesday, August 31, 2022 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Whether you are an Angels fan or a Yankees fan, bring the whole company and family to our BIA/OC Baseball Night at Angel Stadium! Network with your fellow BIA members, enjoy delicious tacos during our "Taco Tailgate" party in the parking lot before the game and then have a blast cheering your team in what we can only assume will be an epic game! Get your tickets now because this event sells out every year!
Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Tailgate under the "A") 2000 E Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, CA 92806
EVENT TIMELINE
TICKET PRICING
5pm - Check-In, Taco Tailgate & Networking Under the "Big A" 6:38pm - Start of the Game
Game Ticket with Taco Tailgate - $68 10 Game Tickets with Taco Tailgate - $670 Taco Tailgate ONLY - $25 (No Game Ticket Included)
SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE
Register now at biaoc.com/events or biasc.org/events For questions & sponsorship opportunities please contact BIASC Vice President of Events Laura Barber at lbarber@biasc.org.
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IRVINE GREAT PARK 8000 GREAT PARK BLVD. | IRVINE, CA 92618 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM SOFTBALL TEAM - A MINIMUM OF 10 PLAYERS (4 MUST BE FEMALE) $1,600.00
ALL STAR SPONSOR (MULTIPLE AVAILABLE) INCLUDES 2 FOOD BRACELETS $150.00
TOURNAMENT SPONSOR (1 AVAILABLE) INCLUDES: 20 FOOD BRACELETS $2,950.00
INDIVIDUAL ATTENDEE TICKET W/LUNCH $20.00
FOOD SPONSOR (1 AVAILABLE) COMPANY LOGO ON FOOD BRACELETS INCLUDES 10 FOOD BRACELETS $1,750.00 FIELD SPONSOR (3 AVAILABLE) INCLUDES 5 FOOD BRACELETS $750.00
10 ATTENDEE TICKETS W/LUNCH $180.00 NOT PLAYING? JOIN US FOR THE DAY! WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL COME OUT TO WATCH A FEW GAMES, EAT LUNCH, AND CHEER ON YOUR FAVORITE TEAM!
REGISTER NOW AT BIAOC.COM/EVENTS OR BIASC.ORG/EVENTS FOR QUESTIONS & SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES PLEASE CONTACT BIASC VICE PRESIDENT OF Southern California BUILDER | April 2022 EVENTS LAURA BARBER AT LBARBER@BIASC.ORG.
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Bigger. Bolder. Louder. You Won’t Want to Miss. Building Industry Show 2022 September 14-15, 2022 Anaheim Convention Center As one of the best-known building trade shows in Southern California, the Building Industry Show (BIS) draws the most prominent homebuilders, developers, and industry professionals from throughout Southern California to attend. Each year, BIS remains a prominent viable source for the introduction of key industry connections and new leads for business growth. This year, BIS attendees will see new product innovations on the show floor, network with rising industry contacts, attend our Meet the Builder event, and hear rock and roll legend Sammy Hanger perform live with The Circle at our exclusive BIS Kick Off Party at the House of Blues Anaheim. Exhibit, Sponsor and Register today at buildingindustryshow.com.
What’s New in 2022?
Our new show location in Anaheim is growing excitement in both our Exhibit Hall and in attendee interest! With BIS 2022 taking place in Orange County at the Anaheim Convention Center, we are easily accessible to members from all four BIA Chapters in Baldy View (San Bernardino) Los Angeles/Ventura, Orange County, and Riverside County. The new exhibit hall in the ACC North Building is conveniently located and walking distance from our Host Hotel, the Anaheim Marriott, and dining and entertainment in Downtown Disney, the Anaheim GardenWalk and more.
Kick off the Show at our House of Blues Anaheim Private Event – September 14th!
Prepare for an out-of-this-world BIS Kickoff Party planned for the night before the show starts at the House of Blues Anaheim featuring none other than legend Sammy Hagar and The Circle! Exclusive VIP access to the Foundation Room and Table Seating is now available at the famous House of Blues. Get up front and center with colleagues to hear one of the most legendary rock bands of all time live. This will be an unforgettable evening you won’t want to miss! Limited tickets available. Purchase sponsorships and tickets at buildingindustryshow.com.
Meet the Builder, Networking and Innovation on the Show Floor! – September 15th!
According to show attendees, in-person connections are the top #1 reason for attending BIS. In addition to providing the finest exhibitors featuring top notch innovations and products on the show floor, BIS will also feature our popular Meet the Builder event. Attendees will have the invaluable opportunity of meeting one-on-one with top Southern California Builders. Don’t pass up the opportunity to network with our growing list of industry exhibitors and attendees on our show floor. 20% of this year’s show exhibitors are NEW to BIS – and our exhibit hall is already 80% SOLD OUT. Hurry to reserve your booth today at buildingindustryshow.com. Click here to see Who’s Exhibiting!
Stay tuned for Registration Opening June 5th! Stay Tuned for More Exciting Building Industry Show 2022 News and Announcements! View the Building Industry Show Schedule of Events, Sponsorship Opportunities, Floorplan, and more show opportunities at www.buildingindustryshow.com. For Building Industry Show questions and inquiries, please contact BIS Sales Manager Lisa Lundrigan at llundrigan@biasc.org
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It’s the battle for LA, and you’re invited to join the first ever exclusive BIASC College Game Day Event. BIASC announces Game On, LA, a day to revel with your rivals from across town. Both UCLA and USC alumni and fans can celebrate on Saturday, November 19, 2022, when the Bruins battle the Trojans at the Rose Bowl. This game will be USC Trojans’ Head Football Coach Lincoln Riley’s debut in this 93-year-old rivalry…but will UCLA Bruins’ Head Football Coach Chip Kelly spoil the occasion with a back-to-back win against the Men of Troy?
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Reward teamwork and build camaraderie with your industry peers at a private, tented three-hour pregame event fully catered with a premium bar. Meet UCLA spirit squad members, mascots Joe and Josephine Bruin, and football legends from both great teams before heading to your seats at one of the most iconic American outdoor athletic stadiums, the Rose Bowl, to witness firsthand the crosstown rivalry. Sponsorship and game packages range from $399 to $7,000 and include a selection of private pregame tickets, group game tickets, parking passes, and marketing opportunities. Plus -there’s more! Select sponsor levels also feature exclusive access to the legendary Tournament of Roses Parade and football game on January 2, 2023, preceded by a summer event at the historic Tournament House in Pasadena. Who has bragging rights? USC leads the series 49–33–7, although UCLA holds the longest winning streak in the series with eight straight victories from 1991 to 1998. Who will emerge as this year’s stars on the field, joining Bruin greats Jackie Robinson, Troy Aikman, Kenny Easley, Gary Beban, and many others, plus Trojan legends Charles White, Marcus Allen, Lynn Swann, Reggie Bush, and countless others? Join us for this unforgettable event to find out! Are you game? Visit biasc.org/gameonla/ for additional information and to register. Game time will be announced in November. For questions and inquiries, please contact Laura Barber at lbarber@biasc.org.
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GAME ON, LA vs Saturday, November 19, 2022 Rose Bowl in Pasadena First Round Sponsor [Limit 2] - $7,000 UCLA v USC Rivalry Game 8 Private Pre-Party Tickets 8 Game Tickets 2 VIP Parking Passes 134th Tournament of Roses Parade + 109th Rose Bowl Game – January 2, 2023 12 Invitations to exclusive summer event at Tournament of Roses House featuring football legends of UCLA and USC and Tournament of Roses representatives 2 VIP tickets to Tournament of Roses parade 2 VIP tickets to Tournament of Roses corporate hospitality pregame tent 2 Tickets to Rose Bowl game BIASC Magazine UCLA/USC and Tournament of Roses Editions: Alumni feature profile of individual or company Logo placement on all marketing materials, event page and pre-party video
Starting Lineup Sponsor - $5,000 UCLA v USC Rivalry Game 8 Private Pre-Party Tickets 8 Game Tickets 1 VIP Parking Pass 8 Invitations to exclusive summer event at Tournament of Roses House featuring football legends of UCLA and USC and Tournament of Roses representatives BIASC Magazine UCLA/USC Edition: Alumni feature profile of individual or company Logo placement on all marketing materials, event page and pre-party video
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GAME ON, LA vs Saturday, November 19, 2022 Rose Bowl in Pasadena Cheer Sponsor - $1,500 UCLA v USC Rivalry Game 4 Private Pre-Party Tickets 4 Game Tickets Logo placement on all marketing materials, event page and pre-party video
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Walk-On Sponsor - $2,500 UCLA v USC Rivalry Game 4 Private Pre-Party Tickets 4 Game Tickets 4 Invitations to exclusive summer event at Tournament of Roses House featuring football legends of UCLA and USC and Tournament of Roses representatives Logo placement on all marketing materials, event page and pre-party video
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House Kick Off Celebration The Building Industry Association of Southern California is exciting to host a Tournament of Roses Kick Off Celebration at the historic Tournament of Roses House in Pasadena on August 11, 2022. Join BIASC and BIA Los Angeles/Ventura Chapter leadership, President and Chairman of the Board for the 2023 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association Amy Wainscott, local elected officials and more as we unveil our float theme for the 134th Rose Parade in January 2023. This event will be the first official event celebrating our approaching 100-year anniversary as an association. For more information, please contact BIASC Vice President of Events Laura Barber at lbarber@biasc.org
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Building Industry Association of Southern California Partners with Fiesta Parade Floats for 2023 Rose Parade Float Build The Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC) announced earlier this month its participation in the 2023 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA. BIASC will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in conjunction with the parade.
The BIASC float creation will be brought to life through the hands of thousands of annual volunteers, assisting with the decorating. BIASC’s float committee will provide their own decorators to work in conjunction with Fiesta’s network of seasoned decorators. With Fiesta Parade Floats being the largest year-round staff in the industry, BIASC will have multiple full-time float supervisors, volunteers and a dedicated decorating crew to rely on.
While BIASC has not yet announced their float design concept, the theme for the 134th Rose Parade presented by Honda is “Turning the Corner.” In conjunction with their parade participation, BIASC is excited to host not-yet-announced events and celebrations surrounding their 100th Anniversary. BIASC has Upon the final float creation, the Fiesta Parade Floats crew partnered with Fiesta Parade Floats for the float’s design and will complete a “parade before the parade“ where the newly creation. constructed floats are driven to the parade staging area located in Pasadena, California. The floats will be presented individually Fiesta Parade Floats is the most celebrated and awarded float to the public and media for their first-time viewing. Fiesta builder in Rose Parade History, offering design, engineering, will lead the necessary crew and supervisors throughout this floral and custom decorating services. With over 40 years process and organize opportunities for BIASC to interact with of experience, Fiesta has overseen the construction of over fans, parade-goers and lead all company message-sharing 500 Rose Parade floats - surpassing other float builders in opportunities. animation, application and floral technology. Fiesta will provide a one-of-a-kind float backed by their decades of experience, BIASC previously sponsored floats in past Rose Parades: from engineering and construction, all the way through to the • 1999 “3 Pigs” 1998 75th Anniversary final arrangement, technology and floral presentation. • 1998 "No place like home" Ruby Slippers • 2000 Cinderella Castle and Gold Slippers "Home is your BIASC is currently in the process of creating a BIASC 100th Castle" Anniversary Rose Parade Float Committee that will work closely • 2001 Tree House "Builders Care" with Fiesta Parade Floats throughout the entire conceptual • 2002 Bird House "Builders Care" design process. The float committee will organize all sponsors and plan for the theme unveiling to take place at the Tournament “Our industry represents a multi-generational legacy of women of Roses house this summer. and men who have worked together to help build communities and much needed housing for Southern California,” said BIASC Fiesta Parade Floats is set apart by their incorporation of CEO Jeff Montejano. computerized hydraulic animation and special effects exceeding the standard for engineering in the Rose Parade “As we embark on our organization’s centennial anniversary, our and throughout the float building industry. Fiesta’s engineering participation in the most iconic parade will enable us to share includes creative special effects that coincide safely with the our history and how we’re embracing change for the future floral construction and technology. Most any idea is brought while sharing the pride and responsibility of our homebuilding to life using Fiesta’s highly regarded engineering team - from industry. Like many industries, we have persevered through concept to structure. adversity and thrived as a collective organization - it's time to celebrate.” The legacy of Fiesta Parade Floats has been long standing. Tim Estes has presided as president for over 34-years. The floral BIASC is looking for volunteers and anyone interested in joining team led by 45-year veteran Jim Hynd, Fiesta Parade Floats the float committee. Please contact BIASC Vice President of floral work has appeared on more prize-winning floats than any Events Laura Barber at lbarber@biasc.org. other designer in the history of the Rose Parade. According to Fiesta, Hynd is known for his attention to detail on each floral arrangement, as well as the use of exotic organic materials used in each float.
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CURRENT TEAM ROSTER MEET THE BIASC EXECUTIVE TEAM
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Ike Balmaseda President of SAGE 2021-2022
It’s the end of spring and June is here. While we soak up the remaining days of spring, it is time to reflect what’s been happening recently with SAGE. What you may have missed was on May 19th, the Council on SAGE hosted another informational and educational program, the “New Approaches to Senior Living” , hosted and moderated by SAGE Board Director, Douglas Pancake, M. Arch, AIA. Featured key speaker included renowned architect, professor, and author Victor Regnier, FAIA. Victor touched on everything from design of senior housing to community settings for older people, the current state of the senior market, design challenges, and trends in senior living. Key Takeaways: • Insights into the challenges and solutions to senior housing design; • What are the biggest Lifestyle PRIORITIES to Seniors; • Attendees get a glimpse to learn the world-wide movement to make cities more accessible, safer, and more supportive for older residents. If you’d like recordings of this presentation, please contact Lisa Meadows at lmeadows@biasc.org or call 949-777-3849.
Groundbreaking & on the Rise News On June 1st, Jamboree Housing and the city of Huntington Beach is breaking ground for new supportive housing for Seniors. The project location is at 18431 Beach Boulevard, Huntington Beach, CA. Stay tuned for another great project from Jamboree Housing. Grand opening event, ALTRUDY Lane Seniors, located at 18549 Altrudy Lane, Yorba Linda, CA will be held on Thursday, June 2nd built and developed by C-C Development, designed by IDEArc Architecture + Planning.
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Cadence Senior and Assisted Living - Rancho Cucamonga, CA Rancho Cucamonga Senior Living is an assisted living and memory care facility that provides 70 AL units with 74 beds and 27 MC units with 43 beds under a building area of 103,037 sf. Designed by Douglas Pancake Architects the building is two-stories and designed in a Spanish colonial revival style. The project provides assisted living and memory care units and a variety of amenities such as activity room, fitness gym, private dining, library, and 2 courtyards for both assisted living and memory care residents. The building entrance has a double height space that provides more natural light. The corridor above bridges between lobby and living room creating an interesting path for the residents to move through the space. The memory care wing has a looping path that connects all units and creates a continuous circulation taking the residents through the great room and into the courtyard. Cadence Senior Living is located at 10459 Church Street in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. For more information, please visit www.cadence-at-rancho-cucamonga.com, or call (909) 918-5546.
What’s up Ahead Stay tuned for our upcoming programs and social events! Visit biasc.org/events to view all upcoming BIASC events.
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Event Highlights Since its formation, NextGen has opened the doors for opportunities of growth and connection in the industry for all its members. The founding principles of the committee were to gather like-minded individuals to help foster relationships and professional development. NextGen recently hosted an educational seminar with a panel of some of the founding members who are now the leaders within their companies. This was a unique opportunity to hear how NextGen helped advance their careers and personal growth. This lively panel provided insight on mentorship, work-life balance, and the power of hard work. All while sharing laughs along the way.
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Getting Involved There are several ways to get involved from holding a committee position, participating in the mentorship program, or even simply showing up to events. NextGen has many exciting networking and educational events planned for the rest of the year such as Evening Buzz meetings, Government Affairs workshops, Site and Land tours, and volunteer opportunities. These events help expand our knowledge outside our disciplines and expose us to all aspects of the homebuilding industry. Aside from the educational component, the lasting relationships built as we further our careers are invaluable. NextGen is where BIAOC’s leaders of tomorrow connect and grow. Stay tuned for what’s to come!
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