Internships
CURRENT OPENINGS
City of San Fernando Planning Intern
Planning Intern Job DescriptionAmerican Planning Association
City of West Hollywood
Planning Job Description
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/weho/default.cfm
NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION
Private:
Lilley Planning Group
Jennifer Lilley, AICP
440 South Brea Blvd, Suite E
Brea, CA 92821
714.672.9906
Hollee King Brunsky, AICP
7770 Telegraph Rd. Suite E, PMB122
Ventura, CA 93004
805/660-3318 800/660-8106 toll-free fax
http://www.lilleyplanning.com/careers.html
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Government:
City of West Hollywood
Human Resources
(323) 848-6860
Historic Preservation
(323) 848-6475
300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069
http://www.weho.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/nav/navid/335/
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/weho/default.cfmCity of Pasadena
Jeff Cronin (Principal Planner) (626) 744-3757
jcronin@cityofpasadena.net
24 Hour Job line: (626) 744-4600
http://www.cityofpasadena.net/planning/deptorg/dhp/homedhp.asp
LAND USE PLANNING
Most planners are involved in this, the most traditional kind of planning practice. At the same time, there are many different kinds of land use planning jobs. Some land use planners develop ways to encourage growth or development in certain communities or along appropriate corridors while others work to discourage growth in environmentally sensitive areas or where supporting services cannot be effectively provided. Some land use planners work on long-range comprehensive plans which are designed to coordinate all the important activities in which a community engages–housing, recreation, transportation, water and air quality, and so forth. Some land use planners help develop or administer local regulations which establish the kind of housing, industrial, and retail facilities which can be built in the city. Others develop ways to finance public services while still other land use planners evaluate the impact of proposed residential or commercial development and suggest ways for communities to respond. Many land use planners coordinate their activities with other kinds of planners in order to protect open space and agricultural land in the face of increasing demands for new homes and businesses.
Non Profit:
Habitat for Humanity
5950 Canoga Ave Ste. 200
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Phone: (818) 884-8808
Fax: (818) 884-8838
hfhsfscv@yahoo.com
http://www.habitat.org/hr/default.aspxPrivate:
Psomas
Los Angeles (Corporate Headquarters)
11444 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 750
Los Angeles, CA 90064
310.954.3700
fax 310.954.3777
http://www.psomas.com/main.cfm?thesection=careers&thepage=07Intern Program.htmlURS Corp
915 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3437
United States
Phone: 213.996.2200
Fax: 213.996.2290
https://www.urs.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm
(type “intern” in the keyword search space)
http://www.urscorp.com/Careers/internships.phpCivic Solutions, Inc.
Jennifer Lilley, AICP
1235 N. Harbor Boulevard Suite 101
Fullerton, CA 92832
714/446-9965 714/680-0625 faxHollee King Brunsky, AICP
7770 Telegraph Rd. Suite E, PMB122
Ventura, CA 93004
805/660-3318 800/660-8106 toll-free fax
http://www.civicsolutions.com/Pages/Career.htmlGovernment:
City of Pasadena
Telephone hours 8:00a -4:30p
175 Garfield Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91109
(626) 744-4009
24 Hour Job line: (626) 744-4600
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/planning/default.aspCommunity Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA)
Human Resources
354 South Spring Street, Ste 300
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1258
(213) 977-1864
hr@cra.lacity.org
http://www.crala.org/internet-site/index.cfmCity of San Fernando
Planning: 818-898-1227
Job Hotline: (818) 898-1200
http://www.ci.san-fernando.ca.us/city_government/departments/personnel/divisions/job_opp.shtmlCity of Santa Clarita (Public Works)
Human Resources,
23920 Valencia Blvd., Ste. 130,
Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
Phone: 661-284-1418/Fax: 661-284-1424
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/weho/default.cfmCity of West Hollywood
Human Resources
(323) 848-6860
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/weho/default.cfmCity of Agoura Hills
Mike Kamino
City of Agoura Hills
Department of Planning and Community Development
30101 Agoura Court
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
(310) 597-7321
http://www.ci.agoura-hills.ca.us/plan.aboutus.htmCity of Culver City
Personal Department
Kesstan Blandin
9770 Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 253-5640City of Calabasas
Krystin Rice
26135 Mureau Road
Calabasas, CA 91302
Tel. (818)878-4225 • Fax (818)878-4215
http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/departments/community-development.htmlCity of La Canada Flintridge
Administration Dpt
1327 Foothill Blvd.
La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011
(818) 790-8881 phone (818) 790-8895 fax
http://www.lacanadaflintridge.com/
Note: Interns cannot complete more than 1000 hrsGlendale Planning Dpt.
633 East Broadway, Room 103
Glendale, CA 91206
(818) 548-2140
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/planning/default.aspENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
Environmental planners work to enhance the physical environment and minimize
the adverse impacts of development. Some environmental planners focus on
scientific and technical questions while others develop policies and programs to
encourage the public to protect natural resources. Some planners develop expertise
in one aspect of resource management while others attempt to identify the
environmental implications of a range of government polices or proposed land use
changes. Some environmental planners focus on cleaning up polluted areas or
resources while others focus on preventing contamination and the destruction of
ecosystems. Many environmental planners work to integrate a concern about
pollution and the conservation of non-renewable resources into the plans
developed in other substantive areas like transportation or economic development.Non Profit:
Sierra Club
Jennifer Robinson
(213) 387-4287 ext. 204
Jennifer.Robinson@sierraclub.org
www.angeles.sierraclub.orgTree People
Tree People
12601 Mulholland Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(818) 753-4600
(818) 753-4635 Fax
Notes: non-paid, 1 intern per season,Get application from career center.Private:
Lilley Planning Group
Jennifer Lilley, AICP
440 South Brea Blvd, Suite E
Brea, CA 92821
714.672.9906Hollee King Brunsky, AICP
7770 Telegraph Rd. Suite E, PMB122
Ventura, CA 93004
805/660-3318 800/660-8106 toll-free fax
http://www.lilleyplanning.com/careers.htmlEnvicom Corporation
28328 Agoura Road
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
(818) 879-4711
jobs@envicomcorporation.com
http://www.envicomcorporation.com/htmlfiles/employment.htmlWest Coast Environmental and Engineering
1838 Eastman Ave., Ste 200
Ventura , CA 93003
ATTN: Human Resources
FAlvarado@wcenviro.com
(805) 644-5929
http://www.wcenviro.com/careers.shtmlGovernment:
Environmental Management Division:
Los Angeles World Airport/Van Nuys Airport
Allyson Lavalais
(310) 417-6490 ext. 1431County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors
(213) 639-6352
interns@hr.lacounty.gov
http://dhr.lacounty.info/intjobs.htmCity of Santa Clarita (Public Works)
http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/cmo/hr/jobs.aspCity of Pasadena
24 Hour Job line: (626) 744-4600City of Los Angeles Environmental Affairs Department
Tel:213-978-0888
FAX: 213-978-0893
TDD: 213-978-0899
200 N. Spring Street, Suite 2005
Los Angeles, CA 90012
eadinfo@mailbox.lacity.org
http://www.lacity.org/EAD/
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Economic development planners, in North America and internationally, work to
improve a community or region by expanding and diversifying the economic
activities which support the families which live there. Many planners do so by
helping develop plans to attract businesses which create new jobs and provide
additional tax revenues; others work to keep businesses from leaving distressed
areas. Economic development planners at the local level often work to promote the
special features of their community, sometimes by encouraging tourism or
additional recreational opportunities. Some planners develop projects which bring
housing and commercial enterprises, as well as jobs, into disadvantaged
neighborhoods. Some economic development planners help communities find
ways to finance the cost of new development while others work to overcome
regulatory and other barriers to new projects. Economic development planners
often work in conjunction with land use, housing, social and community planners
to address the needs of distressed communities or declining business districts.
Private:
Lilley Planning Group
Jennifer Lilley, AICP
440 South Brea Blvd, Suite E
Brea, CA 92821
714.672.9906Hollee King Brunsky, AICP
7770 Telegraph Rd. Suite E, PMB122
Ventura, CA 93004
805/660-3318 800/660-8106 toll-free fax
http://www.lilleyplanning.com/careers.htmlBusiness Improvement District
Main Office
Telephone: (213) 624-2146 626 Wilshire Blvd #200
Los Angeles, CA 90017
http://www.downtownla.com/global_contact_us.aspGovernment:
Community Redevelopment Agency Los Angeles (CRA)
City of West Hollywood
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/weho/default.cfmCity of Pasadena
24 Hour Job line: (626) 744-4600
PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
Government:
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Transportation planners help develop programs to meet the current transportation
needs of families and businesses, locally and across a region; they also attempt to
predict future travel patterns in order to identify the need for additional
transportation services and facilities. Some transportation planners are very
technically oriented and work with advanced computer technology; others deal
with the social and economic aspects of travel. Some focus on one mode such as
cycling or public transit while others attempt to plan for multiple modes.
Transportation planners working for local governments often respond to traffic
congestion; others develop ways to finance new facilities. Some transportation
planers help develop programs which are designed to encourage people to drive
less, or which provide home-to-work options for welfare recipients trying to find
jobs, or which organize special transportation services for the elderly. Many
transportation planners coordinate their activities with environmental, land use, and
economic development planners.
Non Profit:
Transportation Foundation Los Angeles
Internship cordinator: Mark Hamilton
(213) 744-1030
internships@tfla.us
http://www.tfla.us/jobapply.shtml
Requirements:An unofficial transcript A 500-word essay expressing what you hope to gain from the internship and minimum GPA of 3.0.
Private:
Psomas
Los Angeles (Corporate Headquarters)
11444 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 750
Los Angeles, CA 90064
310.954.3700
fax 310.954.3777
http://www.psomas.com/main.cfm?thesection=careers&thepage=07Intern Program.htmlLandrum & Brown
Los Angeles Office
9841 Airport Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-342-7400 (P) 310-342-7444 (F)
Contact - Jeff Thomas
jthomas@landrum-brown.com
http://www.landrum-brown.com/page.asp?id=44
Government:
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
City of Santa Clarita (Public Works)
City of Pasadena
24 Hour Job line: (626) 744-4600
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority
Metro Internship Program Coordinator OD&T Department
Mail Stop: 99-4-6
One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Internships@metro.net
Fax: 213.922.5259
CSUN alums: Laurel Kopanski, Karen Fleming
http://www.mta.net/jobs/internships.htm#TopOfPage
MTA
S. Bay Area Team: R. Lamm
lammr@metro.net
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.metro.net/TAC
HOUSING, SOCIAL, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Many planners practice in these overlapping areas. Housing planners help develop
strategies to increase the supply of affordable housing and expand home ownership
among low income or disadvantaged groups. These planners often try to create
incentives and remove constraints on private home builders or work with public or
non-profit organizations to build housing units for low income families or senior
citizens. Many housing planners try to encourage mixed use developments which
offer services and jobs close to where people live; others promote projects which
provide housing opportunities for people from a mixture of income levels. Planners
concerned with the social aspects of a community often combine their interest in
housing with efforts to increase the overall quality of life in poor or minority
neighborhoods. Many social and community planners work to improve multiple
aspects of a targeted neighborhood, combining many substantive planning skills
from economic development to urban design. For example, community and social
planners may work to improve transit service in disadvantaged communities or
develop job training programs for unemployed residents or provide better public
health facilities in low income neighborhoods. These planners often work with
land use and transportation planners.
Non Profit:
Shelter Partnership, Inc.
523 W. 6th Street, Suite 616
Los Angeles, CA 90014-1224
Phone: (213) 688-2188
Fax: (213) 689-3188
office@shelterpartnership.org
http://www.shelterpartnership.org/index.html
Government:
Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
Gloria Coleman:
Gloria.Coleman@lacity.org
(213) 473-5390
(213) 485-4608 (Fax)City of Pasadena
24 Hour Job line: (626) 744-4600Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA)
2 Coral Circle
Monterey Park, CA 91755
Phone: (323) 890-7001
info@lacdc.org
http://www.lacdc.org/CDCWebsite/HR/jobopenings.aspxCity of West Hollywood
City of Culver City (Redevelopment Agency)
Personal Department
Kesstan Blandin
City of Culver City
9770 Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 253-5640
http://www.culvercity.org/jobs/index.asp
http://www.culvercity.org/citygov/redevelop/redevlp.aspCity of Inglewood Parks and Rec.
Skip Halloran- Human Services
Sabrina Barnes-Recreation and culture
One Manchester Blvd.
Inglewood,CA 90301
(310) 412-8750The City of La Canada Flintridge
Administration Department
1327 Foothill Blvd
La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011
(818) 790-8880
http://www.lcf.ca.gov/
(link to attachment)City of Rosemead
8838 E. Valley Blvd
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 569-2100
www.cityofrosemead.org
http://www.cityofrosemead.org/Portals/0/Planning%20Intern-2006.pdfCity of El Monte
James Troyer
(626) 258-8626
http://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/Citygov/humanres/hrmain.html#positionsCity of Lancaster
Dave Ledbetter
Principal Planner
(661) 723-6248
dledbetter@cityoflancasterca.org
http://cityoflancasterca.org/Index.aspx?page=425City of Glendale Community Develoment
141 N. Glendale Ave. Room 202
Glendale, CA 91206
Phone - 818.548.2060
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/cdh/default.asp
URBAN DESIGN
Private:
AC Martin
444 South Flower Street
Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attn: Human Resources Manager
(213) 614-6120
resumes@acmartin.com
http://www.acmartin.com/Sapphos Environmental, Inc.
Pasadena Office:
133 Martin Alley
Pasadena, CA 91105
Telephone Number: (626) 683-3547
Facsimile: (626) 683-3548Santa Monica Office:
1351 4th Street, Suite 227
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Telephone Number: (310) 260-1520
Facsimile: (310) 260-1521
http://www.sapphosenvironmental.com/employment.htmlHogle-Ireland, Inc.
Attn: Scarlett Ball, Operations Manager
2860 Michelle Drive, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92606
sball@hogleireland.com
Fax to: (949) 553-0935
http://www.hogleireland.com/careers.html
Government:
Community Redevelopment Agency Los Angeles (CRA)
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