Monday, April 6, 2015

Claudia Cappio Is Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's Development Czar

Claudia Cappio Is Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's Development Czar - Video





Claudia Cappio Is Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's Development Czar Claudia Cappio, who was The City of Oakland's Planning Director under then-Mayor and now Governor Jerry Brown, returns to Oakland as the Development Czar for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. She will take the lead role on the Coliseum City project. According to her State of Caliornia bio "On August 8, 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. appointed Ms. Cappio as Director of the State Department of Housing and Community Development. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Cappio also held the appointed position of Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency since 2011. Ms. Cappio previously acted as Principal at Sparticles LLC, a planning and development consulting firm and served the City of Oakland as Director of Planning, Building, Major Projects and the Oakland Base Reuse Authority during then-mayor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.'s Administration. While in this capacity, she was responsible for spearheading major public and private development, including the Oak to Ninth Project (with 3,000 housing units), the Wood Street Mixed Use Project (1,500 residential units), and the 10K Program, which approved construction of 6,000 residential units in downtown Oakland for 10,000 residents. Her experience in municipal planning and building also included many years of service to the cities of Emeryville, Albany and Corte Madera in California. Ms. Cappio received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies from Ohio Wesleyan University. She is currently a member of Lamdba Alpha Phi, the International Honor Society for the Advancement of Land Economics. She is also a Lecturer of University of California Extension planning courses and Continuing Education of the Bar, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), design review, public and private partnerships, and successful infill development." Welcome back, Claudia.

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