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Committee urges outreach to planning agencies after finding a loophole that allows unlicensed designs to reach planning review
Summary
Staff told the committee planning departments often do not verify licensure before approving nonexempt projects, creating a loophole that can allow unlicensed designers to obtain planning approvals; the committee recommended targeted outreach to planning organizations (California APA), city managers and county attorneys before pursuing regulation changes.
Staff presented Strategic Objective F2, asking whether regulatory or statutory clarification could require planning departments to verify licensure for projects that are not exempt from the practice of architecture. The committee heard that while building departments typically verify licensure before issuing a permit, planning departments often do not and that practice has…
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