Economic Development Forum: Development in Oakland - Past, Present, Future.

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.

Presenter:
Claudia Cappio
Director, State Department of Housing and Community Development