Mr. Larry Mintier
is Managing Principal of Mintier Harnish (formerly Mintier & Associates),
a planning consulting firm based in Sacramento
that specializes in development, land use and environmental issues. The
firm's clients include public agencies, development companies and law firms.
As managing principal of Mintier & Associates, Larry has worked for
over 80 public agencies and over 50 private clients and law firms. Larry
has supervised his firm’s work in preparing more than 40 general plans, specific plans, and master plans; over
40 housing elements; a half dozen zoning and subdivision ordinances;
and numerous other special studies and projects.
He is a frequent
lecturer and panelist on State law and local planning matters and teaches
regularly for various University of California Extension programs.
He has also been a consultant and expert witness in land use litigation.
Prior to establishing
Mintier & Associates in 1985, Larry worked for the Governor's Office
of Planning and Research, specializing in planning, land use, and environmental
issues. There, he directed the preparation of California's 1980 General Plan Guidelines and 1982
revisions. Larry also directed other major projects including the 1981 Symposium
on California Planning Law, annual surveys of local planning programs, and
guidelines for local implementation of the California Coastal Act. His
international experience includes consulting positions with the International
Labor Organization and the United Nations Research Institute for Social
Development in Geneva, Switzerland.
Larry holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from UCLA and Masters degrees
in both public administration and city planning from the University
of California, Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners
and Board member of the California Planning Foundation. He also holds memberships
in the California Planning Roundtable (emeritus), the ULI
and the APA.
Larry Mintier
can be reached at:
Mintier Harnish
1415 20th St.
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 446-0522
(916) 446-7520
e-mail: mintier@mintierharnish.com
