Land Use Planning Consultant!
"I Love Oceanside"
Elizabeth J. "Betty" Graff
Land Use Planning Consultant
After I retired as a senior planner with the City of Oceanside Planning Department, people started calling for help with their land use projects. Wanting to keep busy and not waste years of knowledge, I began answering questions and helping folks figure out how to have the best strategies for success.
I mostly work on smaller projects, sometimes coordinating with local engineers, architects and landscape architects as needed. I also partner with other professionals and individuals to assist with City interface and interpretation and research of regulations.
My special advantage is that I know how things work and how to penetrate the ordinances, processes and procedures involved in the land use approval process.
I work mostly in Oceanside, but I have assisted with research in other cities and counties.
I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration and a Master’s Degree in City Planning, both from San Diego State University.
I have been involved in Oceanside for more than 34 years, having started in 1977 as an intern for the Redevelopment Agency.
I also worked in Planning, Community Development Administration and the City Manager’s Office.
In the late 70’s and early 80’s I worked for San Diego County and the City of Hemet.
As a young woman I received enough units to graduate from Cal State Northridge (then San Fernando Valley State) in journalism. At the same time, I worked in the Los Angeles area as a writer and editor during the 60’s at the Burbank “Daily Review.”
I have a daughter and three nearly grown-up grandchildren. I love dogs and live with Nikko, who was rescued from the North County Humane Society.
