By Daily Press staff
Planning and Community Director Suzanne Frick has announced the appointment of Gay Forbes as development services officer. An experienced planning administrator, Forbes will spearhead implementation of the remaining improvements to the city’s land use entitlement and building permit processes and customer service enhancements, as recommended by the Matrix Group to the Santa Monica City Council last year.
“We are extremely pleased that a professional of Gay’s caliber has joined us to work on continuing permitting process improvements for our customers and staff,” said Frick.
Forbes has spent more than 25 years of public service in planning and community development in four cities. Prior to coming to Santa Monica, she was assistant city manager in South Pasadena, where she oversaw land use and redevelopment policy and administration. She also served as economic development manager in Anaheim, community development director in West Hollywood and deputy director for neighborhood planning in Boston. With a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a JD from Boston College Law School, Forbes joined the Planning and Community Development management team on Jan. 11.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 31, 2005. Read the original PDF.