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CHRISTINe silva

christinelamorena@gmail.com • (707) 246-3923 • linkedin.com/in/christinelsilva

EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

• Developed staff reports, motions and letters
• Facilitated meetings with applicants, property owners and neighborhood groups
• Collaborated as subject matter expert on core team to develop and implement new permit and project tracking system (SaaS-
based solution)
• Served as Department’s Condominium and Subdivision Specialist
• Managed, trained and coordinated team of 15 planners and planner technicians that review condominium and subdivision
applications
• Assisted public in person and over the telephone at the Department’s public counter

PLANNER - Current Planning & Code enforcement
San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco, CA
July 2007 - OCTOBER 2013
• Reviewed moderate land use and development projects for compliance with the Planning Code, General Plan, Design
Guidelines, California Environmental Quality Act and other relevant urban design policies
• Analyzed and developed Department position on a variety of land use applications including conditional use, variance,
discretionary review, condominium conversions, lot subdivisions and miscellaneous permits referred from various city agencies
• Represented Department at public hearings before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors
• Developed staff reports, motions and letters
• Assisted public in person and over the telephone at the Department’s public counter
• Conducted site visits
• Performed all aspects of the enforcement process for existing general advertising signage, including historical research for
compliance with the Planning Code and applicable building codes, data analysis, letter and report writing, issuing Notices of
Violation and related correspondence, processing building permit applications related to abating cases, inventory maintenance
and general problem-solving
• Conducted all field inspections and Notice of Violation postings
• Coordinated with sign companies, property owners, city officials, community groups and various stakeholders regarding code
enforcement issues
• Received and processed all general advertising sign complaints
• Created and maintained all public forms and correspondence material

ARCHITECTURAL Associate
PSM Architects, Inc., Emeryville, CA
June 2005 – July 2007
• Developed preliminary design documents and contract documents including schematics, design development and construction
drawings
• Prepared applications and fees for city and county plan check submittals and resubmittals
• Researched and organized code requirements for new construction, renovation and tenant improvement projects
• Coordinated architectural and consultant drawings during construction document phase of projects
• Visited sites for field measurements, information-gathering and project coordination