Lafayette City Manager Steve Falk, Mayor Mike Anderson and Planning and Building Director Niroop Srivatsa receive the “Great Places in California” award from offi cials of the California chapter of the American Planning Association at the APA Annual Awards Gala on June 2 in Oakland. The award is given annually to only three locations in the state that exemplify character, quality and excellent planning. The APA says “It must be a place where people want to be!”