PCBC 2018

David Guhin
Director of Planning and Economic Development
City of Santa Rosa


Mr. Guhin has over 15 years of experience in the public sector, and is currently the Assistant City Manager and Director of Planning and Economic Development for the City of Santa Rosa. In addition to the Assistant City Manager duties, Mr. Guhin’s responsibilities include the City’s Planning, Building, Engineering and Economic Development functions. Mr. Guhin has established ongoing process improvement implementations to expedite and enhance the development process, guided the development of the City’s Housing Action Plan, lead the development of the City’s comprehensive cannabis policy and tax initiatives, oversaw the Roseland Annexation process, and is developing an aggressive downtown housing initiative to encourage multi-family housing in the downtown core to support transit oriented development and the health and economic vitality of our downtown. Mr. Guhin is also heading the rebuild effort for the City of Santa Rosa from the 2017 Tubbs Fire that destroyed approximately 3,000 homes in the City. Mr. Guhin holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and is currently in a Master’s Degree program at Sonoma State and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California.

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