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On Wednesday February 13th, APA Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of City Planning held a forum for members of the planning and design community to share ideas on the City’s update of their Design Guidelines. The updated Guidelines are being organized around three... Read More →

Every year, APA Los Angeles celebrates the region’s most outstanding planning work, it’s hard-won victories, best practices, and thought-leaders dedicated to the place-making profession.  The Call for Nominations for the 2019 Awards officially opened Monday, February... Read More →

The American Planning Association recently adopted a Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to improve the workplace and professional environment for diversity and promote the understanding and practices of diversity and inclusion both within and outside the planning community and... Read More →

Caltrans, in partnership with the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at  University of California, Berkeley present the: 2019 California Transportation Planning Conference (CTPC) Partnering for Sustainable Transportation: Navigating California’s Changing Landscape... Read More →

COLLOQUIUM XV The Los Angeles Centers Concept After 50:  Then, Now & Beyond Sponsored by the Los Angeles Region Planning History Group At the beautiful Huntington Library in San Marino In 1974, the Los Angeles City Council adopted the iconic Los Angeles Centers Concept as the... Read More →

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is one of California’s most significant environmental laws. The law requires state and local agencies to analyze environmental impacts of a proposed project and adopt feasible alternatives and mitigation measures to avoid or... Read More →

Programs accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) are expected to maintain a relationship with the profession and the local APA organization. As part of the accreditation process for the Urban Planning program at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, PAB is... Read More →

The American Planning Association Los Angeles is looking for posters to share at this year’s APA Los Angeles Student symposium: “Resiliency in Planning” If you would like to participate, please submit 1) the title of your work 2) poster size (ether 24″ x... Read More →

APA Los Angeles is pleased to partner with Coro Southern California to present the inaugural Coro Women in Leadership (WIL) program. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, women are 47% of the workforce but still earn only 79% of what men earn and make up fewer than 1 in 3... Read More →

Congrats to 13 of our APA Los Angeles members for passing the November 2018 AICP exam. John Dacey, Darlene Gonzalez, Rachel Lindt, Yi P Lan, Zachary Likins, Luis Escobedo, Leon Freeman, Laura Male, Christina Hon, Mike Samuelson, Connie Chung, Ricardo Soto, and Helen Jadali (AICP... Read More →