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About the APA Los Angeles Planning Awards Every year, the APA Los Angeles Planning Awards celebrate the outstanding work, best practices, and thought leaders that impact the built and natural environment in Los Angeles County. We are seeking applications that demonstrate the... Read More →

Click here for the video.  — On Thursday, January 9, the Westside Urban Forum and Los Angeles Chapter of the American Planning Association hosted a housing policy forum to collaboratively discuss how the L.A. region would accommodate SCAG’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment... Read More →

Thank you to those who provided quick and thoughtful responses to our request for comments on the revised SB 50 bill! We have passed along these recommendations to our parent chapter, APA California for consideration.  You can find APA California’s updated letter here.... Read More →

Please join us in congratulating the members of APA Los Angeles who successfully passed the November 2019 AICP Certification Exam: Manraj Bhatia Anders Bjerregaard-Andersen Aaron Galinis Michael Klein Weining Liang Lauren Marsiglia Taylor Miller Christopher Minniti, AICP... Read More →

On Thursday, January 9, APA Los Angeles and the Westside Urban Forum hosted a housing policy forum to collaboratively discuss how the L.A. region would accommodate SCAG’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) targets of 1.4 million housing units. The event featured a... Read More →

SB 50, authored by Senator Wiener, has been amended. After a quick review, APA Los Angeles appreciates the amendment’s provision for “local flexibility plans” to meet the goals of SB 50. Since SB 50 is a two-year bill and it must be passed out of the senate by... Read More →

Join the Westwood Village Improvement Association on Saturday, February 22nd for a historic guided tour and bar crawl through Westwood Village.  We’ve invited Los Angeles Conservancy to lead this walking tour of Westwood Village’s iconic history and architecture. Tour-goer’s will... Read More →

UCSD Extension CEQA Practice Certificate – Winter Quarter Classes!  California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA Online: 1/27/2020 – 03/07/2020 In-Class: 1/13/2020 – 03/04/2020 Advanced CEQA Online: 1/13/2020 – 03/14/2020 Writing Effective CEQA Documents Online: 1/27/2020 –... Read More →

Join APA Los Angeles and the Westside Urban Forum on January 9 at 6:30 pm to discuss how the LA Region will accommodate state-required housing units Ever since his election, Gov. Gavin Newsom has insisted that the state needs to build 3.5 million new units of housing, market-rate... Read More →

The City of Los Angeles launched the L.A. Lights the Way streetlight design competition. The goal of the design competition is to select a new standard Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL) design that connects with the rich design tradition of the Los Angeles streetlight while also... Read More →