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Past Events

March 9, 2025	APA Los Angeles Activation at Black on the Block: BTS of Pop-Up Urbanism
December 11, 2024	APA Los Angeles Holiday Party
November 21, 2024	Racial Justice and Land Use: Where are we today? (WUF Breakfast Panel)
September 19, 2024	FHWA & Caltrans Career Fair
October 17, 2024	National Community Planning Month 2024 Speaker Session: Equity and Planning
September 24, 2024	2024 Southern California Demographic Workshop
June 23, 2024	APA Los Angeles Presents: Queer Urbanism in the City of West Hollywood
June 25, 2024	2024 APA Los Angeles Awards at the California Science Center
May 4, 2024	APA LA’s Earth Day Beach Clean Up Event
April 20, 2024	LUGARES Mobile Workshop – El Pueblo de Los Angeles and America Tropical
February 2, 2024	UCLA Extension’s 38th Annual Land Use Law & Planning Conference- Cooperating Organizations
January 11, 2024	A Conversation with Supervisor Lindsay Horvath
December 13, 2023	2023 APA Los Angeles Holiday Party
October 26, 2023	Shaping Mid-20th Century Los Angeles County: The Regional Planning Commission, Lakewood, and Local Area Formation Commission
October 21, 2023	2023 APA Los Angeles YEP Project Showcase
September 28, 2023	A Conversation With Katy Young Yaroslavsky: A New Generation Takes Over In Council District 5
September 22, 2023	17th Annual Sustainability Summit
August 19, 2023	Summer in the City – Long Beach Walk Tour
August 5, 2023	Summer in the City: Norwalk Bike Ride
May 19, 2023	21ST ANNUAL MAYORAL HOUSING TRANSPORTATION & JOBS SUMMIT
July 27, 2023	An Evening of Urbanism with Frances Anderton & Josh Stephens
July 27, 2023	Executive Directive No. 1 – “Expedition of Permits and Clearances for Temporary Shelters and Affordable Housing Types.
July 11, 2023	Public Drinking Water System & Environmental Justice Training Events
February 1, 2023	Who wants to be a Certified Planner? Tips and Resources for Tackling the AICP Exam
December 15, 2022	2022 APA Los Angeles Holiday Party
October 27, 2022	LA County Department of Regional Planning and APA Los Angeles Present: Community Planning Month 2022 Speaker Session
October 19, 2022	Technology Tools in Planning
October 19, 2022	APA Los Angeles Recruitment Event at Homebound Brew Haus!
August 3, 2022	APA CA Listening Session: Housing
June 22, 2022	Resumes & Testing & Interviews, oh my! A young planner’s yellow brick road to success
June 16, 2022	2022 APA Los Angeles Awards Gala
January 18, 2022	An Introduction and Discussion of LA’s New Zoning Code
December 17, 2021	2021 APA Los Angeles Holiday Party
November 17, 2021	Financing Affordable Housing
October 27, 2021	APA Los Angeles Board Recruitment & Mixer
October 6, 2021	Webinar – DEI in the Planner’s Workplace: Stories from the Public Sector
October 21, 2021	The Changing Landscape of Mobility
June 16, 2021	Demystifying CEQA and NEPA: Similarities & Differences – A Comparative Look
June 9, 2021	Demystifying CEQA and NEPA: Intro to NEPA
June 2, 2021	Demystifying CEQA and NEPA (Course #2)
May 19, 2021	Demystifying CEQA and NEPA: Intro to CEQA (Part 1)
April 28, 2021	Planning Equity and Resident Empowerment: The Alisal Vibrancy Plan Story
April 10, 2021	AICP Study Session
February 17, 2021	UnDesign the Redline – The Virtual Exhibit
January 21, 2021	AICP Exam Informational Webinar
December 16, 2020	When Everything Breaks: A Special December (Food & Giving) Edition
December 3, 2020	Small Businesses in Survival Mode
October 21, 2020	Briefing on Ballot Propositions related to Urban Planning in the November 2020 Election
October 13, 2020	APA Los Angeles Board Recruitment and Mixer
September 24, 2020	Plates with Planners: Perspectives in Transportation Planning
September 23, 2020	When Everything Breaks Conversations with APA Los Angeles on challenge, opportunity, and equity in uncertain times: Pandemic-Resilient Parks and Streets
August 19, 2020	When Everything Breaks Session #4: Conversations about the role and future of digital public spaces during crisis and beyond
September 8, 2020	OurCounty: Equity in Sustainability
July 19, 2020	Planning Skills Bootcamp-Graphic Design
July 8, 2020	When Everything Breaks #3: The Role of Equity in Transportation during COVID-19 Response and Recovery
June 10, 2020	When Everything Breaks: A conversation with APA Los Angeles on realism, idealism and the planning profession
May 28, 2020	AICP Info Session
May 7, 2020	COVID-19 & California’s Housing Crisis
May 20, 2020	When Everything Breaks: Conversations on challenge, opportunity and equity in uncertain times
May 26, 2020	Planner Yoga Hour
May 16, 2020	YEP PPT Party
April 1, 2020	Planners for Health: COVID19 Webinar
April 4, 2020	AICP Exam Study Session Webinar
March 28, 2020	San Gabriel Mountains Hike and Brunch POSTPONED
March 6, 2020	YEP Transit Line Bar Crawl
March 27, 2020	14th Annual LABC Sustainability Summit POSTPONED
February 19, 2020	ULI LA Proud! LGBTQ Mixer
January 23, 2020	Long Beach Counts: A Collaborative 2020 Census Panel
January 9, 2020	Policy Forum: How the L.A. Region Will Accommodate 1.4 Million Units
December 11, 2019	The US Environmental Protection Agency and the International City/County Management Association Present: Brownfields 2019 (The National Brownfields Training Conference)
March 5, 2020	Los Angeles: A City of Immigrants – New Date!
December 10, 2019	APA Los Angeles Holiday Celebration 2019
November 22, 2019	APA Los Angeles and APA Inland Empire Joint Mixer – NEW location
November 2, 2019	APA Los Angeles Presents: YEP Professional Development Workshop
November 13, 2019	Pints & Planning: What’s Going On In The South Bay & Long Beach
October 15, 2019	APA Los Angeles Open House & Board Recruitment Mixer
October 5, 2019	APA Los Angeles AICP Info Session
September 26, 2019	ELGL Presents: ELGL Road Trip: Long Beach Session
September 17, 2019	APA Latinos and Planning Division Presents: What is a Diálogo?
October 17, 2019	APA Los Angeles and the City of Santa Clarita Present: Celebrating Cities — Santa Clarita Edition
September 8, 2019	Plan for Wellness–Pilates in the Park
August 14, 2019	Southern California Planning Congress Presents: Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities: An Evening with Dr. Alvaro Huerta
July 19, 2019	Summer Friday Selfies
June 28, 2019	Planning for Public Health: Taking Action through Policy & Design
June 7, 2019	APA Los Angeles Presents: Summer Friday Selfies
June 20, 2019	APA Los Angeles 2019 Planning Awards Gala
May 23, 2019	APA Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office Present: OurCounty- LA County’s Sustainability Plan
May 7, 2019	APA Los Angeles Presents: City/County Directors’ Dialogue
April 10, 2019	TreePeople and City of Malibu Present: Building Fire Resilient Homes and Communities- Innovations and Lessons from Australia
April 5, 2019	Los Angeles Business Council Presents: 13th Annual LABC Sustainability Summit
March 30, 2019	APA Los Angeles Presents: Bikeable MyFigueroa
April 27, 2019	AICP Study Session
February 22, 2019	Ticco Presents: Place Shapers
February 13, 2019	APA Los Angeles and City of Los Angeles Urban Design Studio Present: Los Angeles Design Guideline Discussion
February 12, 2019	APA Los Angeles Young Planners Group Presents: Plates with Planners
March 1, 2019	Urban Sustainability Accelerator Presents: Shifting Transportation Performance Metrics – From Maintaining LOS to Reducing VMT – a professional education program
February 22, 2019	Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leaderships Presents: Professional Certificate in Advanced Public Engagement for Local Government
February 9, 2019	APA Los Angeles Student Symposium: Resiliency in Planning
January 18, 2019	UCLA Extension Presents: 33rd Annual UCLA Extension Land Use Law and Planning Conference
December 12, 2018	2018 APA Los Angeles Holiday Party
November 8, 2018	ULI LA Presents: Transit Oriented LA 2018
November 29, 2018	APA Los Angeles, Treepeople, YPE, and LARC Present: Resilient Los Angeles, Scaling Up Strategies to Prepare for Climate Change
December 6, 2018	Caltrans and UC Davis Presents: Caltrans Environmental Compliance-Categorical Exemptions and Categorical Exclusions
October 24, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: Book Club — The Color of Law
October 13, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: AICP Exam – Fall Q&A Session
October 4, 2018	APA Los Angeles Board Recruitment Mixer
October 5, 2018	APA Los Angeles and LABC Present: 17th Annual California Housing, Transportation & Jobs Summit
October 26, 2018	Orangeline Development Authority Presents: Eco-Rapid Transit Summit
October 25, 2018	Orangeline Development Authority Presents: Eco-Rapid Transit Summit
September 20, 2018	APA Los Angeles Young Planners Group Presents: Plates with Planners – Transportation in Planning!
September 12, 2018	APA Los Angeles, Transpogroup, and Stantec Present: Autonomous Vehicle Policy Conference
August 25, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: Summer in the City – San Fernando Edition
August 16, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: State Legislation and Housing in Greater LA
August 2, 2018	APA Los Angeles and AIA-LBSB Present: BARchitecture with AIA
August 14, 2018	APA Los Angeles and Friends of Park 101 Present: Park 101 Happy Hour at Clayton’s
August 4, 2018	APA Los Angeles and Friends of Park 101 Present: Coffee and Park 101 Site Visit
July 18, 2018	APA Los Angeles and SCPC Present: What’s this EIFD Thing?
June 23, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: Summer in the City – Glendale Edition
July 21, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: Summer in the City – Culver City Edition
June 3, 2018	APA Los Angeles and the Latinos & Planning Division Present: Movie Night – “Rush Hour” at the Hola Mexico Film Festival
June 7, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: Awards Gala After Party!
June 5, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: New Sustainability Initiatives Tour at Santa Monica College
May 2, 2018	Joint Happy Hour with Abundant Housing LA
June 7, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: 2018 Planning Awards
May 12, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: Bikable LA River
April 3, 2018	CPF Scholarships Webinar
April 11, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: YPG Spring Happy Hour!
April 20, 2018	Los Angeles Business Council Presents: 2018 Sustainability Summit
April 20, 2018	Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities Presents: THRIVE Conference
April 27, 2018	IAP2 Presents: Strategies for Dealing with Opposition and Outrage in Public Participation
April 26, 2018	IAP2 Presents: Strategies for Dealing with Opposition and Outrage in Public Participation
April 20, 2018	IAP2 Presents: Strategies for Dealing with Opposition and Outrage in Public Participation
April 19, 2018	IAP2 Presents: Strategies for Dealing with Opposition and Outrage in Public Participation
April 12, 2018	APA Los Angeles Book Club: No Small Plans by Chicago Architecture Foundation
March 7, 2018	Abundant Housing LA: General Meeting with Planning Director Vince Bertoni
April 14, 2018	APA Los Angeles, SCPC, ASLA, and AEP Present: Just Say Oui! Supporting the Paris Climate Change Accords at the Local Level
March 24, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: Spring 2018 AICP Exam Study Session
March 29, 2018	APA Los Angeles Presents: Meet & Greet with National Leadership
October 9, 2018	APA California Conference
October 10, 2018	APA California Conference
October 8, 2018	APA California Conference
October 7, 2018	APA California Conference
January 30, 2018	FutureBuild 2018
February 5, 2018	APA Roundtable: Can We Fix the General Plan Process?
February 13, 2018	APA Los Angeles Book Club: The Color of Law
January 31, 2018	Urbivia: Urban Planning Trivia
February 24, 2018	2018 Student Symposium: Social Justice and Planning
January 16, 2018	What is an Irving Planter and Does it Require Frequent Watering? – An Evening with Steve Preston
December 7, 2017	Happy Hour and 2018 Board Recruitment
December 12, 2017	2017 APA Los Angeles Holiday Party
October 25, 2017	2017 CEQA Judges Dinner
October 10, 2017	OUT at the Black Cat: Honoring our Past and Planning our Future
October 27, 2017	2018 APA Los Angeles Board Election & Appointments
November 3, 2017	16th Mayoral Housing, Transportation, and Jobs Summit
October 14, 2017	AICP Exam: Fall Q&A Session
November 16, 2017	Going for Gold – Planning for the 2028 Olympics
October 22, 2017	Bikable Santa Monica
October 26, 2017	Book Event: Citymakers The Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism by Cassim Shepard
August 4, 2017	AEP Institute – SB743 Vehicle Miles Traveled Primary Metric
August 31, 2017	YLG/YPG Summer Social
October 5, 2017	OPR Briefing on California General Plan Guidelines Update
August 3, 2017	APA Legislative Briefing
August 30, 2017	Planners 4 Health
June 7, 2017	City Building: Shaping Pasadena’s Largest Mixed-Use Development
July 14, 2017	Design for Dignity 2
August 6, 2017	West Hollywood Bike Share Tour
July 15, 2017	Summer in the City – Torrance
June 24, 2017	Malibu Beaches Public Access Tour with Jenny Price
June 22, 2017	APA Los Angeles Awards Gala
April 12, 2017	Urban Marketplace 2017
April 22, 2017	Earth Day River Cleanup
April 18, 2017	APA/PEN Cross-Generational Exchange Panel Discussion
March 21, 2017	After Measure S – What is Next for LA?
March 15, 2017	APA Los Angeles-Young Planner’s Happy Hour
April 8, 2017	AICP Exam Prep Session
April 11, 2017	SCAG Student Project Showcase: Abstracts Due!
March 17, 2017	2017 Great Places in California Awards – Nominations Due!
March 31, 2017	2017 APA Planning Awards – Nominations Due!
March 1, 2017	Women in Planning: A Panel Discussion
March 4, 2017	The Bikable City- Culver City to the Beach
February 11, 2017	2017 Student Symposium at USC
September 25, 2017	APA Los Angeles Board Meeting
July 23, 2017	APA Los Angeles Board Meeting
May 22, 2017	APA Los Angeles Board Meeting
March 20, 2017	APA Los Angeles Board Meeting
December 6, 2016	APA and AEP Present: 2016 Holiday Party
November 5, 2016	Planning for Death
October 15, 2016	Office of Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson and APA Los Angeles YPG Present: Survey South Los Angeles
October 23, 2016	YPG State Coordinator and Section Leaders PRresent: Young Planners Group and Students Conference Mixer
October 4, 2016	APA Los Angeles and ULI Los Angeles Present: Transit Oriented Los Angeles 2016: Planning for Transit
October 12, 2016	AICP Exam Prep Info Session
September 21, 2016	Young & Emerging Planners September Meeting and Welcome Back Student Mixer!
October 4, 2016	APA Los Angeles and the State Conference Committee Present: Planning at the Polls: California’s Legacy of Local Land Use Initiatives
November 2, 2016	Revised Date* November 2– APA Los Angeles Fall Book Club: Evicted by Matthew Desmond
September 14, 2016	Protecting Historic Suburbs: An Evening with Professor Denise Lawrence-Zuniga
September 15, 2016	Summer in the City – Burbank
September 9, 2016	California Preservation Foundation, Southwestern Law School & APA Los Angeles Present: CEQA and Historic Resources: A Legal Introduction
August 31, 2016	Dialogo Series and #iamplanning Present: Investment without Displacement: The Complexities of Planning in Diverse Communities
August 30, 2016	Toolbox Tuesday: Funding and Implementing First/Last Mile Access at Metrolink and Other Transit Stations
August 24, 2016	APA Los Angeles and Metro Present: Transit Supportive Planning Toolkit Training
July 30, 2016	East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice Presents: L.A. River Bike Toxic Tour: Re-Membering Environmental Racism
August 23, 2016	APA Los Angeles & the South Park BID Present: People St Block Party & Award Celebration
October 22, 2016	2016 APA California Conference
July 30, 2016	APA Los Angeles Summer in the City II – Carson
June 29, 2016	Convention Re-Invention. How will LA Create a Convention Center Superstar?
August 14, 2016	TransportationCamp Anaheim
July 16, 2016	Tour of Petersen Ranch Mitigation Bank
June 1, 2016	Early Conference Registration AND Hotel Registration Opens June 1!
June 4, 2016	APA / APBP Summer in the City – Downtown Azusa and Gold Line Station Walking Tour
June 6, 2016	Pedestrians Count conference in Long Beach
May 19, 2016	Smart and Sustainable Cities Conference
June 16, 2016	APA 2016 Awards Gala
May 25, 2016	Advanced Career Planning 101
May 21, 2016	A Taste of Ventura Boulevard: Food Tour for Planners with Secret City
April 23, 2016	Friends of the LA River Earth Day River Clean-Up
April 16, 2016	Rise Above the Noise: Questioning Media & Unpacking Biases for Emerging Planners
April 20, 2016	APA Los Angeles and LMU’s Center for the Study of Los Angeles Forecast Present: LA 2016
April 29, 2016	LABC’s 10TH Anniversary Sustainability Summit & Tribute to US Senator Barbara Boxer
March 21, 2016	Vince Bertoni: A Vision for Planning in Los Angeles
April 16, 2016	AICP Exam Study Session
March 7, 2016	Transportation Futures Panel
March 3, 2016	APA Los Angeles Presents: Young Planners’ Happy Hour
February 17, 2016	Transportation in the Next American City – Presentation by Strong Towns Founder Charles Marohn
February 10, 2016	2016 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning
February 4, 2016	SCAN chapter meetings in SoCal/NoCal — A Primer on Wireless Shot Clocks
February 25, 2016	Book Club: “Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles”
January 28, 2016	Latino Neighborhoods in Transition Dialogo Series
December 10, 2015	ULI Presents Transit-Oriented Los Angeles
December 9, 2015	APA-LA 2015 Legislative Update (1.5 Hours of AICP CM Law credits!)
December 7, 2015	2015 APA/AEP Holiday Party
November 6, 2015	AEP Presents: 2015 CEQA Essentials Workshop
November 21, 2015	10th Annual APA LA Student Symposium at UCLA
November 10, 2015	Urbivia: Urbanism Trivia for Professional Planners
December 2, 2015	Caltrans Presents: 2015 California Transportation Planning Conference
November 18, 2015	Eco-Rapid Transit Transportation Summit
December 10, 2015	IF/THEN – An Urban Planning Musical with Idina Menzel
November 21, 2015	Los Angeles Region Planning History Group Presents Colloquium XII – The Business of Fun: The Role of Theme Parks in Shaping Los Angeles
October 30, 2015	California Sign Association Presents: Planning for Sign Code Success Post Reed
October 19, 2015	Women in Planning
October 12, 2015	AICP Exam Information Session
October 27, 2015	re:code LA – How a Revised Zoning Code Will Reshape the City
September 29, 2015	#IAmPlanning: Bridging the Gap Between Planning and Activism
September 19, 2015	Summer in the City – Beverly Hills
August 25, 2015	Summer in the City: San Gabriel
August 15, 2015	Film Screening and Tour at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
July 30, 2015	Summer in the City: West Hollywood
June 20, 2015	Summer in the CIty: Hawthorne
June 25, 2015	2015 APA Los Angeles Awards Gala
June 6, 2015	June Amble with APA in the Arboretum
May 30, 2015	River Makers’ Bash
May 26, 2015	Urbivia: An Urbanism Trivia Night for Professional Planners
May 2, 2015	APA Los Angeles Presents: Exploring Pacoima
May 26, 2015	Planners’ Book Club: “Happy City” by Charles Montgomery
March 20, 2015	USC Neighborhood Bicycle Program Volunteer Day
April 14, 2015	APA California 2016 Conference: MAKE IT YOURS!
April 11, 2015	APA Los Angeles and AEP Present: Introduction to CEQA and Careers in Environmental Planning
April 11, 2015	Los Angeles Region Planning History Group Presents: Black Gold in Paradise
March 29, 2015	APA Los Angeles Presents: Exploring LA’s Pedways with Dan Koeppel
March 18, 2015	APA Los Angeles Presents: Urban Agriculture Policy Forum
March 12, 2015	APA LA & LAAUPPS Planning Trivia Night!
April 4, 2015	APA LA AICP Exam Study Session
April 22, 2015	APWA 16th Annual Complete Streets & Technology Conference
February 28, 2015	Planners’ Hike to Historic Sturtevant Camp
February 17, 2015	Planning for a Healthy Los Angeles
February 9, 2015	SCAG Sustainability Award Nominations Open
February 10, 2015	SCGC invites us to join them for a workshop on Passive, Low-Energy and Sustainable Design
November 5, 2015	SACRPH Presents: 2015 Planning History Conference
January 23, 2015	APA LA & YEPP Present: Cultural Planning on the Go: Metro Art Tour & Union Station Jazz Concert
December 2, 2014	APA LA PRESENTS: AICP Information Session
December 9, 2014	APA LA HOLIDAY PARTY TIME!
December 1, 2014	VOTE! APA LA Board Election – Voting ends December 1st
November 22, 2014	APA LA PRESENTS: A Taste of Thai Town
January 12, 2015	APA LA Presents: Development Agreement Seminar
November 8, 2014	Join Us for the 9th Annual LA APA Student Symposium
November 14, 2014	Student/Professional Happy Hour
October 11, 2014	APA LA Offers Op for Law & Ethics credits for AICP Members
October 14, 2014	Planning for the Sharing Economy
September 30, 2014	APA PRESENTS: Union Station Master Plan Talk & Tour
September 16, 2014	USGBC, APA, AIA & ULI PRESENT: Sustainability @City Hall
September 20, 2014	Join us for the fourth and final Summer in the City
September 13, 2014	Join APA OC S YPG for a mixer at the conference!
September 16, 2014	Joint Young Professionals Happy Hour
September 11, 2014	Professional Architect & Landscape Architect Practitioners Assembly (PALAPA)
August 30, 2014	APA YEPP PRESENTS: Torrance Brewery Talk & Tour
October 5, 2014	Ninth Annual Tour of the Garfield Heights Landmark District
September 13, 2014	California’s Adventures in Planning
August 21, 2014	APA Presents: Summer in the City – Santa Monica- NEW INFO!
July 26, 2014	APA PRESENTS: Summer in the City: Duarte
June 21, 2014	Summer in the City -Inglewood
March 13, 2014	2014 AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN!

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