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The League of California Cities® is soliciting session proposals for this premiere educational event for planning commissioners, directors, staff, and other interested officials including elected officials, being held in Long Beach, March 6 – 9, 2019. We encourage you to... Read More →

SoCalGas is pleased to announce its Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning Grant Program for 2018!  SoCalGas will award $100,000 in the form of two $50,000 planning grants to local governments currently participating in vulnerability assessments, climate adaptation and... Read More →

The Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy was proud to sponsor their annual student essay competition on salient topics in urban planning and design. Both graduate and undergraduate students were eligible to participate.... Read More →

What’s this EIFD Thing? Taix French Restaurant July 18, 2018 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Millennial demographics, internet fueled lifestyles, last mile delivery and a sharing economy (rides, workplace) are altering land use and tax generation priorities for cities. Concurrently, the... Read More →

Review the CEQA process in detail, including its 17 key environmental issue areas. Learn how to determine if an action is a project under CEQA and the level of environmental review required (exemption, negative declaration, EIR). Discuss roles and responsibilities of a lead... Read More →

In May, nine members of the APA Los Angeles section passed the AICP exam, three of which were AICP Candidate Pilot Program members*. Congratulations to all on this tremendous accomplishment! Alysandra Smith* Olivia Joncich* Sean Calvin* Dongwei Xu Martin Gies Alison Spindler... Read More →

The cost to applicants seeking to take the November 2018 AICP Exam for the first time remains at $495, and for previously-approved applicants the cost is $425. In order to assist exam-takers from the California Chapter with the cost of the AICP Exam, the Chapter will award AICP... Read More →

So often landscape is written off as a fluff luxury good, something you do when you have a little extra money to make things just a bit prettier. It is yard, flowers, grass, mulch, a fountain, a patio. It is, conventions say, something the leisure classes get to do.  Yet... Read More →

Registration is now open for the 2018 APA California Conference at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, October 7-10. This conference is expected to attract over 1,500 planners from throughout the state and will feature over 100 educational sessions, 13 mobile workshops to... Read More →

If 2018 is your year to earn certification, get moving! The application window for the November AICP Certification Exam opens on June 1. Apply before June 7 to get extra benefits as an Early Bird Applicant, including the ability to reapply for the November exam if your... Read More →