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Please spend a few minutes to take the 2016 APA Los Angeles Membership Survey!  We are seeking input from our members and those who participate in APA Los Angeles events. The results will be used to tailor our future programming – from networking events, talks, tours, professional... Read More →

Robyn Eason APA Los Angeles Awards DirectorUS Green Building Council Robyn is a fun-loving, challenge-seeking professional who strives for excellence in the profession, while enjoying the diversity of people, places, and things that makes the built environment so fascinating and unique. Joining... Read More →

Ashley Atkinson, Section Director, APA Los Angeles   By Section Historian Alicen Bartle Our new APA Los Angeles section director for 2016-2017 is Ashley Atkinson, who has lived in Los Angeles since 2004 and served on our Board since 2011. As Planning & Housing Specialist in Mayor Eric... Read More →

The APA Los Angeles Section hosted a 2015 Legislative Update on December 9th.  20+ planning professionals were provided an update of planning-related legislation, regulations, and case law that APA California lobbied in 2015, including detailed information signed into law, implementation... Read More →

   The City of Beverly Hills hosted the APA Los Angeles Section on September 19th for the fourth and final installment of the 2015 Summer in the City Series.  30+ planners and associates were treated to a tour around the “Golden Triangle”, one of the world’s most famous little cities.  The... Read More →

On Saturday, November 21, more than 75 students from planning schools across Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties gathered at the UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs for the 10th Annual APA Los Angeles Student Symposium. This year a cohort of student planning organizations from UCLA... Read More →

On October 19, APA Los Angeles gathered more than 50 women working in planning in LA for a conversation around the professional growth of women in planning and the changing roles of women in our communities. The evening’s panel featured some of Los Angeles’ foremost female leaders in the... Read More →

This post is sponsored by the Glendale Economic Development Corporation. Economic development is the sustained and collaborative strategy of the City of Glendale to create jobs, generate revenue, and improve the quality of life for residents, the business community, and visitors. Throughout the... Read More →

On Saturday, August 15, APA Los Angeles hosted a special cemetery tour and movie night at Cinespia’s Movies All Night Slumber Party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.   The brave group of planners were guided by Hollywood Forever staff on a walking tour of the grounds, focusing on the... Read More →