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This year APA LA’s YEPP (Young and Emerging Planning Professionals) began its mentorship program, which matches experienced planners and those in related fields with new graduates and young professionals in order to create a long-term partnership between like-minded individuals and to... Read More →

      On February 17th, Lauren Grabowski, a planner for Raimi+Associates and APA Los Angeles Marketing Director, and Lys Mendez, former Outreach Coordinator with Raimi+Associates presented to a full house on the Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles. The Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles... Read More →

On January 23, APA Los Angeles’ Young & Emerging Planning Professionals (YEPP) hosted an arts and cultural planning programs with Metro. 30+ planners were treated to an evening of art, cultural planning discussions, and a jazz concert. Carol Holben, Metro Art Docent, kicked off the... Read More →

What if the Los Angeles City Council had followed through with a proposal to build a convention center in Elysian Park, as it planned to in 1965? Andrea Thabet, Ph.D. of RemakingLA.com explores the importance of studying “never built” projects. What if the LA City Council had... Read More →

On October 14, APA LA hosted more than 80 guests at Maker City LA for “Planning for the Sharing Economy,” a panel event that used the lens of urban planning to focus a forward–thinking conversation on transportation network companies, short-term rentals, co-working spaces and... Read More →

On August 21, the City of Santa Monica’s Planning and Community Development Department hosted APA LA members and their guests for the third Summer in the City event of 2014.  Upon arrival at City Hall, we were greeted by Senior Planner Liz Bar-El and staff including Francie Stefan,... Read More →

Planning is a forward-looking profession – but what if you were asked to really understand the past of a place before settling on its future? Planning historian Dr. Meredith Drake Reitan offers a planner’s guide to historic research in Los Angeles. History plays a somewhat... Read More →

August is “Art Appreciation Month.” What if it was also “Public Space Planning Appreciation Month”? K. M. Williamson, Ph. D. from Public Art in Public Places Project takes a look at LACMA’s iconic “Urban Light” installation. National Art Appreciation... Read More →

On June 21, the City of Inglewood hosted APA Los Angeles members and their guests for the first Summer in the City event of 2014.  We were greeted by the Mayor of Inglewood, James T. Butts, Jr. After brief remarks from Mayor Butts, we boarded a bus and were off to our first stop of the tour.... Read More →