The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) - the California state agency resposible for protecting San Francisco Bay - today launched an initiative called Rising Tides, a first-of-its-kind international design idea comp...
CARBON-FREE MOBILITY: Transport options to reduce carbon emissions will be explored at a one-day conference in Oakland on Friday, March 6. APA-CA members are entitled to a discounted registration rate.
Green modes work in synergy. Walking, ...
Please take a moment to help us identify those diverse leaders who helped break down barriers and advance the roles of people of color, women, and others in our profession.
We are accepting Candidate names. Details below.....
The 2008 an...
The emerging role of CEQA in addressing climate change and greenhouse gas emissions has been the subject of much discussion and debate in recent months. As part of its continuing service to professional planners, land use officials, and CEQA pr...
The National APA Board of Directors voted to adopt "The Policy Guide on Planning and Climate Change" at the end of April. The Draft Version is viewable now, and the final version will be available shortly. ...
The Governor's Office of Planning & Research, in partnership with the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians and the LaPena Law Corporation, will be presenting the Training Session.
There is no fee to attend. Please click here for additional inform...
Please read why Prop 98 would be a planning and zoning nightmare AND how it would be devasting to the environment and natural resource protection.
Prop 98: Planning and Zoning
Prop 98: Environment and Natural Resource Protection
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No on Prop. 98, which would abolish rent control, stop water infrastructure projects, and destroy land-use planning.
Yes on Prop 99, which would prohibit the government from using eminent domain to take a home to transfer to a private develo...
Larry Livingston passed away in December 2007 at the age of 89. He received APA's Distinguished Leadership Award in 1987, but is best known for his 1980 essay in Planning magazine, "Confessions of a Planner".
Read Bill Fulton's Blog, "M...
The following is an article by Vivian Kahn, FAICP:
The folks who brought us Prop. 13 are at it again. Having made a mess of California's fiscal structure, they're now out to undermine the ability of California's communities to make decisions ...
