2026 APA California Conference
Event Listing

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Time Title Type Credit Hours
10/03/2026
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MW#01: Living on the Line! TOD Development on LA's Metro Exposition Line Mobile Workshop   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Capstone to Career: A Candid Convo with Andres and Sev Student Session   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Crafting Your Professional Story – Tips and Tricks to Get the Most Out of Your Conference Student Session   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
From Legacy Burden to Equity: Righting Historical Wrongs in Santa Ana’s Transit Zoning Code Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Resilient Planners, Resilient Communities: Planners’ Health, Burnout, and Professional Longevity Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Stories of Wildfire Preparedness and Recovery: Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Town Perspectives Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Storytelling Through Cost-Benefit Analysis for a Multimodal Future Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Taking Control of Your Story: Shape Your Planning Presence to Tell Your Story & Find Success! Student Session   
10/03/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Trouble on the Dais: Making Sense of the Hard Calls for Planning Commissions/Boards Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Becoming a Planner: Early-Career Learning, Dissonance, and Growth Student Session   
10/03/2026
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Part 1: A Working Charrette for Crescent City Student Session   
10/03/2026
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Planner – Lessons from the Field Student Session   
10/03/2026
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Betty Croly Memorial Lecture: Lessons from The Making of Modern Los Angeles Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Breaking the Wildfire Disaster Sequence Through Better Plans and Regulations Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
How are We Going to Pay for This? Pride, Prejudice, and Public Finance Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
MW#02: A Walking Tour of Little Tokyo's Planning and Preservation Stories Mobile Workshop   
10/03/2026
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Rooted in Safety, Rising in Joy: Walk Audits During ICE Raids in South Central LA Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Zoning at Scale: Building and Using the California Zoning Atlas Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Part 2: A Working Charrette for Crescent City Student Session   
10/03/2026
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
What to Expect When You Are Expecting... Your First Planning Job! Student Session   
10/03/2026
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Writing Your Planning Story: Lessons & Reflections from Seasoned Practitioners Student Session   
10/03/2026
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Lunch on Your Own Lunch on Own   
10/03/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
AI in Action: Tools, Workflows, and Real-World Use Cases Across Disciplines Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
From Statute to Streets: Implementing SB 1425 and AB 1889 in Practice Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Historical Resources in the Age of Exemption: Preservation and the Changing Tides of CEQA Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Mixing and Matching: How Developers are Combining State Laws to Get More Housing Built Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Pipes, Policy, and Partnerships: Crafting an Infill Narrative That Delivers Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Planning Commissions in a Pro-Housing Era Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Stop Teaching Planning Like It’s 1995: Rethinking Education as Workforce Infrastructure Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Understanding Pollution Burden with CalEnviroScreen: Tools and Community Insights Concurrent Session   
10/03/2026
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Opening Plenary Plenary Session   
10/03/2026
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CPF Student Awards Event Awards   
10/03/2026
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Opening Reception @ The Novo Reception   
10/04/2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Grab-and-Go Breakfast & Coffee Breakfast   
10/04/2026
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall   
10/04/2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
MW#03: MOVE Culver City! Mobile Workshop   
10/04/2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
MW#04: From Concrete Channel to Community Connector: Active Transportation on the LA River Mobile Workshop   
10/04/2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
MW#05: The Race to LA28: Preparing Los Angeles & Exposition Park for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Mobile Workshop   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Beyond the Guide: Latino Inclusive Engagement & the Role of Latinos in Planning Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Capturing Resilience: Stormwater as Multi-Benefit Infrastructure and Placemaking Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Ethics Reality TV Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
First on the Frontlines: Planning for Climate-Ready Communities Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Hablamos Juntos: How Translation Shapes Planning Narratives and Outcomes Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Shading-In: Tools and Approaches for Planners to Add Shade in Under-Resourced Communities Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Telling the Shoreline’s Story: Design, Narrative, and Community Power in Bay Area Adaptation Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Turning Housing Processes into Housing Policies (That Work!) Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Writing Water Futures: How Three California Regions Are Shaping the SGMA Story Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
2026 Legislative Update Part 1 Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Becoming AICP Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Celebrating a Big Moment for a Small City: Rebuilding Community in Guadalupe with 80 New Homes Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Historic Preservation, Modern Challenges: Writing the Next Mills Act Chapter Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Writing the Next Chapter: How Planning Tools Are Reimagining Signal Hill’s Future Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
11:15 AM - 1:15 PM
Lunch on Your Own Lunch on Own   
10/04/2026
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
MW#06: From Concept through Construction: A Ride & Walk Tour of Metro's New D Line and Subway Stations Mobile Workshop   
10/04/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
2026 Legislative Update Part 2 Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Mapping Our Power: Cultural Asset Mapping as Community Storytelling and Self-Determination Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Moving Industrial Development Forward: Reconciling Jobs, Industry, and Community Impacts Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Room & Board – Unpacking the Tahoe Housing Crisis Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
The Planner's Guide to Public Hearing Presentations Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
What Story Does California Tell About Agricultural Land Equity? What Story Do We WANT to Tell? Concurrent Session   
10/04/2026
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Immigrant Networks and Economic Inclusion: The Origin and Future of the Los Angeles Story The Summit   
10/04/2026
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Chapter Awards Event Awards   
10/05/2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Grab-and-Go Breakfast & Coffee Breakfast   
10/05/2026
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall   
10/05/2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
MW#07: City of Champions Rewritten: Inglewood's Story of Disinvestment to Economic Prosperity Mobile Workshop   
10/05/2026
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MW#08: From Fire to Recovery: Rebuilding Malibu After the Palisades Fire Mobile Workshop   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Build the Story, Bridge the Silos: A Theory to Practice Workshop for Planners and Partners Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Equity 2.0 Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
If It’s Not in the Record, It’s Not the Story: Building a Defensible Administrative Record Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Integrating Urban Ecology to Create Healthy Places Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Lessons Learned from Microtransit in Costa Mesa Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Long-Term Water Supply Reliability: Planning for Emergencies Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Part 1: The "Elephant in the Room" Imperative: Defending Ethical Planning, Democracy and the Public Interest Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Resilient Roads: Stories of Rebuilding Transportation After Wildfire Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Uncorking the Data: Alcohol Reform and Neighborhood Impacts Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
MW#09: Northeast Los Angeles: Where Hipster Vibes Meet Community Resilience Mobile Workshop   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
CEQA is DEAD – Long Live CEQA! Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Culture as Infrastructure: Land Stewardship & Planning Tools Preserving Cultural Neighborhoods. Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
From Stories to Sidewalks: Mobility Planning Through Lived Experience Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Housing Element Update, Moving From "6" to "7": Lessons, Strategy, AI, and What Comes Next Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Part 2: The "Elephant in the Room" Imperative: Defending Ethical Planning, Democracy and the Public Interest Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Planning Stories from the Ashes: From Maui to LA Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Reclaiming Oakland Chinatown: A 12-Year Reflection from Plan to Built Reality Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sharing L.A.’s Untold Stories: Current Initiatives in Cultural Placekeeping Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
What's Below Ground Shapes What's Above It: How Infrastructure Shapes Planning Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM
On-Site Networking Luncheon Networking Lunch   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Empowering Actions and Takeaways for Women in Planning Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
From Barriers to Boulevards in Five Wounds Urban Village, A Blueprint for Equitable TOC Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Funding Climate Resilience Initiatives: State & Local Tools, Strategies, and Implementation Lessons Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
It's 2026, Have You Updated Your Impact Fee Program? Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
MW#10: LGBTQ+ in LA: Then and Now Mobile Workshop   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
MW#11: Story Trails, Tunnels, and Bridges Mobile Workshop   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
MW#12: Resilience in the Planning Process: Never Losing Sight of a Community's Story Mobile Workshop   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
MW#13: True Hollywood Stories: Beyond the Glam - Creative Public Spaces, Sustainability, and Revitalization Mobile Workshop   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Part 1: Cultivating Emerging Leaders - Strategic Skills to Achieve Project Success Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Part 1: Exploring the Core Planning Principles of California's General Plan Guidelines Update Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Putting the Busy in Busytown – (Richard) Scarry Planning Commissions in Action Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Reconciling Polarizing Narratives: Balancing Between AI Infrastructure Growth and Community Identity Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Welcome to the 7th Cycle of RHNA: An Updated Accounting of California's Housing Needs Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
A Tale of Two Climate Plans: Urban and Rural Climate Action and Adaptation Storytelling Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Building Trust, Creating Joy, and Navigating Controversy in Community-Centered Public Engagement Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Heat Waves of Change: A Fresh Look at Planning for Extreme Heat Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Industrial Employment Lands: Supporting Economic Resiliency and Complete Communities Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Local Governments as Building Decarbonization Leaders Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Part 2: Cultivating Emerging Leaders - Strategic Skills to Achieve Project Success Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Part 2: Exploring the Core Planning Principles of California's General Plan Guidelines Update Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Restorative Planning in Action: Storytelling to Funding Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
The Automation Prescription: A Spoonful of Tech Helps the Zoning Go Down Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
The Future of Land Use and Environmental Regulation in the United States Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
A Tale of Two Built‑Out Cities: Practical Housing Lessons from Culver City and West Hollywood Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Beyond Data, Centering Stories: Reframing Indigenous Engagement in Planning Practice Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Data-Driven Storytelling and Technical Assistance to Build a Safe Transportation System Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
From Plans to Progress: Where Does Regional Planning Go from Here? Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
H2T: Car-Dependency Despite No Parking in Affordable Housing Developments Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Increasing Utilization of Special Purpose Vouchers Through Housing Navigation & Landlord Incentives Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Responsible AI for Planning That Reduces Backlogs and Protects Defensible Decisions Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Trains of Thought on Implementing SB 79: Planning for Local Circumstances and State TOD Mandates Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Understanding Planning Ethics in Even More Challenging Times Concurrent Session   
10/05/2026
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Sponsor's Reception Reception   
10/06/2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
MW#14: Behind the Scenes at NBCUniversal: How Long-Range Planning Shapes an Entertainment Destination Mobile Workshop   
10/06/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Collaboration in LA County for Community Climate Resilience Projects, in Good and Challenging Times Concurrent Session   
10/06/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Goldilocks and Three Code Updates: Lessons to Make Your Zoning Code Update "Just Right" Concurrent Session   
10/06/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Planning as Storytelling: Community-Led Placekeeping in South LA’s Black Cultural District Concurrent Session   
10/06/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Sacred Stories, Shared Spaces: Spiritual Narratives in the Planning Practice Concurrent Session   
10/06/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Separating Truth from Fiction: Sidewalk Policies to Bridge the Gap from Planning Goals to Reality Concurrent Session   
10/06/2026
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Your City Has Entered the Chat: Using Social Media and Short-Form Video to Tell Your Story Concurrent Session   
10/06/2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Closing Plenary - DTLA: Turning Policy and Plans Into Progress Plenary Session   
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