The California Chapter of the American Planing Association gave out its annual awards at the APA California conference in San Diego in early October.

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Opportunity and Empowerment Award
CHW Arizona Street Development & North Park Seniors
Community HousingWorks 

Comprehensive Plan Award, Large Jurisdiction
South Los Angeles & Southeast Los Angeles Community Plans
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning

Comprehensive Plan Award, Small Jurisdiction
Belmont Village General PlanSpecific Plan, and Climate Action Plan
City of Belmont and Dyett & Bhatia Urban and Regional Planners

Implementation Award, Large Jurisdiction
Willow Springs Wetlands, City of Long Beach
City of Long Beach, Department of Parks, Recreation & Marine

Innovation in Green Community Planning Award
Butte County Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Strategy
Butte County Department of Development Services (DDS)

Economic Planning and Development Award
Sacramento Central City Specific Plan
City of Sacramento

Transportation Planning Award
West Contra Costa High-Capacity Transit Study
West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC)

Best Practices Award
Metro Transfers Design Guide
Los Angeles Metro

Grassroots Initiative Award
Pop-Up Care Village
SITELAB Urban Studio

Public Outreach Award
SCAG Go Human Tactical Urbanism Demonstration Projects
Southern California Association of Governments

Urban Design Award
West Los Angeles VA Campus Master Plan Framework
Johnson Fain

Planning Advocate Award
David Salazar

Planning Agency Award
Los Angeles Department of City Planning

Emerging Planning and Design Firm Award
SITELAB urban studio

Advancing Diversity and Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff
Cannabis Social Equity Program
City of Los Angeles

Academic Award
Old Town Urban Design Concept Plan
City and Regional Planning, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Communications Initiative Award
The View from Here: Place and Privilege
Capital Public Radio

Hard-Won Victories Award
Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan Update
City of Palo Alto

AWARDS OF MERIT

Opportunity and Empowerment Award
Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure and Planning Policy Study
Tulare County, Resource Management Agency, Economic Development and Planning Division

Comprehensive Plan Award, Large Jurisdiction
Propel Vallejo General Plan 2040
City of Vallejo Planning Division

Comprehensive Plan Award, Small Jurisdiction
Temple City Mid-Century General Plan and Crossroads Specific Plan
Temple City

Innovation in Green Community Planning Award
Rancho Cucamonga Sustainable Community Action Plan
City of Rancho Cucamonga

Economic Planning and Development Award
Go Little Tokyo, Neighborhood Marketing Campaign
Community Arts Resources (CARS)

Transportation Planning Award
Culver City Transit Oriented Design (TOD) Visioning Study and Recommendations
Johnson Fain

Best Practices Award
SB 1000 Implementation Toolkit
California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA)

Public Outreach Award
Uptown Open Space Vision Plan
City of Long Beach, Department of Parks, Recreation & Marine

Urban Design Award
Healdsburg Citywide Design Guideline
City of Healdsburg

Academic Award
SMART Parks: A Toolkit
Department of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs