Description
The American Planning Association
California Chapter Collection documents the administrative activities of the national
organization's California Chapter, as well as the history of planning in California in the
20th and early 21st centuries. APA California is a network of practicing planners, citizens,
and elected officials committed to urban, suburban, regional and rural planning in the State
of California. APACA offers information, services and support to advance planning in
California. Administrative files, planning publications and reports, and newsletters
documents the planning movement in California, California planning's ties to design and the
environment, and planning related legislation.
Background
The national American Planning Association formed through a merger between the American
Institute of Planners (AIP) and the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) in 1978.
Both organizations experienced rapid growth in membership in the post-World War II period.
The AIP orignated in 1917 as the American City Planning Institute and was renamed AIP in the
1930s. The ASPO was established in 1934 to conduct research and to promote planning.
Restrictions
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.