2019 California Environmental Assembly

This year’s PCL Symposium will be held at the McGeorge School of Law on February 23rd, 2019. This year, PCL will look to the future, as panel topics will...

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How To… Win the Environmental Battles That Test This Generation

With nearly 230 participants and speakers at the 2007 Symposium, this event was a great success! We had speeches from Congressman Jerry McNerney, Senator...

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State of Change: How Californians Can Change the World

With a sold out event and almost 330 participants and speakers at the 2008 Symposium, it was one of our best events ever! Our thoughtful and inspiring keynotes...

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Steps to a Sustainable California: Building Momentum for Real Change

Even with a struggling economy and frozen state grants program, the event brought together over 315 activists, policy and decision-makers, attorneys, land use...

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Greening California’s Landscapes: Smart Solutions for a New Era

On Saturday, January 30, 2010 the Planning and Conservation League (PCL) and PCL Foundation hosted a solutions-oriented Environmental Legislative Symposium....

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California 2020: A Vision for the Next Decade

The 2011 Symposium brought together some of the brightest minds working on some of California's toughest environmental challenges. Secretary Laird's morning...

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THINK SMALL: Local Solutions to Protect Our Environment, Strengthen Our Communities, and Rebuild Our Economy

At the 2012 Symposium, the new One Vision, One Voice campaign was unveiled. This is the League's effort to craft a clear and compelling "greenprint" for...

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CEQA: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow?

For nearly 50 years, the Planning and Conservation League (PCL) and the PCL Foundation have been at the forefront of crafting some of California's most...

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Water for Life: Towards an Equitable and Sustainable Water Future for California

Against the backdrop of the Governor’s drought declaration, the 2014 Symposium brought together over 200 thinkers, doers, and decision-makers to discuss...

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Does Land Use Matter? Developing an Agenda for Jerry Brown’s Final 4 Years

With general agreement on the statewide challenge of too much unsustainable sprawl across California, participants worked together to create solutions. PCL/PCL...

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