Surf, Sun, and Smart Growth - Building Great Communities in California

January 30-February 1, 2012

San Diego, CA

San Diego Sheraton Marina & The San Diego Foundation

Smart Growth California's annual statewide funder convening will bring together funders from around the state and the nation to discuss key policies affecting land use, transportation, and community development in California. Together, funders will learn about and identify strategies to ensure that these policies promote healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities, and will learn about the role that grantmakers can play in this important work.

This year, we are holding our annual funder convening in the same hotel complex as the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, which will take place after our convening on February 2-4, 2012. This is a great opportunity to attend both conferences.

Click here to learn more and to register.

Smart Growth California is a network of funders who are working to advance smart growth and build healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities throughout California.  Smart Growth California is an initiative of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. Click here to learn more.

The New California Dream

Released by the Urban Land Institute, this report presents a scenario of how land use may change between 2010 and 2035 in California's four largest metropolitan areas based on demographic and economic trends as well as on emerging market preferences (2011). Click here to read the report.

Southern California Survey on Transportation and Land Use Planning

Released by Move LA, the American Lung Association in California, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, this survey assesses how voters in the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region want to approach reducing traffic congestion and air pollution (2011). Click here to read the survey results.