The California Chapter of the American Planning Association presented the following awards at its annual conference in Riverside this week in 18 categories, with levels of "merit" and "excellence" (higher level). Not all awards were given at both levels.

Comprehensive Plan (Large)

Excellence 
Sacramento 2040 General Plan, City of Sacramento, Dyett & Bhatia, AIM, BAE, Dudek, Fehr & Peers, Goodwin Simon, Integral Group, Jarrett Walker, Page & Turnbull, Rincon, Veritable/Good, West Yost

Comprehensive Plan (Small)

Merit
Excellence
Napa General Plan Update, Dyett & Bhatia, City of Napa

Transportation Planning

Merit
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan, City of Mendota, Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group

Excellence
San Jose Downtown Transportation Plan, City of San Jose, Fehr & Peers, Winter Consulting, Gehl, Economic and Planning Systems, Primus Consulting, Bonnie Nelson, HMH

Best Practices

Merit
SANDAG Regional Anti-Displacement Strategy, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)

Excellence
Shatto Place Redesign Quick Build Project, Safe Route to School Los Angeles (SRTS), Safe Routes to School (Los Angeles Department of Transportation)

Implementation (Large)

Merit
Implementation (Small)

Merit 
Garden Grove Complete Streets Project, City of Westminster

Grassroots Initiative

Merit 
The Bicycle Tree & Santa Ana Active Streets: TWIGY Bikey Summer, SCAG, The Bicycle Tree

Public Outreach

Merit
Excellence
Corte Madera Housing Element Update: Community Engagement & Outreach Paving the Way for a Smooth Housing Element Adoption Process, Town of Corte Madera

Urban Design

Merit
Excellence
Children's Park, City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, Civic Communities & Schmidt Design Group, Spurlock Landscape Architects

Planning Agency

Merit
Excellence
City of Campbell - Planning Division, Opticos Design, Inc., M-Group, De Novo Planning Group

Opportunity and Empowerment

Merit
Victorville Wellness Center, City of Victorville

Excellence
DignityMoves - Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors

Advancing Diversity and Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff

Award of Excellence
Academic Award

Merit
"Take the High (Volume) Road: Analyzing the Safety and Speed Effects of High Traffic Volume Road Diets," Kimberly Venegas, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

Excellence
"Bus Shelter Equity: A Study of the Distribution of Bus Shelters in Los Angeles County and Unincorporated Communities," Anne Yoon, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, and UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

Communications Initiative Award

Merit
Concord Community Academy's Community Development Session - An evening engaging with staff for a mock Planning Commission meeting, City of Concord Community Development Department

Excellence
Resilience and Sustainability Award

Merit
Reimagine San Geronimo: A Vision Framework, The Trust for Public Land, WRT, Environmental Science Associates (ESA), Trout Unlimited

Economic Planning and Development Award

Excellence
Planning Advocate Award

Excellence
Hard Won Victories Award

Merit
Garden Brook Senior Village, City of Garden Grove, AMG & Associates, LLC

Excellence
Downtown Watsonville Specific Plan, City of Watsonville, Raimi + Associates