Past Conferences
For over 30 years, the California Preservation Conference has been a guiding force for statewide preservation efforts. Here we look back on past conferences and their influence on our work.
2017: Pasadena, “Preservation @ the 4Fr0nt”
2016: San Francisco Presidio, “New Acts, New Assets: The Changing Face of Preservation”
2015: San Diego Naval Training Center, “Gateways to Preservation: New Frontiers”
2014: Asilomar, “Redefining Preservation: Dialogues and Directions in Cultural Heritage”
2013: The True California Adventure: Preservation’s Wild Ride
2012: Oakland, “Old Roots, New Growth; Cultivating Communities”
2011: Santa Monica, “Preservation on the Edge”
2010: Nevada County , “The Sierra Nevada: Preserving A Sense of Place”
2009: Palm Springs, “The Culture of Leisure: Rethinking the California Dream”
2008: Napa, “Balance & Complexity: The Vineyard and Beyond”
2007: Hollywood, “Preservation Goes Hollywood”
2006: Sacramento, “Finding Common Ground”
2005: Riverside, “Diversity of Change:
New Perspectives of Historic Preservation”
2004: The Presidio of San Francisco, “Building Bridges”
2003: Santa Barbara, “A Blueprint for Preservation”
2002: Santa Rosa, “Vintage Sonoma County”
2001: San Diego, “Spanning California’s History”
2000: Monterey, “Preservation for a New Century”
1999: Palm Springs, “Transcending the Centuries:
Preservation of the Ancient and the Recent Pasts”
1998: Berkeley, “New Perspectives on Preservation”
1997: Pasadena, “Preservation Comes Home”
1996: San Jose, “Preservation Comes of Age”
1995: Riverside, “Preservation is Planning for the Future”
1994: Sacramento, “A Capital Idea”
1993: Long Beach, “Celebrate Diversity:
Communities United for the Future”
1992: Eureka
1991: Santa Barbara, “Re-Investing in the Dream”
1990: San Francisco, “Preservation in the ’90s: the Human,
Environmental, Historical and Regional Context”
1989: Los Angeles
1988: Palo Alto
1987: Coronado
1986: Monterey
1985: Claremont, “Conserving the Character of Community”
1984: Sacramento, “Preservation: A Long-Term Capital Gain”
1983: Orange County, “Preservation is Working for America”
1982: Oakland, “Reinvesting in America”
1981: Riverside, “Strengthening the Local Preservation Process”
1980: Sacramento, “Historic Preservation: A Legislative,
Administrative and Technical Process”
1979: San Diego, “Can Historic Preservation
Survive in the 1980s?”
1978: San Jose, “Preservation of the Total Environment:
Building the Preservation/Conservation Constituency”
1977: Pasadena
1976: Riverside, “Filoli”