The full guidelines are available for download here. 

Advocacy or Outreach Award Advocacy Awards are granted to individuals or organizations deserving of special recognition for their work in raising awareness, creating innovative programs, or who have advocating for or directly engaged in the preservation of sites, buildings, neighborhoods or communities that have regional, statewide or national significance. Factors considered for this award include individual or group effort, significance of the contribution, achievement, and impact on the cause of preservation.

Industry Impact Award Industry Impact Awards are bestowed upon firms or companies that have furthered the cause of historic preservation and had a significant influence beyond their own work. Successful nominees will have developed new standards, helped to spark the renewal of a neglected area or community, created an innovative technique or model, or invested heavily in the cause of historic preservation. Factors considered for this award include the significance of the contribution, achievement, and impact on the cause of preservation.

Milton Marks Legislator of the Year Award The Legislator of the Year Award is granted to an elected official from California for their significant contribution to Historic Preservation. Nominees must have made either an individual or cumulative effort at the local, regional, statewide or national level.

Lifetime Achievement or Preservationist of the Year Award The most prestigious honor bestowed by the California Preservation Foundation, these awards recognize individuals for lifetime achievement or for a particularly significant effort during the prior year. To receive these awards, the nominee must have made an outstanding contribution or have exceptional achievements of statewide importance in the cause of preservation.

California Preservation Foundation – President’s Award Winners

1991   

• Robert Chattel

1992

• Tony Ciani (San Diego)
• Robert Power
• Pamela Seager
• Steve McAvoy

1993

• Margaret Bach (Santa Monica)
• Lorie Garcia (Santa Clara)
• Huell Howser (Hollywood)
• Joseph Prevratil (Long Beach)
• Save the Auditorium! & Sacramento Old City Association (Sacramento)

1994

• Toni Symonds (Sacramento)
• Napa County Landmarks, Inc. (Napa)
• Kathy Burns (San Francisco)
• Douglas Wheeler, California Resources Secretary (Sacramento)
• State Department of General Services (Sacramento)

1995

• American Youth Hostel/Llewellyn Williams Mansion (Sacramento)
• Gordon Chin & the Chinatown Resources Center (San Francisco)
• Earl Douglass & the Friends of Douglass Hall (Atherton)
• Pater Janopaul & Anthony Block, J. Peter Block Companies (Long Beach)
• Victoria Avenue Forever (Riverside)

1996

• Bill Burkhart (Santa Cruz)
• CalTrans District 4 Environmental Branch (Oakland)
• Russell Fey (Fresno, posthumous)
• Ron Loveridge (Riverside)
• Vincent Marsh (San Francisco)
• Kitty Monahan (Santa Clara County)

1997

• Annette Deglow (Sacramento)
• Los Angeles Conservancy
• Xandra Grube (Oakland)
• Old Towne Preservation Association (Orange)
• Riverside Housing Development Corporation (Riverside)
• Peter Devereaux (Long Beach)

1998

• Highland Park Heritage Trust (Los Angeles)
• City of La Quinta, Certified Local Government program (La Quinta)
• Sandra Elder (Sacramento)
• Nellie Longsworth, Preservation Action (Washington D.C.)

1999

• Alan Hess (Rancho Santa Margarita)
• Preservation Action Council of San Jose (San Jose)
• Adolfo V. Nodal (Los Angeles)
• John Snyder (Sacramento)
• City of San Mateo (San Mateo)

2000

• Jean Bruce Poole (Los Angeles)
• City of Monterey – Grant Program to Restore Historic Buildings
• Ken Garcia, San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco)
• UCLA Capital Programs Division (Los Angeles)

2001

• Jane Carter Bauman (Colusa)
• College of the Redwoods (Eureka)
• Jack London Neighborhood Association (Oakland)
• Orchids & Onions (San Diego)
• Stanford University Seismic Retrofit Program (Stanford)

2002

• Berkeley Historical Plaque Project (Berkeley)
• Historic Preservation Program, University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
• History Mystery Tour, Napa County Landmarks (Napa)
• Save Our Heritage Organisation (San Diego)
• Fred Sutton (Santa Clara)

2003

• Vonn Marie May (San Diego)
• Dennis Richardson (Sacramento)
• Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency (Locke)
• Save San Mateo High School! (San Mateo)
• Robert Winter (Pasadena)

2004

• Dr. Knox Mellon (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Friends of the Raymond Theatre (Pasadena)
• Preservation Review for Herrman Hall, (Monterey)
• Leslie Rudd (St. Helena)
• Save Our Neighborhoods (Santa Monica)
• Robert “Bud” Soto
• Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (San Francisco)

2005

• Preservationist of the Year:  Melvyn Green, P.E.
• Legislator of the Year:  Denise Ducheny (San Diego)
• Dogpatch Neighborhood Association (San Francisco)
• John King, San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco
• The Committee to Save Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers (Los Angeles)
• California State Parks (Hearst Ranch, Ahmanson Ranch, Playa Vista)
• Julius Shulman (Los Angeles)
• Marion Mitchell-Wilson (Riverside)

2006

• Lifetime Achievement:  Senator James Mills (Coronado)
• Preservationist of the Year:  Enid Sales (Monterey)
• Ry Cooder (Los Angeles)
• Friends of the Music Concourse (San Francisco)
• The John Marsh Historic Trust
• Britt Jewett (Santa Barbara)
• Edna Kimbro (posthumous)

2007

• Lifetime Achievement:  Ray Girvigian, FAIA
• Preservationist of the Year:  Peyton Hall, FAIA
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the American Express Foundation:  Partners in Preservation Grants
• The Annenberg Foundation
• The Little Manila Foundation, Patricio Ginelsa and The Black Eyed Peas

2008

• Preservationist of the Year for Lifetime Achievement:  GeeGee Platt
• Legislators of the Year:  Darrell Steinberg, John Garamendi, David Jones
• Volunteer of the Year:  Charles Chase
• Francis Ford Coppola
• San Francisco Flower Market Tenants & SF Board of Supervisors
• Coalition to Rebuild Johnie’s Broiler
• Preston Castle Foundation
• Fox Oakland (Oakland Redevelopment Agency, Phil Tagami-Cal. Capital Group, Bank of America, OHA, Friends of the Fox) City of Oakland, Mills Act

2009

• Preservationist of the Year:  Martin Eli Weil (Posthumous)
• Da Camera Society of Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles
• The San Francisco Port Authority, San Francisco
• Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee, Los Angeles
• William Krisel, FAIA, Los Angeles
• Don Wexler, FAIA, Palm Springs
• Palm Springs Modernism Week Committee, Palm Springs

2010

• Preservationist of the Year:  Save Hangar One
• Legislator of the Year:  Congresswoman Anna Eschoo (Palo Alto)
• Kathy Azevedo (Norco)
• Virginia Brunini (Grass Valley)
• Clarence “Cully” Cullimore (Bakersfield)
• Empire Mine Park Association (Grass Valley)
• Bob Mackenson (Yuba City)
• Sierra Business Council (Truckee)
• Charles Woods (Nevada City)

2011

• Preservationist of the Year:  Anthea Hartig, PhD
• Legislator of the Year:  Alexandra Stillman (Arcata)
• The Annenberg Foundation (Los Angeles)
• Diane Keaton (Los Angeles)
• Sidney Williams (Palm Springs)
• The City of Richmond (Richmond)

2012

• Preservationist of the Year:   Cassandra Walker (Napa)
• Legislator of the Year:   Assemblyman Jared Huffman (Marin County)
• Peter Moruzzi (Los Angeles)
• Fred and Judy Porta (Orinda)
• Catherine Taylor, California State Parks (Sacramento)
• Pasadena Heritage (Pasadena)

2013

• Lifetime Achievement Award:   Alice Carey (San Francisco)
• Legislator of the Year:   Councilmember Thomas Butt, FAIA (Richmond)
• Gray Brechin, PhD (Berkeley)

2014

• Lifetime Achievement Award:   The Ratkovich Company (Los Angeles)
• Legislator of the Year:   The Honorable Toni Atkins, Speaker of the Assembly (San Diego)
• Bruce Coons, Save Our Heritage Organisation (San Diego)
• David Rumsey (San Francisco)
• Amanda Seward (Los Angeles)

2015

• Lifetime Achievement Award:   John Merritt (Berkeley)

2016

NONE THIS YEAR

2017

• Lifetime Achievement Award:   Christy Johnson McAvoy (Los Angeles)
• Legislator of the Year: Representative Mike Thompson (St. Helena)
• Charles Loveman, Heritage Housing Partners (Pasadena)
• Salk Architecture Conservation Program, Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla)
• SurveyLA—City of Los Angeles’ Citywide Historic Resources Survey (Los Angeles)

2018

• Lifetime Achievement Award:   Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA (Fair Oaks)
• Janet Hansen (Los Angeles)
• Mary Adams Urashima—Huntington Beach Author and Advocate for Historic Wintersburg (Huntington Beach)
• Industry Impact Award:   KFA Architects—Santa Monica Architectural Firm (Santa Monica)

2019

• Lifetime Achievement Award:   Roberta Deering (Sacramento)
• Advocacy:   Chuck Hasz (Isleton)
• Advocacy:   Chico Heritage Association, Michael Magliari & California Water Service (Chico)
• Industry Impact Award:   Plant Construction Company, LP (San Francisco)

2020

• Advocacy:   Palm Springs Preservation Foundation (Palm Springs)
• Lifetime Achievement Award:   Susan Mossman (Pasadena)

2021

• Lifetime Achievement Award:   Peyton Hall, FAIA (Pasadena)
• Advocacy:   Mike Buhler (San Francisco)

2022

• Lifetime Achievement Award:  Barbara Lamprecht, PhD

2023

• Lifetime Achievement Award:  Linda Dishman, President and CEO, Los Angeles Conservancy
• Lifetime Achievement Award:  Susan Brandt-Hawley, Esq
• Advocacy Award:  San Francisco Legacy Business Program

2024

• Lifetime Achievement Award:  Leslie Heumann Los Angeles)
• Lifetime Achievement Award:  Brenda Levin, FAIA (Los Angeles)
• Advocacy Award:  Preservation Action Council San Jose
• Advocacy Award:  Save Our Heritage Organisation (San Diego)