Preserving Historic California Architecture

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.

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"

Papers from past conferences