Upcoming Events
Registration is now OPEN for the 2026 California Infill Summit!
August 19-20, 2026 – Join us in Los Angeles at the L.A. Athletic Club for the 2026 California Infill Summit: Best Practices and Breakthrough Opportunities, hosted by the Infill Builders Foundation and the Council of Infill Builders.
Can we actually get things built in California? The Infill Builders are convening the people working to make sure the answer is YES.
The California Infill Summit will feature builders, contractors, lawyers, lenders, utilities, elected officials, planners, community organizations, sustainability professionals, and students for a practical conversation about what it takes to make infill projects pencil, get permitted, get powered up, open their doors, and avoid death by a thousand cuts along the way.
Come be part of the conversation about what’s working, what’s not, and what changes we need. California’s housing, economic development and climate goals – not to mention the future of our industry – hang in the balance.
Speakers include leading infill developer Leo Pustilnikov, an innovator in the use of the Builder’s Remedy; groundbreaking lender Genesis L.A., which is financing infill typologies other lenders won’t (yet) touch; and utility executive Shaheed Moledina of ENMAX, the Calgary power company delivering electricity to infill projects at 4-5x the speed of California providers.
We’ll also hear from city leaders including Los Angeles Mayor and mayoral candidate Karen Bass (invited), Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, City of San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, and Santa Monica City Manager Oliver Chi, along with leading experts from around the state.
We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles in August!
Past Events
Infill Report – Marin County
October 17, 2025 – Board president Curt Johansen offers Marin County’s city and county leaders practical solutions to address their extreme housing shortage in this Marin Independent Journal op-ed.
Financing Valley Infill – Report Release Webinar
September 14, 2021 – How can we boost infill development in the downtowns and transit corridors of the San Joaquin Valley? Join us on Friday, October 1st at 10am PT for a webinar and Council of Infill Builders report release on this topic. Speakers include Fresno’s city manager Thomas Esqueda and Bakersfield City Councilmember Bob Smith, co-hosted by Fresno Metro Ministry.
$2B Co-op Housing Proposal for San Francisco – Council of Infill Builders Lunch Event
April 7, 2021 – Freedom West 2.0 in San Francisco’s Fillmore District would be a transformative redevelopment project, working with a predominantly African American co-op to develop a community-based affordable and market-rate housing proposal for the heart of the city. Listen to the project and community leads discuss this innovative proposal on the Council of Infill Builders lunch ‘n learn webinar, hosted on April 7th, 2021 and sponsored by Allen Matkins. Featuring:
- Landon Taylor, Co-founder of Legacy First Partners and lead advisor to Freedom West Homes Corp.
- Victor McFarlane, chairman and CEO of MacFarlane Partners
- Mattie Scott, President of the Freedom West board of Directors
The Future of California’s State Housing Mandates – Discussion With Outgoing Director Ben Metcalf, California Department of Housing and Community Development
September 24, 2019 – Watch the Council of Infill Builders and California Lawyers Association webinar discussion with outgoing director Ben Metcalf of the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
LA Infill Conference 2019
July 24, 2019 – Thank you to all who attended our annual Infill Conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 24th at UCLA Law, featuring a keynote by State Senator Scott Wiener and a conversation with L.A. Metro CEO Phil Washington. See the agenda and Planning Report article on the event. Watch the video of the conference, divided into Part 1 and Part 2.
Infill Report – Santa Rosa
November 8, 2018 – The Council of Infill Builders released the new report Accelerating Infill in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County: Options to Address the Housing Shortage & Wildfire Rebuilding Effort. Following the devastating Sonoma County wildfires in October 2017, which destroyed about 6,000 homes county-wide and over 3,000 in the City of Santa Rosa alone (at least 5% of its housing stock), the Council of Infill Builders convened state and local public officials, real estate investors and developers, local business leaders, and other stakeholders to discuss options to rebuild homes in a more sustainable, infill-focused way.
