Prescribe Hope: Advocacy in Action
This year, we’re prescribing more than medicine, we’re prescribing hope. At AMAM, you’ll join family physicians, residents, and medical students from across California to transform that hope into tangible change. Through dynamic sessions, interactive workshops, and direct engagement with legislators, you’ll gain the tools, strategies, and confidence to advance policies that strengthen family medicine and promote health equity.
From recurring favorite sessions like “How to Talk to Your Legislator” to sessions inspired by today’s most urgent health care challenges, AMAM will empower you to turn advocacy into action.
Be part of the movement that’s redefining health care. Together, we’ll Prescribe Hope, and shape a healthier future for every Californian.
AMAM Conference Rates:
Financial Assistance for Attendees, Students, or Residents
We're pleased to offer CAFP members a financial assistance registration fee waiver to attend the 2026 AMAM on March 14-15th. Please complete the request form prior to registering for AMAM. If your request is approved, you will receive a discount code for registration.
Saturday-Sunday, March 14-15, 2026
Lobby Day - Monday, March 16, 2026
We’re excited to welcome Jessica Altman, Executive Director of Covered California, as our 2026 AMAM Keynote Speaker. A national leader in health policy, Altman oversees California’s groundbreaking health exchange, driving efforts to expand coverage, lower costs, improve quality, and advance health equity statewide.
Her career includes serving as Pennsylvania’s Insurance Commissioner and helping shape the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She is a Bay Area native, and holds degrees from Harvard and Cornell.
Get ready for an inspiring keynote from one of the most influential voices transforming health care.
12:00 - 1:00 PM: Registration and Lunch
1:00-5:15 PM: General Program: Opening Session, President’s Address, Elections and Resolutions Hearing
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Open House & President’s Reception at CAFP HQ
7:30 PM: Dine Arounds
7:00 - 8:30 PM: Registration and Breakfast, Chapter President’s Breakfast
8:00 - 4:00 PM: General Program: Keynote, Session Speakers, Celebration Lunch, Legislative Briefing, Training Tracks
800 - 8:45 AM: Breakfast and Lobby Day Briefing
9:00 AM: Group Photo at the Capitol
9:15 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:00 - 3:00 PM: Legislative Visits
12:00 - 1:00 PM: FP-PAC Donor Lunch Reception
All local chapters receive a representative number of delegates and alternate delegates to AMAM. Delegates vote for new CAFP officers, on changes to CAFP bylaws and dues, and are the only ones empowered to extract resolutions from the resolution consent calendar for discussion at AMAM. Are you a member of a chapter without current leadership or not sure how to get ahold of your local chapter leader? Email your interest to cafp@familydocs.org and we will help connect you.
All delegates must be submitted by January 12, 2026.
Deadline for Local Chapters to submit Delegate Names : Monday, January 12, 2026 to mcleveland@familydocs.org.
Find out how to become a delegate: cafp@familydocs.org
The CAFP JEDI Equity Tool was developed by the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee as a guide to prompt resolution authors to consider an equity lens when crafting resolutions, and for the CAFP Board and committees to reflect upon as they review resolutions. Resolution authors are required to submit a completed Equity Tool Worksheet as part of this year's resolution submission process. Learn more about the tool and about the work of CAFP’s JEDI Committee here.
We will once again utilize the Committee review process we first experimented with in 2025. Resolutions that were submitted by the deadline will first be sent to CAFP Committees for review and recommendations prior to AMAM. In 2026, Committee reports will be included in the AMAM Handbook issued to AMAM attendees in mid-February. This will provide ample opportunity for local chapters to discuss the recommendations with their Delegates to determine the chapter positions in advance of AMAM. Delegates will have the opportunity to extract resolutions from the consent calendar for discussion on the floor at AMAM. All other resolutions (not extracted) and corresponding Committee recommendations will be confirmed by the Delegates and sent to the CAFP Board. All AMAM attendees will have the opportunity to provide verbal and/or written testimony on extracted resolutions throughout AMAM supporting, opposing, or proposing amendments to a resolution.
The deadline for resolution submissions was December 7, 2025, 11:59 pm.
CAFP has reserved a limited number of rooms at a discounted nightly rate of $209. The Sheraton room block is now sold out on Friday night. Rooms are still available at the Sheraton on Saturday and Sunday nights only.
Sheraton Grand Sacramento
1230 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 447-1700 or (800) 325-3535
Overflow Lodging
CAFP has also reserved a limited number of rooms at a discounted nightly rate of $230 at the AC Hotel Sacramento. The AC Hotel currently has rooms Friday - Monday.
Other Nearby Hotels
Parking
Conference attendees can self-park at a special rate of $30.00 or valet park for $40.00 per day. In and out privileges are available for overnight guests.
Public Transit
Sacramento Metropolitan Airport (SMF) is 12 miles from the Sheraton Grand. Transport is available via Uber, Lyft, taxi or the airport shuttle.
