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  • Whatever Happened to The Purple Line Transit Neighborhood Plan?

    TNP is now in hibernation. When it wakes up, Wilshire corridor residents will be ready, again, to take it on. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27343-whatever-happened-to-the-purple-line-transit-neighborhood-plan

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Climate Change Denialism Flourishes at LA’s City Hall

    in full climate change denial, and its devotion to unplanned, unmonitored real estate speculation is the new normal. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27303-climate-change-denialism-flourishes-at-las-city-hall

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Fran Drescher Is Right: “It’s Wall Street and Greed!”

    2012 litigation. July 13, 2023, Déjà vu: Three Lawsuits Again Challenge The 2023 Hollywood Community Plan Update, by Dick Platkin Let’s face reality, we cannot separate the corruptionism which has seized Los Angeles and the California courts for well...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/27296-fran-drescher-is-right-its-wall-street-and-greed

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Richard Lee Abrams
    • Category: IMPORTANT READS
    • Language: *

  • Déjà vu: Three Lawsuits Again Challenge The 2023 Hollywood Community Plan Update

    world outcomes expose these fictitious cover stories, developers still benefit from upzoning, its intended purpose. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27262-deja-vu-three-lawsuits-again-challenge-the-2023-hollywood-community-plan-update

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Eagle Rock Fireworks and Homeless Increases

    ‘solutions’ are obviously not working, spending zillions of dollars on things that do not work. My Citywatch colleague Dick Platkin had it spot on in his recent piece laying out why the Mayor and City Councils insistence on building more housing is not...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/27231-eagle-rock-fireworks-and-homeless-increases

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Tony Butka
    • Category: NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS
    • Language: *

  • Three New Studies On Poverty And Shortage Of Affordable Housing

    speculation. Until this changes, the number of unhoused, overcrowded, and rent-gouged people will continue to grow. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27226-three-new-studies-on-poverty-and-shortage-of-affordable-housing

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • LA’s Declining Quality of Life

    While decent planning cannot guarantee proper care of the city’s infrastructure, it is an essential first step. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27189-las-declining-quality-of-life

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • The Big Lie of Climate Change Deniers: The Crisis Is “Human-Made”

    way, the major energy companies will be toast, even if the moguls can temporarily retreat to underground bunkers. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27153-the-big-lie-of-climate-change-deniers-the-crisis-is-human-made

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Mayor Bass: 6 Months and Housing for the Unhoused is Hard to Find

    the housing crisis worse, not better. As for Angelenos, gird yourself for a further decline in the quality of life. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27102-mayor-bass-6-months-and-housing-for-the-unhoused-is-hard-to-find

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Why the White House-Congressional Debt Deal will Increase Homelessness

    to understand how Washington’s latest austerity budget impacts the nation’s housing crisis, including in Los Angeles. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who analyzes local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27071-why-the-white-house-congressional-debt-deal-will-increase-homelessness

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Why Does LA Fail to Monitor Its Adopted Plans?

    most Angelinos is getting harder, with or without City Hall monitoring data that documents these disturbing trends. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27027-why-does-la-fail-to-monitor-its-adopted-plans

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • The Perfect Storm That Created the Housing Crisis

    wages) also explains why they resort to police sweeps to force the homeless to relocate to other nearby locations. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26998-the-perfect-storm-that-created-the-housing-crisis

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • A Look Into LA's Crystal Ball: The Future Looks Grim

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING - Predicting the future, whether relying on tea leaves or statistical regression lines, rarely succeeds. So many factors are in play, especially the ability of our species to take individual and group action, that few predictions...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26884-a-look-into-la-s-crystal-ball-the-future-looks-grim

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • How City Hall Should Properly Honor Earth Day?

    is in the court of our elected officials, both old and new, to turn short-term events into long-term climate actions. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26851-how-city-hall-should-properly-honor-earth-day

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Hollywood Community Plan Update: City Hall is Repeating Fatal Flaws Of The 2012 Nullified Plan

    stated objectives are not met, City Hall will overlook its failures as long as Hollywood’s building boom continues. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26807-hollywood-community-plan-update-city-hall-is-repeating-fatal-flaws-of-the-2012-nullified-plan

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • To End Homelessness, You Must Address Its Causes, Not Treat Symptoms With Band-Aids

    Ordinances are not strengthened, and restrictions on speculative purchase of residential units remain in limbo. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26779-to-end-homelessness-you-must-address-its-causes-not-treat-symptoms-with-band-aids

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Why Is LA’s Population Declining, Despite The Rosy Forecasts?

    to shrink, with the in-fillers and gentrifiers squeezing out as much profit as possible, while they still can. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who analyzes local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26739-why-is-la-s-population-declining-despite-the-rosy-forecasts

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Greenwashing, Yet Another Real Estate Scam To Justify Developer Giveaways

    This is greenwashing in action, and the profitability of these projects is worth far more than an occasional fine. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who analyzes local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26707-greenwashing-yet-another-real-estate-scam-to-justify-developer-giveaways

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • UN Released Its Latest And Most Ominous Climate Report.  And City Hall’s Response Is . . ?

    headed for the point of no-return, there is plenty that Los Angeles can do to mitigate and adapt to the new normal. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26666-un-released-its-latest-and-most-ominous-climate-report-and-city-hall-s-response-is

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Huntington Beach Lawsuit Opposes California’s Up-Zoning Laws

    crisis worse, they would have made a stronger argument that also fends off critics who denigrate them as NIMBYs. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/26627-huntington-beach-lawsuit-opposes-california-s-up-zoning-laws

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS
    • Language: *
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