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Forcing Bigoted Politicians to Resign is Easy, Rooting Out Racist Policies, Programs, and Practices is Hard.

October 20 2022 Angeles needs are elected officials intent on rooting out racist programs and practices, not aggrandizing themselves. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25775-forcing-bigoted-politicians-to-resign-are-easy-rooting-out-racist-policies-programs-and-practices-are-hard
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
- Language: *
To the Members of LA City Council from United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles

October 12 2022 President United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles UN4LA Board: Casey Maddren, President Cherilyn Smith, Treasurer Richard Platkin, Secretary Annie Gagen Jack Humphreville Kim Lamorie Gina K. Thornburg

https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25716-to-the-members-of-la-city-council-from-united-neighborhoods-for-los-angeles
- Type: Article
- Author: Casey Maddren
- Category: VOICES
- Language: *
Climate Change Is Here. Can Someone Please Tell Those In Charge?

October 05 2022 governments are either unable or unwilling to understand and respond to current and anticipated climate crises. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25664-climate-change-is-here-can-someone-please-tell-those-in-charge
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
- Language: *
Who Controls City Government In Los Angeles? Stay Tuned To Find Out.

September 29 2022 green light for real estate speculation. This is why I say, “Stay tuned!” if you still wonder who controls City Hall. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25600-who-controls-city-government-in-los-angeles-stay-tuned-to-find-out
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
- Language: *
What Do Magicians, Card Sharks, And City Hall Have In Common?

September 21 2022 was the essence of forgotten Measure S, the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, which went before LA’s voters in 2017. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25547-what-do-magicians-card-sharks-and-city-hall-have-in-common
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
Status Report: The 17 Mile Long Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Specific Plan Is 30 Years Old

September 19 2022 PLANNING WATCH - The Planning Report’s 30 year old article by Richard Platkin on the Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Specific Plan is still mostly current and correct. It notes that most of the "planning" along the boulevard has been done by the private...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25523-status-report-the-17-mile-long-ventura-cahuenga-boulevard-specific-plan-is-30-years-old
- Type: Article
- Author: John Issakson
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
Homeless Numbers Are Up Again In LA, And City Hall Wonders Why

September 15 2022 crisis as a strictly local issue, even though the main causes (#’s 1, 2, and 3 above) are statewide and nationwide. ( Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25503-homeless-numbers-are-up-again-in-la-and-city-hall-wonders-why
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
Bass’ And Caruso’s “Solutions” To Homelessness Explain Why LA’s Housing Crisis Is Getting Worse

September 08 2022 purchases of existing housing, preserve existing low-cost housing, and stop the mansionization of LA neighborhoods. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25442-bass-and-caruso-s-solutions-to-homelessness-explain-why-la-s-housing-crisis-is-getting-worse
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
City Hall’s Fanciful Justifications for its Real Estate Scams

September 01 2022 projects ever completed and then rented to vetted low-tenants? If you can answer these questions, please let me know ([email protected]) since my research came up dry. If every low-income project approved by City Planning were built, there would be...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25404-city-hall-s-fanciful-justifications-for-its-real-estate-scams
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
Unlike High Profile Crimes, Petty and White Collar Crimes are Under Reported and Often Unpunished

August 25 2022 revelation that white collar crimes are massive and seldom prosecuted remains an important real-world take-away. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25351-unlike-high-profile-crimes-petty-and-white-collar-crimes-are-under-reported-and-often-unpunished
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
How Bad Planning Thrives in LA -- the case of the Wilshire Community Plan

August 18 2022 further as these enormous planning mistake makes the area’s epic traffic congestion and homelessness worse. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25316-how-bad-planning-thrives-in-la-the-case-of-the-wilshire-community-plan
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
Ken Draper 1933-2022

August 11 2022 Abrams, Liz Amsden, Tony Butka, Beth Cone, Phyllis Daugherty, Tim Deegan, Bob Gelfand, Jay Handal, Jack Humphreville, Dick Platkin, Eric Preven, Denyse Selesnick, and more. I asked some of them to give a thought or remembrance about Ken Draper. Linda...

https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25264-ken-draper-1933-2022
- Type: Article
- Author: By Jim Hampton - Publisher
- Category: VOICES
- Language: *
Homeless Crisis Will Get Worse, But There Is A Path Forward

August 04 2022 instead of resorting to anti-camping ordinances and police sweeps when market-manipulation programs predictably fail. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25210-homeless-crisis-will-get-worse-but-there-is-a-path-forward
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
Electric Cars: To Generate Corporate Profits Or Combat Climate Change?

July 28 2022 cars with low carbon footprints instead of electric cars with enormous batteries, extended ranges, and high profits. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/25163-electric-cars-to-generate-corporate-profits-or-combat-climate-change
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: IMPORTANT READS
- Language: *
Some Still Claim ‘More Market Rate Housing Will Solve the Housing Crisis’

July 21 2022 By turning to the LAPD, the pols ensure that the consequences of their folly temporarily disappears from view. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25104-some-still-claim-more-market-rate-housing-will-solve-the-housing-crisis
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
What Do The Primary Election Results Mean For LA? Probably Less Than You Think.

July 13 2022 culture. P.S. If I misrepresented any candidates’ positions, I invite readers to post or send me corrections. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25059-what-do-the-primary-election-results-mean-for-la-probably-less-than-you-think
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
City Hall Rolls out Red Carpet for Real Estate Speculators

July 06 2022 You can help organizations like the Los Angeles Tenants Union, which take direct actions, such as rent strikes. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25009-city-hall-rolls-out-red-carpet-for-real-estate-speculators
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
LA Needs to Plan, Plant and Care for a Proper Urban Forest – While It Still Can.

June 30 2022 how to coordinate the roles of their many city departments to maintain their urban forests, and so can Los Angeles. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/24963-la-needs-to-plan-plant-and-care-for-a-proper-urban-forest-while-it-still-can
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
“Garbage In, Garbage Out” Explains Why The Housing Crisis Is Getting Worse.

June 23 2022 turn them into their opposite, local Housing Authorities designed to build and operate non-market public housing. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/24892-garbage-in-garbage-out-explains-why-the-housing-crisis-is-getting-worse
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *
Despite Widespread “LA-Needs-More-Cops” Electioneering, The LAPD Won’t Be Riding To The Rescue.

June 16 2022 and sidewalks, missing street trees, climate change, or other urban crises, the LAPD is not riding to the rescue. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/24830-despite-widespread-la-needs-more-cops-electioneering-the-lapd-won-t-be-riding-to-the-rescue
- Type: Article
- Author: Dick Platkin
- Category: LOS ANGELES
- Language: *

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Forcing Bigoted Politicians to Resign is Easy, Rooting Out Racist Policies, Programs, and Practices is Hard.

To the Members of LA City Council from United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles

Climate Change Is Here. Can Someone Please Tell Those In Charge?

Who Controls City Government In Los Angeles? Stay Tuned To Find Out.

What Do Magicians, Card Sharks, And City Hall Have In Common?

Status Report: The 17 Mile Long Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Specific Plan Is 30 Years Old

Homeless Numbers Are Up Again In LA, And City Hall Wonders Why

Bass’ And Caruso’s “Solutions” To Homelessness Explain Why LA’s Housing Crisis Is Getting Worse

City Hall’s Fanciful Justifications for its Real Estate Scams

Unlike High Profile Crimes, Petty and White Collar Crimes are Under Reported and Often Unpunished

How Bad Planning Thrives in LA -- the case of the Wilshire Community Plan

Ken Draper 1933-2022

Homeless Crisis Will Get Worse, But There Is A Path Forward

Electric Cars: To Generate Corporate Profits Or Combat Climate Change?

Some Still Claim ‘More Market Rate Housing Will Solve the Housing Crisis’

What Do The Primary Election Results Mean For LA? Probably Less Than You Think.

City Hall Rolls out Red Carpet for Real Estate Speculators

LA Needs to Plan, Plant and Care for a Proper Urban Forest – While It Still Can.

“Garbage In, Garbage Out” Explains Why The Housing Crisis Is Getting Worse.

Despite Widespread “LA-Needs-More-Cops” Electioneering, The LAPD Won’t Be Riding To The Rescue.

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