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  • A Powerful Lesson from the Pandemic: Trickle-down City Planning Does Not Work

    city planning profession. It is time to forget about trickle-down fixes, like upzoning and environmental deregulation. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • What will Concerned City Employees do Next? Stay tuned!

    to their courageous letter. The Mayor, the City Council, and the public all deserve their continued attention. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • When will LA’s Real Estate Bubble Finally Burst?

    capacity. Even without a major earthquake, it is only a matter of time until this house of cards caves in on itself. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • Crime Doesn’t Pay. Really? Is LA the Exception to the Rule?

    Mitchell Englander, Jose Huizar, or Roy Chan, please tell them to take a hike in nearly any Los Angeles neighborhood. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • Why Los Angeles Cannot Solve its Housing Crisis

    letting the homeless live in squalor during a Pandemic, then calling in the LAPD to push them to another neighborhood. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • LA’s Corrupt, Market-Oriented Planning Process Could be Reinvented to Promote Economic and Racial Justice

    Department to give ground on real estate speculation. Even more than tough policing, this is City Hall’s lifeblood. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • After Eric Garcetti Feels Our Pain, What Will Permanently Change at City Hall?

    out of the picture, leaving a political mess for their successors to clean up through real, not symbolic, change. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • City Planning Department Pats Itself on the Back for its Recent Awards

    in Los Angeles, a trend that can only be momentarily constrained by a militarized LAPD when it attacks demonstrators. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • What I Discovered About LA on Daily Bike Rides During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    question. How long can Los Angeles kick its infrastructure can down the road until irreversible major harm results? (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • To Keep Track of City Hall Corruption, Follow the Lies and Trust Your Eyes

    ordinances that resort to lies to justify the up-zoning of private property outside the official planning process. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • Three Crises that Feed on Each Other: Covid-19 Pandemic, Financial Crash, and Climate Change

    to cease all non-essential activities, the chance that LA is meeting long-term climate change reduction goals is nil. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • LA’s Crumbling Infrastructure: An ounce of Good News and Ton of Bad News

    that are most essential, and to prioritize those infrastructure categories subject to lawsuits and climate change. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • During a Pandemic, Beware of ‘Greeks Bearing Gifts’

    the Pandemic, including the role of our elected officials in carving out exemptions for non-essential construction. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • Housing, Housing, Everywhere, but not a Room to Rent

    to piles of rotting vegetables that farmers could not sell, even though food banks suddenly have lines a mile long. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • The WIMBY’S (Wall Street in my Backyard) are Taking Advantage of the Covid-19 Pandemic to Enrich Themselves

    death of loved ones, and hardship, but for them it is an investment opportunity that comes once in a generation. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • Even a Pandemic Cannot Stop the Gentrification Express Roaring Through Los Angeles

    epicenter. Will they prioritize the health of their constituents or the business interests of their campaign donors? (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • In LA, Non-Essential Construction like McMansions, Inhabit a Non-Pandemic World

    its closure orders, or will it insist, despite any evidence, that all construction, such as McMansions, is essential? (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • Why are McMansions, Luxury High-Rises, and Commercial Buildings Exempted from LA’s Coronavirus Closure Orders?

    public offices where the same officials cut their deals and occasionally get caught with their hand in the cookie jar. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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  • Will State Senator Scott Wiener Evade California’s Three Strikes Law?

    detailed analysis of Senate Bill 902 and how you can oppose it, please log on to this Better Way California website. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • The Price We Pay for Poor Planning in Los Angeles

    short-term real estate investment criteria, not a rational planning process, determine how Los Angeles is governed. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
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