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  • City Hall Flashback: They’ve Always Lied about Affordable Housing!

    vaguely embarrassed as they toed the party line over any and all protests. In late July of 2016, CityWatch contributor Dick Platkin wrote a very telling article, “Getting Developers to Build Affordable Housing...Like Getting Blood From a Stone.” There...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Tony Butka
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • ‘No Cars’ at One of LA’s Most Congested Intersections? No Way!

    become the global city that its City Hall boosters magically believe can be achieved through real estate speculation. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles City Planner and also a Board Member of the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association. He welcomes...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • A Must for LA in 2017: More Hard-Hitting Investigative Reporting

    but crowd-sourcing our knowledge can and will be the antidote to the neglect of the mainstream, corporate media. (Dick Platkin reports on local planning issues in Los Angeles for CityWatch. Please send any questions, comments, or corrections to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Can the Cheap Perfume of “Approve-with-Conditions” Mask the Stink of Bad Planning?

    and Beverly Hills has many pedestrian-oriented projects and corridors, with buildings that conform to plans and zones. (Dick Platkin is a veteran city planner. He reports on local planning issues for CityWatch, and he welcomes comments and questions at...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Putting the Brakes on Mansionization in LA: No Rest for the Weary

    the public sector and private commercial interests that now seamlessly stretches from City Hall to the White House. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angele city planner who reports on local planning issues for City Watch. Please send any comments or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Smearing the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative: Big Real Estate is No ‘Grassroots Organization’

    the bigger they come, the harder they fall. Money can buy you lots of things, but so far, basic facts are not for sale. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angele city planner who reports on local planning issues for City Watch. Please send any comments or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS
    • Language: *
  • When It Comes to Climate Change: Think Globally, Act Locally

    kick their addiction to real estate speculation and devote themselves to the city’s, the region’s, and planet’s future? (Dick Platkin is a former LA City Planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He also has taught classes on...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Angelinos Pay a Steep Price for Bad City Planning

    million people and struggling entertainment and import-export industries to eventually become a city of this caliber. (Dick Platkin is a former LA City Planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He is also a supporter of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Planning Consultants Say the Darndest Things

    we should consider something else, perhaps the next Doublespeak Award from the National Council of Teachers of English. (Dick Platkin reports on local planning issues in Los Angeles for CityWatch. He is also serves on the Board of the Beverly Wilshire...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Another Chance to Contain Mansionization in LA: We Cannot Make the Same Mistakes Again

    your comments should be submitted. (Addresses and model letters can be found at www.nomoremcmansionsinlosangeles.org) (Dick Platkin reports on local planning issues in Los Angeles for City Watch. He welcomes comments and corrections at...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin and Shelley Wagers
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Another Billionaire Break at City Hall: LA Planning Commission OKs Caruso’s 20-Story Luxury Skyscraper

    in the residential and commercial area. “We don’t want that to happen,” Sherman told the planning commissioners. Dick Platkin, a member of the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association and a supporter of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, said his group...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Patrick Range McDonald
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Jaw, Jaw, Jaw about Los Angeles Initiative JJJ

    until the only real solution emerges, the restoration of publicly funded and operated affordable housing programs. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch LA. He welcomes comments and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Real Planning in Los Angeles: Nothing more than a rickety ‘Development Process’

    forces substituting for the planning process is finally coming to an end, and you can lend a hand to make it happen. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles City Planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. Please submit any comments or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Municipal Deregulation = Inequality! Here’s How.

    unsafe buildings, traffic congestion, sound and air pollution, and esthetically grim corridors and centers. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles City Planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. Please submit any comments or corrections...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Don’t Hold Your Breath for an Urban New Deal from a Clinton (or Trump) Administration

    to properly plan, including rigorous criteria for the approval of any deviations from legally adopted plans and zones. (Dick Platkin is a veteran city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He also serves on the boards of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Fact Checking ‘News’ Articles that Shill for Real Estate Speculation in LA

    handy, and if you encounter any more info-journalism promoting mega-projects that you want debunked, my email is below. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles City Planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. Please submit any comments or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Gridlock: Not New to LA

    before the City’s infrastructure and service systems are substantially upgraded, we perpetuate LA’s endless gridlock. (Dick Platkin is a veteran city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He also serves on the boards of the Beverly...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Ignorance is Bliss: Everybody Talks about Development, Few Know What It Is

    dust during and after the Vietnam War. The money is undoubtedly there, and our elected officials need to tap into it. (Dick Platkin reports on local city planning issues for CityWatch. He is a veteran city planner and welcomes comments and corrections...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • Welcome to LA, Where Real Estate Speculation meets Squeaky Wheel Planning

    of their residents and customers. Clearly, this old wine is not fit to drink, even if it is packaged in new bottles. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on planning issues for City Watch. He also consults, teaches planning courses, and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
  • How to Empower the Citizenry: Try a Little Respect!

    bankruptcy will help them, us, and our children...how? 2) As fellow CityWatch contributor and Planner-Extraordinaire Dick Platkin recently opined, there are a few darned good reasons why we need a Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, and legal efforts,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ken Alpern
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
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