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When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time

September 07 2026

Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?

September 03 2026

Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back

August 31 2026

As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records

September 03 2026

PLANNING WATCH LA

Real Estate Speculators Boost Profits by Bypassing Local Zoning Laws

Written by Dick Platkin on June 20 2024.

Written by Dick Platkin & Barbara Broide on June 13 2024. Posted in PLANNING WATCH LA.

Residents Of LA’s Pico-Midvale Neighborhood Propose Alternative Temporary Homeless Site

PLANNING WATCH - We are sharing a recent email blast from the Midvale-Pico Coalition. Nearby residents are concerned about the City of Los Angeles’s…

Unveiling Urban Inequality: A Comprehensive Review of "The Broken City" by Patrick M. Condon

Written by Setha Low, Ph.D. on June 10 2024.

Livable Communities: Developer Giveaways In A Slick And Deceptive Package

Written by Dick Platkin on June 05 2024.

Why Don’t The Homeless Move Into Vacant Homes And Apartments?

Written by Dick Platkin on May 30 2024.

Why LA’s Infrastructure is in such Bad Shape - Part 2

Written by Dick Platkin on May 16 2024.

Why LA’s Infrastructure Is in Such Bad Shape

Written by Dick Platkin on May 09 2024.

The Long Shadow of LA’s 1992 Civil Disturbance

Written by Dick Platkin on April 29 2024.

The Public Understands The Housing Crisis Better Than The Electeds

Written by Dick Platkin on April 18 2024.

Has Mayor Bass’ ED1 Emergency Homeless Ordinance Succeeded?

Written by Dick Platkin on April 11 2024.

Federal Judge David Carter, Nemesis of City Hall’s Skid Row Homeless Programs

Written by Dick Platkin on March 28 2024.

How Inadequate Community Plan Updates Worsen Los Angeles' Housing Crisis

Written by Dick Platkin on March 21 2024.

Why Homelessness and Traffic Get Steadily Worse In Los Angeles

Written by Dick Platkin on March 14 2024.

Two Ways for US Government Officials To Create Homelessness: One Gradual, The Other Instant

Written by Dick Platkin on March 07 2024.

LA’s Measure HLA will not work. That's the best reason for opposing it.

Written by Dick Platkin on February 22 2024.

Why I am voting NO on LA’s Measure HLA

Written by Dick Platkin on February 15 2024.

Ode to the Los Angeles Times: On its last legs, it still shills for real estate speculators

Written by Dick Platkin on February 08 2024.

Crocodile Tears for The Homeless: A Pretext For Rescinding Adopted Zoning And Environmental Laws

Written by Dick Platkin on February 01 2024.

Is LA’s Traffic Congestion Getting Worse?

Written by Dick Platkin on January 26 2024.

LA’s Future: More Of the Same, Worse, Or Push-Back?

Written by Dick Platkin on January 18 2024.

City Hall’s Mishandling of The Homeless Crisis Is Not Its Cause

Written by Dick Platkin on January 12 2024.

California Continues Its Losing Streak

Written by Irvin Dawid on January 04 2024.

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