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Entering **"this and that"** (with quotes) into the search form will return results containing the exact phrase "this and that". --- - Start Date Start Date OperatorBefore - End Date End Date OperatorBefore Search by Type Search All Search by Author Search All Search by Category Search All Search by Language Search All Search by Type Search All Search by Author Search All Search by Category Search All Search by Language Search All Assuming dick is required, and platkin is required, the following [588 results were found.](#search-result-list) - ### [LA’s 2022 Planning Year in Review](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26195-la-s-2022-planning-year-in-review) December 29 2022 its multi-billion dollar mass transit projects, does not fund or build planned first-last mile public improvements. (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/planning-watch-la/26195-la-s-2022-planning-year-in-review - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [The Homeless Crisis: What Should the Mayor Do? Address Causes, Not Symptoms](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26159-the-homeless-crisis-what-should-the-mayor-do-address-causes-not-symptoms) December 22 2022 peace with the entrenched City Hall land use policies that promote homeless-inducing speculative apartment buildings? (Dick Platkin (rhplatkin@gmail.com) is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He... https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26159-the-homeless-crisis-what-should-the-mayor-do-address-causes-not-symptoms - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Real Estate Scams Purporting to Fix Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26112-real-estate-scams-purporting-to-fix-homelessness) December 14 2022 land use, like Livable Communities, or will they focus on stopping gentrification and evictions caused by deregulation? (Dick Platkin (rhplatkin@gmail.com) is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He... https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26112-real-estate-scams-purporting-to-fix-homelessness - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [LA’s McMansions Cause Housing Costs to Rise, Homelessness and Overcrowding](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26079-la-s-mcmansions-cause-housing-costs-to-rise-homelessness-and-overcrowding) December 08 2022 won’t happen on their own. They will require enormous pressure from below on the new Mayor and revamped City Council. (Dick Platkin (rhplatkin@gmail.com) is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He... https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26079-la-s-mcmansions-cause-housing-costs-to-rise-homelessness-and-overcrowding - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [What Mayor-Elect Karen Bass Is Up Against!](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/26030-what-mayor-elect-karen-bass-is-up-against) December 01 2022 like parking lots and pedestrian access ways to stations. Good luck, Karen Bass, since you will need lots of it. 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/planning-watch-la/26030-what-mayor-elect-karen-bass-is-up-against - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [LA City Hall’s Dilemma. Corruption Served In Bite-Sized Bits Or Giant Portions?](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25991-la-city-hall-s-dilemma-corruption-served-in-bite-sized-bits-or-giant-portions) November 24 2022 level. The open question is whether it will collapse on its own or whether a fed-up public will speed-up its demise. (Dick Platkin is a former 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/25991-la-city-hall-s-dilemma-corruption-served-in-bite-sized-bits-or-giant-portions - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Modest Proposals For Mayor-Elect Karen Bass And The Reconstituted City Council](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25944-modest-proposals-for-mayor-elect-karen-bass-and-the-reconstituted-city-council) November 17 2022 readily applied to Los Angeles. For this to happen, however, City Hall must overcome political, not technical barriers. (Dick Platkin is a former 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/25944-modest-proposals-for-mayor-elect-karen-bass-and-the-reconstituted-city-council - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [City Hall: LA’s Newly Elected Begin in January - Check Your Optimism at the Door](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25905-city-hall-la-s-newly-elected-begin-in-january-check-your-optimism-at-the-door) November 10 2022 in LA growing homelessness is an acceptable tradeoff when City Hall pulls out the stops for real estate speculators. (Dick Platkin is a former 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/25905-city-hall-la-s-newly-elected-begin-in-january-check-your-optimism-at-the-door - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [New York Times on LA’s Housing Crisis. Even a Broken Clock Is Correct Twice a Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25867-new-york-times-on-la-s-housing-crisis-even-a-broken-clock-is-correct-twice-a-day) November 03 2022 to sleep on sidewalks, alleys, or in their cars, where over 1000 of them die each year from disease and exposure. (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/25867-new-york-times-on-la-s-housing-crisis-even-a-broken-clock-is-correct-twice-a-day - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [LA Times' Overcrowding Report Gets a Lot Right, But Its Remedies Make It Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25810-la-times-overcrowding-report-gets-a-lot-right-but-its-remedies-make-it-worse) October 27 2022 created by the termination of HUD public housing programs during the Nixon and subsequent presidential administrations. (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/25810-la-times-overcrowding-report-gets-a-lot-right-but-its-remedies-make-it-worse - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Forcing Bigoted Politicians to Resign is Easy, Rooting Out Racist Policies, Programs, and Practices is Hard.](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25775-forcing-bigoted-politicians-to-resign-are-easy-rooting-out-racist-policies-programs-and-practices-are-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: \* - ### [Climate Change Is Here. Can Someone Please Tell Those In Charge?](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25664-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.](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25600-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?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25547-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: \* - ### [Homeless Numbers Are Up Again In LA, And City Hall Wonders Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25503-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](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25442-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](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25404-city-hall-s-fanciful-justifications-for-its-real-estate-scams) September 01 2022 raising wages and restoring terminated Federal public housing programs, the homeless crisis is here to stay. (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/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](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25351-unlike-high-profile-crimes-petty-and-white-collar-crimes-are-under-reported-and-often-unpunished) August 25 2022 their 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... 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](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25316-how-bad-planning-thrives-in-la-the-case-of-the-wilshire-community-plan) August 18 2022 deteriorate 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... 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: \* - ### [A Tribute to Ken Draper 1933-2022](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25264-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. 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