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  • Why LA’s Homeless Crisis Will Not Just Continue, But Will Get Worse

    cheap: Homelessness will increase for the reasons above, despite Presidential promises to bring down housing prices. (Dick Platkin ([email protected]) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United...

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  • Rebuilding After The Wildfires.  The Devil Is In The Details.

    perfectly describes this situation: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” (Dick Platkin ([email protected]) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United...

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  • Why LA’s Wildfires Are Becoming More Destructive

    video about the Bel Air fire to realize that the only force that can stop LA’s wildfires is a change in the weather. (Dick Platkin ([email protected]) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Both Conservatives And Liberals Spin Tall Tales About LA’s Wildfires

    the best way to find out. In the meantime, CityWatchLA writers, like me, will do their best to fill inthe information. Dick Platkin ([email protected]) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • What The Mainstream Media Misses About LA’s Wildfires

    the consequences of their actions could result in societal failure, already happening in Southern California. (Dick Platkin ([email protected]) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Homelessness Doubled in Four Years, Yet Excuses Persist

    are the primary causes of homelessness. Those who blame the homeless for their plight can read this report on-line. (Dick Platkin ([email protected]) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Billions Spent On Homelessness, Yet It Is Still Increasing.  Why?

    by state and local government agencies to reduce homelessness by focusing on personal pathology will be in vain. (Dick Platkin ([email protected]) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Why Has The Price Of Housing Increased Faster Than Incomes?

    much faster than incomes. It is a must read, despite the report’s failure to discuss raising employee compensation. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Why LA Remodels So Few Vacant Buildings With Low-Cost Housing For The Homeless

    eliminated through the conversion of vacant commercial space to low-priced apartments get ready for disappointment. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • LA’s City Council is Ready to Adopt the Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIPs) Ordinances

    or without the CHIPs ordinances, homeless and overcrowding will continue to grow in Los Angeles and similar cities. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Measure A Passes: LA County Approves 0.25% Sales Tax Hike for Homeless Programs

    tax gives them and their supporters cover to profit from the housing status quo of privatization and deregulation. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los...

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  • LA’s City Hall Rveals the Democratic Party’s Failing Domestic Policies

    aware of this. Living conditions are getting steadily worse, with City Hall unable or unwilling to stem the tide. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Can Voting Resolve Local Policy Issues?

    priorities force the quality of life of Angelenos to decline, without voting able to offset this development. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles...

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  • California's New Gold Rush: Middlemen Cashing In on the Homelessness Crisis

    developers have benefitted from measures advertised to ease the housing crisis, but as fellow CityWatch columnist Dick Platkin points out, few truly affordable units have been built. In 1849, San Francisco was filled with huge tent encampments where...

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    • Category: VOICES
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  • LA’s New Zoning Code Is Under Review At The City Attorney’s Office

    was nothing more than a “feel good” ruse. It is a great cover story for raising property values through deregulation. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

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  • Urban Forest Blues in Los Angeles

    storm runoff, the loss of shade, and the destruction of urban habitat are no longer a debate. They are a must.” (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

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  • LA’s City Planning Commission Approves A Zoning Program That Makes Homelessness Worse

    be constructed in residential neighborhoods where it was not intended and where old infrastructure cannot support it. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

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  • Why Homeless Programs, Like LA County‘s Measure A, Fail

    laws, and the restoration of public housing programs, they require major political and economic changes to happen. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

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  • City Hall Again Selling Off Public Sidewalk Rights To The Sign Industry

    Los Angeles lawsuit opposing the STAP program. BASED ON COMMENTS, I WILL POST FUTURE CORRECTIONS TO THIS COLUMN. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner. He reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

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    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Human Rights Watch Report on Homelessness in Los Angeles, “You have to move!”

    of houselessness is an admission that treating housing as a commodity, not a human right, is a failed housing policy. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of...

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