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  • Bad Santa’s Coming to Town, with Special Gifts for His Friends

    the big financial winners through government-backed real estate schemes. What a friend they have in this bad Santa. (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/los-angeles/19051-bad-santa-s-coming-to-town-with-special-gifts-for-his-friends

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

  • Declining METRO Transit Ridership is No Fluke - It Results from Political Decisions by Public Officials

    from a METRO public relations contact. He wanted to know the purpose of my article but did not answer my questions. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19022-declining-metro-transit-ridership-is-no-fluke-it-results-from-political-decisions-by-public-officials

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

  • Two Peas in a Pod: Trump and California Dems Quibbling over the Housing Crisis

    happen, or if the homeless crisis worsens until the country eventually implodes, as predicted by Chalmers Johnson. (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/los-angeles/18985-two-peas-in-a-pod-trump-and-california-dems-quibbling-over-the-housing-crisis

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

  • If LA City Officials Took the Climate Crisis Seriously, What Would They Do?

    keeping fossil fuels in the ground. That requires a direct confrontation with fossil capital. There is no other way.” (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18947-if-la-city-officials-took-the-climate-crisis-seriously-what-would-they-do

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

  • City Hall Rediscovers Alchemy - Turns Old Commercial Real Estate into Gold.

    template for these zoning build-out calculations already exists, and I will gladly share it with anyone who wants it. ([email protected]). If applied to the entire city, it would reveal that the build-out population of LA's existing zoning would be...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18911-city-hall-rediscovers-alchemy-turns-old-commercial-real-estate-into-gold

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

  • Asking the Wrong Questions about Homelessness in Los Angeles Guarantees the Wrong Answers

    but eventually history would witness the burning of “surplus” bodies, a development sadly emerging in Los Angeles. (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/los-angeles/18873-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-homelessness-in-los-angeles-guarantees-the-wrong-answers

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

  • Tall Tales from Los Angeles: Building Our Way Out of Homeless, Climate, and Transportation Crises

    we consider the reasons, one thing is obvious, entire careers can be built by supporting real estate speculation. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18835-tall-tales-from-los-angeles-building-our-way-out-of-homeless-climate-and-transportation-crises

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

  • Los Angeles Deserves Better Than a 25-year-old Public Safety Plan

    requires massive grassroots initiatives to supplant self-perpetuating political machines. So, roll up your sleeves. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18783-los-angeles-deserves-better-than-a-25-year-old-public-safety-plan

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

  • What Hunger in Los Angeles Teaches Us About Our Housing Crisis

    public housing programs by some Presidential candidates suggests no. This circle cannot be squared much longer. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18748-what-hunger-in-los-angeles-teaches-us-about-our-housing-crisis

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

  • Desperate Efforts to Keep the Housing Bubble Inflated by “Building More Housing”

    will be even greater, but there is no need to wait for this to happen. The public sector can and should act now. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18696-desperate-efforts-to-keep-the-housing-bubble-inflated-by-building-more-housing

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

  • The Miracle of Main Street: How Eric Garcetti Pawned Himself Off as a Climate Change Leader

    estate giveaways need to be round-filed to reverse LA’s cumulative carbon footprint. Mr. Mayor, are you listening? (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18661-the-miracle-of-main-street-how-eric-garcetti-pawned-himself-off-as-a-climate-change-leader

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

  • The Time Has Come for City Hall to Start Repairing Los Angeles! Here’s How.

    as “nimbys,” hoping repeated smears will make the concerns of LA’s residents about the city’s future vanish. (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/los-angeles/18613-the-time-has-come-for-city-hall-to-start-repairing-los-angeles-here-s-how

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

  • Another Bogus Claim for Market-Driven ‘Planning’: Los Angeles is on the Verge of a Population Boom

    occupied by qualified low-income tenants. The time has come for City Hall to stop pulling the wool over its own eyes. (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/los-angeles/18568-another-bogus-claim-for-market-driven-planning-los-angeles-is-on-the-verge-of-a-population-boom

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

  • At LA’s City Hall Talk is Cheap When it Comes to the Climate Crisis

    Our challenge, therefore, is to create enough pressure from below to persuade our officials to follow their lead. (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/los-angeles/18519-at-la-s-city-hall-talk-is-cheap-when-it-comes-to-the-climate-crisis

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

  • Trump Bails Out California Democrats on Housing Crisis

    the goose that lays their golden eggs. Could Donald Trump and those who discreetly agree with him be any happier? (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/los-angeles/18475-trump-bails-out-california-democrats-on-housing-crisis

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

  • Lavish Funding for a Lavish Bait and Switch Real Estate Scam: LA’s Transit Oriented Communities Guidelines

    is anathema. Monitoring would quickly document that the claims are false and would therefore expose the scams. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18425-lavish-funding-for-a-lavish-bait-and-switch-real-estate-scam-la-s-transit-oriented-communities-guidelines

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

  • Six Big Lies to Keep the Latest Real Estate Bubble Inflated

    them debunked, let me know. The bigger the lies come, the harder they fall, despite the current real estate bubble. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the board of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18380-six-big-lies-to-keep-the-latest-real-estate-bubble-inflated

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

  • Crude vs Cool: A Shared Disrespect for the Law

    its criminogenic densification. In his recent CityWatch article, “Solving an LA Housing Mystery … One Clue at a Time,” Dick Platkin explained many of the mechanisms the Garcetti Administration uses to decimate LA. Since Mr. Platkin is a planner by...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18353-crude-vs-cool-a-shared-disrespect-for-the-law

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Richard Lee Abrams
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • How Sleazy is LA’s Planning Process? More Than You Imagine!

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-With the mainstream news media attracting eyeballs through endless stories about Jeffrey Epstein, Roger Ailes, R. Kelley, and other lowlifes, it is getting harder to be outraged. Nevertheless, the recent LA Times lobbying corruption...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18342-how-sleazy-is-la-s-planning-process-more-than-you-imagine

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: IMPORTANT READS
    • Language: *

  • Senate Bill 330: Yet Another Costly Statewide Upzoning Bill

    and is active on land use issues in her neighborhood council. Please send any comments to [email protected]. Dick Platkin assisted in the editing of this article.) -cw

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18323-senate-bill-330-yet-another-costly-statewide-upzoning-bill

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Hydee Feldstein
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
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