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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...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12387-city-hall-flashback-they-ve-always-lied-about-affordable-housing

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Tony Butka
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • ‘No Cars’ at One of LA’s Most Congested Intersections? No Way!

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Several weeks ago in “Can the Cheap Perfume of "Approve with Conditions" Mask the Stink of Bad Planning?” I explained how the real purpose of lengthy “conditions of approval” for large, controversial real estate projects like 333 S....

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12374-no-cars-at-one-of-la-s-most-congested-intersections-no-way

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

  • A Must for LA in 2017: More Hard-Hitting Investigative Reporting

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-2016 is nearly over, and that means that 2017 offers immense opportunities for CityWatch writers and readers, including yours truly, to answer important questions. These are some of the stories that I am following and hope to...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12362-a-must-for-la-in-2017-more-hard-hitting-investigative-reporting

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

  • Can the Cheap Perfume of “Approve-with-Conditions” Mask the Stink of Bad Planning?

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-In previous CityWatch articles I have spelled out the many long-term and harmful consequences of bad planning. Yet, in Los Angeles truly bad city planning just keeps rolling along, in particular, repeated cases of City Hall...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12341-can-the-cheap-perfume-of-approve-with-conditions-mask-the-stink-of-bad-planning

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

  • Putting the Brakes on Mansionization in LA: No Rest for the Weary

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-It should not be so hard, really, to finally stop the mansionization of Los Angeles neighborhoods. On paper it should be a snap for the four precedents I describe below. Yet, time after time, whenever City Hall decision makers close...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12293-putting-the-brakes-on-mansionization-in-la-no-rest-for-the-weary

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

  • Smearing the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative: Big Real Estate is No ‘Grassroots Organization’

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-The opposition to the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative pawns itself off as a grass roots coalition, but it is, in fact, an astroturf organization funded by four major Big Real Estate players. These large enterprises have a global...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/12274-smearing-the-neighborhood-integrity-initiative-big-real-estate-is-no-grassroots-organization

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS
    • Language: *

  • When It Comes to Climate Change: Think Globally, Act Locally

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-By now we have all read news articles that President-elect Donald Trump is a climate change denier, and that his administration will turn back the meager progress made by the Obama Administration’s on climate issues. Meager. This...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12211-when-it-comes-to-climate-change-think-globally-act-locally

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

  • Angelinos Pay a Steep Price for Bad City Planning

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--Cities, like Los Angeles, have no shortage of politically inspired schemes to sandbag good city planning, especially the successful updating of their General Plan. They can: Understaff and sideline the units responsible for...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12179-angelinos-pay-a-steep-price-for-bad-city-planning

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

  • Planning Consultants Say the Darndest Things

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Kids say the Darndest Things is long gone from television, but based on the rib-tickling comments from the planning and environmental consultants who Caruso Affiliated hired to support its high-rise luxury apartment project at 333...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12149-planning-consultants-say-the-darndest-things

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

  • Another Chance to Contain Mansionization in LA: We Cannot Make the Same Mistakes Again

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING- The last time Los Angeles tackled mansionization, speculators called the shots. Now amendments to the citywide mansionization ordinances are about to go before the City Council’s PLUM (Planning & Land Use Management) Committee,...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12125-another-chance-to-contain-mansionization-in-la-we-cannot-make-the-same-mistakes-again

    • 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...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12124-another-billionaire-break-at-city-hall-la-planning-commission-oks-caruso-s-20-story-luxury-skyscraper

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Patrick Range McDonald
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • Jaw, Jaw, Jaw about Los Angeles Initiative JJJ

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--In response to a recent email for my take on Los Angeles Initiative JJJ, I explained why I continue to oppose it. (For those overwhelmed by this election’s ballot, JJJ calls for a small percentage affordable units in market...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12077-jaw-jaw-jaw-about-los-angeles-initiative-jjj

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

  • Real Planning in Los Angeles: Nothing more than a rickety ‘Development Process’

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--Los Angeles may have an aging, out-of-date General Plan, but it, surprisingly, does have a planning process. It might not be the one taught to professional city planners in graduate school, and it might not be the one required by...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/12038-real-planning-in-los-angeles-nothing-more-than-a-rickety-development-process

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

  • Municipal Deregulation = Inequality! Here’s How.

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Deregulation, the elimination of governmental review of private investments, many of them speculative, has benefited a small percentage of high stakes investors, while inflicting tremendous social costs on the rest of the...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/11996-municipal-deregulation-inequality-here-s-how

    • 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

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-If you think a Hillary Clinton administration, even with another Great Recession and the Democrats in control of Congress, will result in an Urban New Deal, don’t hold your breath. It is not going to happen. This is why. Part of the...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/11955-don-t-hold-your-breath-for-an-urban-new-deal-from-a-clinton-or-trump-administration

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

  • Fact Checking ‘News’ Articles that Shill for Real Estate Speculation in LA

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--By now we have all encountered news services, like Politico, that fact check politicians during the election campaign. Well, this week I am offering a similar service to CityWatch readers. I have fact checked three recent “news”...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/11915-fact-checking-news-articles-that-shill-for-real-estate-speculation-in-la

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

  • Gridlock: Not New to LA

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-According to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles still has the worst traffic congestion of any major city in the United States. This is old news to most of us (see photo above), but to finally address this gridlock, we need to better...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/11876-gridlock-not-new-to-la

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

  • Ignorance is Bliss: Everybody Talks about Development, Few Know What It Is

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-A reporter’s question about real estate trends in Los Angeles led me to ask and hopefully answer two questions. Q: What do we mean by “development?” A: Development includes the entire built environment. It is not strictly private...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/11840-ignorance-is-bliss-everybody-talks-about-development-few-know-what-it-is

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

  • Welcome to LA, Where Real Estate Speculation meets Squeaky Wheel Planning

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Planning a large city like Los Angeles might be complicated, but it is not rocket science. In fact, the State of California outlines the process in detail through its periodically updated General Plan Guidelines, the latest draft of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/11814-welcome-to-la-where-real-estate-speculation-meets-squeaky-wheel-planning

    • 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,...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/11785-how-to-empower-the-citizenry-try-a-little-respect

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