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  • The Perfect Storm That Created the Housing Crisis

    wages) also explains why they resort to police sweeps to force the homeless to relocate to other nearby locations. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who writes about local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • A Look Into LA's Crystal Ball: The Future Looks Grim

    Angeles do not have their roots in the same economic factors that steered this country into hot, cold, and proxy wars. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

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    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • How City Hall Should Properly Honor Earth Day?

    is in the court of our elected officials, both old and new, to turn short-term events into long-term climate actions. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Hollywood Community Plan Update: City Hall is Repeating Fatal Flaws Of The 2012 Nullified Plan

    stated objectives are not met, City Hall will overlook its failures as long as Hollywood’s building boom continues. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • To End Homelessness, You Must Address Its Causes, Not Treat Symptoms With Band-Aids

    Ordinances are not strengthened, and restrictions on speculative purchase of residential units remain in limbo. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Why Is LA’s Population Declining, Despite The Rosy Forecasts?

    continue to shrink, with the in-fillers and gentrifiers squeezing out as much profit as possible, while they still can. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who analyzes local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Greenwashing, Yet Another Real Estate Scam To Justify Developer Giveaways

    This is greenwashing in action, and the profitability of these projects is worth far more than an occasional fine. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who analyzes local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • UN Released Its Latest And Most Ominous Climate Report.  And City Hall’s Response Is . . ?

    is headed for the point of no-return, there is plenty that Los Angeles can do to mitigate and adapt to the new normal. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Huntington Beach Lawsuit Opposes California’s Up-Zoning Laws

    crisis worse, they would have made a stronger argument that also fends off critics who denigrate them as NIMBYs. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS
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  • 120 Pages Of LA Times’ Real Estate Ads Shine A Light On The Housing Crisis

    prices that give rise to both the LA Times real estate advertising sections and to homelessness and overcrowding. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

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    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • The Hidden Costs Of Real Estate Speculation: Homelessness, Rent Gouging, And Over-Crowding

    who preceded them, go with the flow? We don’t know, and this is why public pressure will hopefully make a difference. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • The Hollywood Area Reveals Why Trickle-Down Housing Policies Don’t Work

    housing programs. Prevent real estate speculators from buying up houses and apartments. The ball is in their court. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • How Segregated Is Los Angeles? Do Proposed Fixes Make Things Better Or Worse?

    them to fully document these trends. It would pound yet another nail into the coffin of up-zoning’s false promises. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Another Argument For Real Estate Giveaways - They Promote Equality

    is the price we pay for “progress.” especially the construction of still more expensive, high-rise apartment towers. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Mystery Solved. Why Residential Up-Zoning Fails To Reduce Homelessness

    song from Cabaret “Money Makes the World Go Round” is just as valid today as it was a century ago in Weimar Germany. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • History Repeats - The Not-So-New Hollywood Community Plan

    services, City Hall should brace itself for another defeat at the hands of Hollywood residents and their supporters. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • The Old Refrain “Update LA’s Community Plans” Repeats

    programs. Reducing evictions of existing low-income tenants. Extending LA’s eviction moratorium past January 31, 2023. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • How Bad Will Conditions Get?

    intelligently respond to them, instead of passively allowing events to envelope us, our families, and our communities. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • Real Estate Industry Camp Followers Fabricate Claims About Housing Crisis to Weaken Land Use Laws

    is down, especially in neighborhoods, like Hollywood, with the new, up-scale apartments that the WIMBYs celebrate. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
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  • LA’s 2022 Planning Year in Review

    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...

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    • Author: Dick Platkin
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