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  • Action Alert! Angelenos Must Vote for the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--If you follow social media, like CityWatch or the mainstream media, like the LA Times, then you have probably heard of the recently proposed Neighborhood Integrity Initiative. If not, expect to hear a great deal about it, both pro...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/10015-action-alert-angelenos-must-vote-for-the-neighborhood-integrity-initiative

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • Why Not Make Every Street in Los Angeles a Great Street?

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--At a recent meeting of LA’s Neighborhood Council Congress my eyes glazed over at the session on Mayor Garcetti’s Great Streets initiative. I had assumed that its first streets were prototypes. They were to be a catalyst for a...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9979-why-not-make-every-street-in-los-angeles-a-great-street

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • Mobility Plan 2035: A Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-In general, the public pays little attention to the City of LA’s legally required General Plan, including its mandatory and optional Elements. But the required Circulation Element, called the Mobility Plan or MP 2035, is different,...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9932-mobility-plan-2035-a-road-to-hell-paved-with-good-intentions

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet! Shutting Down the Mansionization of LA’s Neighborhoods is Gonna be a Wild Ride

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--If you get vertigo trying to understand how the City of Los Angeles deals with mansionization, in particular how so many ordinances could be so totally useless in stopping McMansions, you are not suffering from an inner-ear...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9906-you-ain-t-seen-nothing-yet-shutting-down-the-mansionization-of-la-s-neighborhoods-is-gonna-be-a-wild-ride

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • The Mayor’s Affordable Housing Plan: Short on Production, Long on Implementation

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Hizzoner, Eric Garcetti, made minor headlines several days ago when he proposed new linkage fees on real estate projects in order to fund affordable housing. When the details are eventually fleshed out, and if the program is...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9868-the-mayor-s-affordable-housing-plan-short-on-production-long-on-implementation

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • Here’s the Real Problem with Public Employees

    of decline, even if they are not yet able to bring employees in the private and non-profit sectors up to their level. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes on planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the Board of the Beverly Wilshire...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9831-here-s-the-real-problem-with-public-employees

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • Los Angeles: Neighborhood Groups Can Make Affordable Housing Happen … Here’s How

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--In addition to hundreds of blocks clubs, homeowner associations (HOAs), tenant unions, and neighborhood groups, the current Los Angeles City Charter established Neighborhood Councils. Despite their connection to city government,...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9803-los-angeles-neighborhood-groups-can-make-affordable-housing-happen-here-s-how

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • Why Angelenos are Angry at City Hall: ‘No One There is Listening to Us’

    loud and clear -- at City Hall. Once heard, our goal is to take this city back, even if it is one loophole at a time. (Dick Platkin and George Abrahams are members of United Neighborhoods for LA. You can reach them via email at [email protected] or on...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9750-why-angelenos-are-angry-at-city-hall-no-one-there-is-listening-to-us

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin & George Abrahams
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • Suffering In the Shadow of a Glass McMansion

    VOICES-The recent article by Shelley Wagers and Dick Platkin on mansionization struck a chord with me in light of the battle I am currently fighting. Most of the issues the article highlighted are mirrored in my own situation, with the added issue of...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9725-suffering-in-the-shadow-of-a-glass-mcmansion

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Venice-Marina Resident
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • LA Builds a Billion Dollar Subway … Then What?

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-If you want a sense of how much Los Angeles has changed in the past 30 years, you could hardly do better than compare current subway and related land use planning in the traffic-clogged Miracle Mile/Fairfax area of Los Angeles, to...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9619-la-builds-a-billion-dollar-subway-then-what

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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  • Well-intentioned or Phony … Plans for Developing Transit Oriented Communities Need Some Sorting Out

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-What are TODs …TADs... and TOCs? New city planning acronyms appear even faster than the inflated claims of real estate speculators that if zoning and environmental laws were only lifted, they could solve serious socio-economic...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9582-well-intentioned-or-phony-plans-for-developing-transit-oriented-communities-needs-some-sorting-out

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • Action Alert! Amend the Citywide Mansionization Ordinance

    and in good time. ● More info on efforts to stop mansionization in Los Angeles: Facebook Web (Shelley Wagers and Dick Platkin live in Beverly Grove and on board members of the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association. They have been campaigning against...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9564-action-alert-amend-the-citywide-mansionization-ordinance

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Shelley Wagers and Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • Trees! A ‘Miracle Cure’ for What Ails Los Angeles

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-In recent CityWatch columns I debunked several widely touted planning “miracle cures,” including re:code LA, updating community plans, and deregulating zoning to address LA’s shortage of affordable housing. But, now it is time to...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9551-trees-a-miracle-cure-for-what-ails-los-angeles

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • Dick Platkin

    Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning issues for CityWatch. Please send your comments, corrections, and questions to [email protected].

    https://www.citywatchla.com/contributors/9537-dick-platkin

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Writer Bio Pages
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  • The ‘Update-the-Community-Plans’ Cure-All!

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Proposals to update of the City of Los Angeles’s old 35 Community Plans – also called the Land Use Element of the General Plan or the New Community Plans – never seem to end. The updates are often cast as a cure-all to LA’s numerous...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9512-the-update-the-community-plans-cure-all

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • Why Market Magic Cannot Produce Affordable Housing in Los Angeles

    PLATKIN ON PLANNING--Los Angeles had an undeniable shortage of affordable housing. This is obvious from sky-high rents and the large number of people living in over-crowded apartments, garages, cars, and the streets. What there is no shortage of,...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9462-why-market-magic-cannot-produce-affordable-housing-in-los-angeles

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • People are Pissed! Can a Revolution be Far Behind

    is a clear, loud, collective public voice to ensure that City Hall diligently follows its own policies and laws. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes articles on planning issues for CityWatch. He welcomes questions and comments at...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9411-people-are-pissed-can-a-revolution-be-far-behind

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin and George Abrahams
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • Fight the Drought: Plant More Trees

    simply does not have sufficient staffing and resources to tend LA’s urban forest in an era or long-term drought. (Dick Platkin writes, teaches, and consults on city planning issues in Los Angeles. He writes for CityWatch and invites your comments or...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9328-fight-the-drought-plant-more-trees

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • An Effective Jobs Program for Los Angeles is Past Due! Here’s What Must be Done

    however, actually do so? Unlikely, but failure occasionally causes the most unlikely people to do the right thing. (Dick Platkin writes, consults, and teaches about planning issues in Los Angeles. He also writes for CityWatch and welcomes questions and...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9300-an-effective-jobs-program-for-los-angeles-is-past-due-here-s-what-must-be-done

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • Planning LA: Tying All the Noise Together

    like the recent movie Her, while most of the Los Angeles will eventually resemble the dystopia in Blade Runner. (Dick Platkin is an advocate planner and CityWatch contributor who welcomes questions and comments on this article at [email protected].)...

    https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/9203-planning-la-tying-all-the-noise-together

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
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