PLANNING WATCH LA

PLANNING WATCH - In previous Planning Watch columns I explained why the end of eviction protections; the growth of economic inequality, housing prices, and interest rates; and the demise of HUD and CRA public housing has led to overcrowding and homelessness.

PLANNING WATCH - If you want a job where the barriers to success are daunting, you should consider becoming the Mayor of Los Angeles. 

PLANNING WATCH - If you follow the news, you know about LA City Hall’s endless corruption stories. 

PLANNING WATCH - While I wait for the phone to ring, I have several modest proposals to share with LA’s Mayor-elect, Karen Bass, and the reconstituted City Council.  

PLANNING WATCH - In six weeks Los Angeles will have a new Mayor, City Attorney, City Controller, and several City Council members. 

PLANNING WATCH - Judging by my email, the New York Times has many readers in LA, especially for columnist Ezra Klein’s take on homelessness and his doubts that either Karen Bass or Rick Caruso can handle this crisis. 

PLANNING WATCH - The LA Times recently published a detailed series on the history of overcrowded housing in Los Angeles. 

PLANNING WATCH - According to disgraced LA City Council Member Gil Cedillo, “From the Compton’s to the Gardena’s to South L.A. ...you can't throw a rock and not hit a Mexican.”  

PLANNING WATCH - After the West Coast’s recent heat dome, horrendous wildfires, and the new normal of mega-drought, even those who have sworn off newspapers, newscasts, and social media now know that climate change is no longer a theory. 

PLANNING WATCH - There are still some fence sitters when it comes to figuring out who City Hall’s puppet masters are.