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Written by Dick Platkin on March 14 2024. Posted in PLANNING WATCH LA.

Why Homelessness and Traffic Get Steadily Worse In Los Angeles

PLANNING WATCH - What Angelenos experience every day, more homelessness and more traffic jams, are hardly a mystery. They do not result from sloppy adopted plans. The major culprit is reflexive top-down City Hall waivers from these adopt…

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Written by Dick Platkin on March 07 2024. Posted in PLANNING WATCH LA.

Two Ways for US Government Officials To Create Homelessness: One Gradual, The Other Instant

PLANNING WATCH - Gradual creation of homelessness: At all levels of government, the Democratic Party’s elected officials, with nearly full support from their Republican “opposition,” created homelessness in the United States. To be clear…

LA’s Measure HLA will not work. That's the best reason for opposing it.

Written by Dick Platkin on February 22 2024.

Why I am voting NO on LA’s Measure HLA

Written by Dick Platkin on February 15 2024.

Ode to the Los Angeles Times: On its last legs, it still shills for real estate speculators

Written by Dick Platkin on February 08 2024.

Crocodile Tears for The Homeless: A Pretext For Rescinding Adopted Zoning And Environmental Laws

Written by Dick Platkin on February 01 2024.

Is LA’s Traffic Congestion Getting Worse?

Written by Dick Platkin on January 26 2024.

LA’s Future: More Of the Same, Worse, Or Push-Back?

Written by Dick Platkin on January 18 2024.

City Hall’s Mishandling of The Homeless Crisis Is Not Its Cause

Written by Dick Platkin on January 12 2024.

California Continues Its Losing Streak

Written by Irvin Dawid on January 04 2024.

Los Angeles City Hall, Home of the City’s Neglected but Nevertheless Mandatory General Plan.

Written by Dick Platkin on January 04 2024.

Part II: How To Make Los Angeles A Bicycle-Friendly City

Written by Dick Platkin on December 28 2023.

What Will It Take To Create A Bicycle-Friendly Los Angeles?

Written by Dick Platkin on December 21 2023.

Will LA’s METRO Ever Build Successful Mass Transit

Written by Dick Platkin on December 14 2023.

Homelessness: At Home And Abroad

Written by Dick Platkin on December 07 2023.

LA’s Response to the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai: “What, Me Worry?”

Written by Dick Platkin on November 30 2023.

The Real Estate Scams Keep Coming, Along With Aggressive Policing Of The Unhoused

Written by Dick Platkin on November 23 2023.

Mass Evictions Increase Homelessness. What Is Going On?

Written by Dick Platkin on November 16 2023.

Why The Housing Crisis Continues To Get Worse

Written by Dick Platkin on November 09 2023.

LA’s Wilshire Community Plan Is Out-Of-Date, With Terrible Consequences

Written by Dick Platkin on October 26 2023.

Why Is Homelessness Still Growing In Los Angeles?

Written by Dick Platkin on October 12 2023.

Despite City Council Adoption, LA’s Housing Element And Hollywood’s Community Plan Are Up For Grabs

Written by Dick Platkin on October 05 2023.

LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)

Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2

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