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(Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21840-field-guide-to-identify-fauxgressives-concerned-about-homelessness-can-you-spot-the-crocodile-tears - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [The Sun is Setting on LA’s Boosters - It’s About Time.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21822-the-sun-is-setting-on-la-s-boosters-it-s-about-time) May 27 2021 non-market housing and more consumer purchasing power for the victims – not the beneficiaries -- of the housing crisis. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21822-the-sun-is-setting-on-la-s-boosters-it-s-about-time - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Discredited Planning Concepts Don’t Die, They Just Resurface at City Hall to Promote Real Estate Speculation.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21787-discredited-planning-concepts-don-t-die-they-just-resurface-at-city-hall-to-promote-real-estate-speculation) May 20 2021 to devote their energy to the construction of low-priced housing financed, built, and operated by the public sector. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21787-discredited-planning-concepts-don-t-die-they-just-resurface-at-city-hall-to-promote-real-estate-speculation - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [How to Spend Billions and Still Ignore LA’s Fissured Streets, Sidewalks, Water Mains, and Power Grids](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21745-how-to-spend-billions-and-still-ignore-la-s-fissured-streets-sidewalks-water-mains-and-power-grids) May 13 2021 types might become sore losers, the public benefits will far outweigh a major misallocation of public resources. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21745-how-to-spend-billions-and-still-ignore-la-s-fissured-streets-sidewalks-water-mains-and-power-grids - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [‘Some Men Rob You with a Six-Gun, and Some with a Fountain Pen.’ – Woodie Guthrie](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21702-some-men-rob-you-with-a-six-gun-and-some-with-a-fountain-pen-woodie-guthrie) May 06 2021 apartments. If you ever wonder who the major crooks are in Los Angeles, remind yourself to look up, not down. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21702-some-men-rob-you-with-a-six-gun-and-some-with-a-fountain-pen-woodie-guthrie - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Judge David Carter’s Homeless Decision: In the Country of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21660-judge-david-carter-s-homeless-decision-in-the-country-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-man-is-king) April 29 2021 ineffective officials, like Eric Garcetti, let us remember that in the land of the blind, this one-eyed judge is king. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21660-judge-david-carter-s-homeless-decision-in-the-country-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-man-is-king - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Return to Sender: Council President Martinez’ Planning Ballot Measure](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21618-return-to-sender-council-president-martinez-planning-ballot-measure) April 22 2021 court of the public to demand that developer giveaways be replaced with genuine programs to build low-priced housing. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21618-return-to-sender-council-president-martinez-planning-ballot-measure - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Why the Homeless Crisis is so Feebly Addressed in Los Angeles?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21576-why-the-homeless-crisis-is-so-feebly-addressed-in-los-angeles) April 15 2021 for the up-zoners and SWAT team fans to focus on the underlying causes and genuine solutions to the housing crisis. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21576-why-the-homeless-crisis-is-so-feebly-addressed-in-los-angeles - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Squeeze Play on Community Groups in Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21529-squeeze-play-on-community-groups-in-los-angeles) April 08 2021 or budgeting process to build them – even if the Biden administration showers Los Angeles with infrastructure money. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21529-squeeze-play-on-community-groups-in-los-angeles - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [How is “Greed is Good” Working out for Los Angeles?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21486-how-is-greed-is-good-working-out-for-los-angeles) April 01 2021 of climate change. To answer the question is “greed is good” working for Los Angeles, the obvious answer is no. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21486-how-is-greed-is-good-working-out-for-los-angeles - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Why the Mainstream Media Tries to Fool the Public with its Misleading Reporting on the Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21436-why-the-mainstream-media-tries-to-fool-the-public-with-its-misleading-reporting-on-the-housing-crisis) March 25 2021 that are at play, we have to grow our own media to the point that it can compete with the corporate bamboozlers. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21436-why-the-mainstream-media-tries-to-fool-the-public-with-its-misleading-reporting-on-the-housing-crisis - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Hollywood Community Plan Update – Magnet for Spurious Arguments to Justify Real Estate Speculation](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21394-hollywood-community-plan-update-magnet-for-spurious-arguments-to-justify-real-estate-speculation) March 18 2021 to increase transit ridership. As for Hollywood, my crystal ball is shining bright. More lawsuits are in the making. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21394-hollywood-community-plan-update-magnet-for-spurious-arguments-to-justify-real-estate-speculation - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Teleconference: City Planner Dick Platkin on Why L.A. Times Refuses to Report that SB 9 Allows 8 Units Not “Duplexes.” ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/events/21368-teleconference-city-planner-dick-platkin-on-why-l-a-times-refuses-to-report-that-sb-9-allows-8-units-not-duplexes) March 15 2021 register HERE at this link by noon Friday . Any problems registering email admin@livableca.org. Former L.A. city planner Dick Platkin is a major critic of “upzoning” and “trickle-down” laws that fail to build affordable housing but DO destroy... https://mail.citywatchla.com/events/21368-teleconference-city-planner-dick-platkin-on-why-l-a-times-refuses-to-report-that-sb-9-allows-8-units-not-duplexes - Type: Article - Author: CityWatch - Category: FRONT PAGE EVENTS - Language: \* - ### [Pathway to a Dystopian Los Angeles Revealed in My Conversation with a Local Fauxgressive](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21360-pathway-to-a-dystopian-los-angeles-revealed-in-my-conversation-with-a-local-fauxgressive) March 11 2021 it is not part of the fauxgressive lexicon. For this to happen, readers, like your, need to move into a higher gear. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21360-pathway-to-a-dystopian-los-angeles-revealed-in-my-conversation-with-a-local-fauxgressive - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Los Angeles Time Still Inflates Real Estate Bubbles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21334-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-los-angeles-time-still-inflates-real-estate-bubbles) March 04 2021 change its spots, and apparently the Los Angeles Times cannot change its devotion to speculative real estate bubbles. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21334-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-los-angeles-time-still-inflates-real-estate-bubbles - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Here Come the Fauxgressives! The Latest Incarnation of Wall Street in My Back Yard (WIMBYs)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21295-here-come-the-fauxgressives-the-latest-incarnation-of-wall-street-in-my-back-yard-wimbys) February 25 2021 crises worse. Conditions are already bad, and if they get their way, Los Angeles will continue its downward slide. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21295-here-come-the-fauxgressives-the-latest-incarnation-of-wall-street-in-my-back-yard-wimbys - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [When City Hall Does the Right Thing for the Wrong Reason - Dumping the Miracle Mile’s ‘Transit Neighborhood Plan’ ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21258-when-city-hall-does-the-right-thing-for-the-wrong-reason-dumping-the-miracle-mile-s-transit-neighborhood-plan) February 18 2021 the Update could become an unplanned mess of new, expensive apartments that make the transit and housing crises worse. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21258-when-city-hall-does-the-right-thing-for-the-wrong-reason-dumping-the-miracle-mile-s-transit-neighborhood-plan - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [New Lessons from LA’s McMansion Wars](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21227-new-lessons-from-la-s-mcmansion-wars) February 11 2021 take another grass roots movement to wake up the denizens of City Hall to the real estate hell enveloping Los Angeles. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21227-new-lessons-from-la-s-mcmansion-wars - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Cut from the Same Cloth: Municipal, State, and Federal Officials Spout Urban Reaganomics to Solve the Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21183-cut-from-the-same-cloth-municipal-state-and-federal-officials-spout-urban-reaganomics-to-solve-the-housing-crisis) February 04 2021 wasting their political energy on schemes, like up-zoning, that reinforce the racial patterns they pretend to oppose. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the board of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21183-cut-from-the-same-cloth-municipal-state-and-federal-officials-spout-urban-reaganomics-to-solve-the-housing-crisis - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Homelessness Now Kills More Angelenos than Homicide – Options to Address the Housing Emergency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21146-homelessness-now-kills-more-angelenos-than-homicide-options-to-address-the-housing-emergency) January 28 2021 (“SCNA”). The views expressed in the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of either the PICO NC or the SCNA. Dick Platkin lives in the Miracle Mile area and writes the weekly Planning Watch column for CityWatch. Please send any questions or... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/21146-homelessness-now-kills-more-angelenos-than-homicide-options-to-address-the-housing-emergency - Type: Article - Author: Brad S. 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