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Dick Platkin assisted in the editing of this article.) -cw https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18323-senate-bill-330-yet-another-costly-statewide-upzoning-bill - Type: Article - Author: Hydee Feldstein - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Solving an LA Housing Mystery … One Clue at a Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18297-solving-an-la-housing-mystery-one-clue-at-a-time) August 22 2019 building size regulations for privately owned parcels), I have added extra online references to back up this column.) (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18297-solving-an-la-housing-mystery-one-clue-at-a-time - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Your Call, Angelenos: A Bottom-Up or Top-Down Community Plan](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18255-your-call-angelenos-a-bottom-up-or-top-down-community-plan) August 15 2019 update of their Community Plans. It will improve with comments, so please let me know what should be changed or added. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles City Planning who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. He serves on the... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18255-your-call-angelenos-a-bottom-up-or-top-down-community-plan - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [A Public Boondoggle with Nine Lives: The Death-Defying Purple Line Extension “Transit Neighborhood Plan”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18215-a-public-boondoggle-with-nine-lives-the-death-defying-purple-line-extension-transit-neighborhood-plan) August 08 2019 that our elected officials represent their constituents, not the capital gains crowd and their City Hall lobbyists. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner, who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18215-a-public-boondoggle-with-nine-lives-the-death-defying-purple-line-extension-transit-neighborhood-plan - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [LA’s Low Hanging Fruit to Combat the Climate Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18162-la-s-low-hanging-fruit-to-combat-the-climate-crisis) August 01 2019 legacy of broken sidewalks, treeless corridors, problematic transit, and car-oriented streets still reigning supreme. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner. He reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch, and he welcomes comments... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18162-la-s-low-hanging-fruit-to-combat-the-climate-crisis - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Why so Many DWP Power Outages in Los Angeles? Hint: Real Estate Speculation has Consequences](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18122-why-so-many-dwp-power-outages-in-los-angeles-hint-real-estate-speculation-has-consequences) July 25 2019 and public services. Good luck with your Shake Alert LA app, emergency flashlights, power bars, and water bottles. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18122-why-so-many-dwp-power-outages-in-los-angeles-hint-real-estate-speculation-has-consequences - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [LA’s Building Boom: Who Really Benefits?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18076-la-s-building-boom-who-really-benefits) July 18 2019 spiral of neglect will continue, despite the sparkling new buildings, many opening just in time for the 2028 Olympics. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. He serves on the Board... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18076-la-s-building-boom-who-really-benefits - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Sometimes Connecting the Dots in Los Angeles is Just Too Hard](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18051-sometimes-connecting-the-dots-in-los-angeles-is-just-too-hard) July 11 2019 of 4,000,000 people in LA and 13 million in our metropolitan area. When there is a reckoning, we know where blame lies. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. He serves on the board... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18051-sometimes-connecting-the-dots-in-los-angeles-is-just-too-hard - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [LA’s Not-Very-Green New Deal(s) to Address the Climate Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18016-la-s-not-very-green-new-deal-s-to-address-the-climate-crisis) July 08 2019 with short-lived Mayoral executive documents and innocuous Council motions and resolutions instead of the real thing. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18016-la-s-not-very-green-new-deal-s-to-address-the-climate-crisis - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [LA’s City Hall Running out of Excuses: Other Cities Prove Things Can be Done Right](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17941-la-s-city-hall-running-out-of-excuses-other-cities-prove-things-can-be-done-right) June 27 2019 a higher quality of life and also reduces the generation of the Green House Gases responsible for the climate crisis. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the board... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17941-la-s-city-hall-running-out-of-excuses-other-cities-prove-things-can-be-done-right - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [LA’s 50-Year Break-Up with Comprehensive Planning](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17902-la-s-50-year-break-up-with-comprehensive-planning) June 20 2019 can easily work around required General Plans and implementing zoning ordinances, as they do every day in Los Angeles. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the board... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17902-la-s-50-year-break-up-with-comprehensive-planning - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Los Angeles: Home of a Well-Oiled Homelessness Machine](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17843-los-angeles-home-of-a-well-oiled-homelessness-machine) June 13 2019 go a long way in combatting homelessness caused by the gaps between soaring rents and stagnant and declining incomes. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning controversies in Los Angeles for CityWatchLA. He serves on... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17843-los-angeles-home-of-a-well-oiled-homelessness-machine - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [The NY Times Like the LA Times: Cheerleaders for VooDoo Economics Housing Schemes](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17801-the-ny-times-like-the-la-times-cheerleaders-for-voodoo-economics-housing-schemes) June 06 2019 not neighborhood activists who maintain that City Hall policies and programs are the real causes of the housing crisis. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. He serves on the Board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17801-the-ny-times-like-the-la-times-cheerleaders-for-voodoo-economics-housing-schemes - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [FACT CHECK: On Sen. Nancy Skinner’s SB 330, Dick Platkin’s Article Was Right on Every Point](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17783-fact-check-on-sen-nancy-skinner-s-sb-330-dick-platkin-s-article-was-right-on-every-point) June 03 2019 BACKTALK-This article focuses on the language of SB 330 itself to show why Dick Platkin’s article on SB 330 as published here in CityWatch was correct, and the response by Senator Skinner’s office as published here in CityWatch is misleading and not an... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17783-fact-check-on-sen-nancy-skinner-s-sb-330-dick-platkin-s-article-was-right-on-every-point - Type: Article - Author: Hydee Feldstein - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [More Evidence the LAT “Just Doesn’t Get It” When It Comes to Hidden Real Estate Scams](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17781-more-evidence-the-lat-just-doesn-t-get-it-when-it-comes-to-hidden-real-estate-scams) June 03 2019 control, reforming the Ellis Act, and inspecting affordable units to assure they are reserved for low-income renters. (Dick Platkin is a city planner who writes a weekly planning column for CityWatchLA. He worked as a Los Angeles city planner from 1987... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17781-more-evidence-the-lat-just-doesn-t-get-it-when-it-comes-to-hidden-real-estate-scams - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [What Ever Happened to the Blue-Ribbon ‘Los Angeles 2000 – City of the Future’ Report?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17753-what-ever-happened-to-the-blue-ribbon-los-angeles-2000-city-of-the-future-report) May 30 2019 view that allowed so many good things in the LA 2000 – City of the Future report to be flushed down the memory hole. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies in Los Angeles for CityWatchLA. He serves... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17753-what-ever-happened-to-the-blue-ribbon-los-angeles-2000-city-of-the-future-report - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [California Senate Bill 330 is the Evil Twin of Tabled SB 50. The Difference is It’s Still Under Consideration.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17739-california-senate-bill-330-is-the-evil-twin-of-tabled-sb-50-the-difference-is-it-s-still-under-consideration) May 27 2019 researched legislative assessments provided the analysis I used for this CityWatchLA column on SB 330 and AB 1239. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17739-california-senate-bill-330-is-the-evil-twin-of-tabled-sb-50-the-difference-is-it-s-still-under-consideration - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Debate Over SB 50 Inspires Bigger Fight Over California’s Real Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17679-debate-over-sb-50-inspires-bigger-fight-over-california-s-real-housing-crisis) May 16 2019 and they need to abandon the developer-driven supply-side proposals for programs that have a chance of working. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the Board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17679-debate-over-sb-50-inspires-bigger-fight-over-california-s-real-housing-crisis - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [David Ryu Hits a Triple: Exposes Multiple Flaws in the Purple Line Transit Neighborhood Plan](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17631-david-ryu-hits-a-triple-exposes-multiple-flaws-in-the-purple-line-transit-neighborhood-plan) May 09 2019 must fold the TNP into the forthcoming update of the Wilshire Community Plan, David Ryu will have hit a home run. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. He serves on the Board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17631-david-ryu-hits-a-triple-exposes-multiple-flaws-in-the-purple-line-transit-neighborhood-plan - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Wall Street on Steroids in Your Backyard: The Full Story on Changes to SB 50](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17584-wall-street-on-steroids-in-your-backyard-the-full-story-on-changes-to-sb-50) May 02 2019 local representatives in the California State Senate and Assembly to share your criticisms of the draft legislation. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. 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