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He serves on the board... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17537-traffic-congestion-in-los-angeles-will-get-worse - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [So Little Time, So Many Tall Tales - To Increase the Profits of Real Estate Investors](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17498-so-little-time-so-many-tall-tales-to-increase-the-profits-of-real-estate-investors) April 18 2019 direct SB 50 monitoring, it will be easy to document that SB 50 would make a sustainable California even more remote. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies in Los Angeles. He serves on the board... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17498-so-little-time-so-many-tall-tales-to-increase-the-profits-of-real-estate-investors - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [‘Round Up the Usual Suspects!’ Who will Benefit? Who will be Hurt If SB 50 Passes?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17452-round-up-the-usual-suspects-who-will-benefit-who-will-be-hurt-if-sb-50-passes) April 11 2019 neighborhood, please click on this link to an up-to-date and zoomable map of the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17452-round-up-the-usual-suspects-who-will-benefit-who-will-be-hurt-if-sb-50-passes - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [If You Think SB 50 will be Bad, Think Again: It will Actually be Much Worse](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17404-if-you-think-sb-50-will-be-bad-think-again-it-will-actually-be-much-worse) April 04 2019 is the link that has the details you need to join the opposition to SB 50. Submit your comments as soon as possible. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17404-if-you-think-sb-50-will-be-bad-think-again-it-will-actually-be-much-worse - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Will LA Finally Establish a City Department and Plan to address Climate Change? Maybe.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17357-will-la-finally-establish-a-city-department-and-plan-to-address-climate-change-maybe) March 28 2019 funding, tools, and monitoring program to make a qualitative difference? The public has the answers to these questions. (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/17357-will-la-finally-establish-a-city-department-and-plan-to-address-climate-change-maybe - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [How City Hall Lying Contributes to Plummeting Trust in Government: An LA Case Study](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17311-how-city-hall-liars-contributes-to-plummeting-trust-in-government-an-la-case-study) March 21 2019 listed above. This is why we can expect that trust in government, including local government, will decline further. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local land use controversies for City Watch. He serves on the board of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17311-how-city-hall-liars-contributes-to-plummeting-trust-in-government-an-la-case-study - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Finally, Happy News from City Hall: Council Motions Oppose Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 50](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17278-finally-happy-news-from-city-hall-council-motions-oppose-scott-wiener-s-senate-bill-50) March 14 2019 As a result, their up-zones would exist in perpetuity, regardless of their actual, as opposed to imagined, impacts. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. Please send any comments... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17278-finally-happy-news-from-city-hall-council-motions-oppose-scott-wiener-s-senate-bill-50 - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [CA Senator Wiener’s Resurrection Program Falling Flat](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17170-ca-senator-wiener-s-resurrection-program-falling-flat) February 25 2019 suggestion. SB 50, which is actually worse than SB 827, deserves its same fate: a quick dispatch to the round file. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. He also serves on the... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17170-ca-senator-wiener-s-resurrection-program-falling-flat - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [METRO’s Left Hand Knoweth not what its Right Hand Doeth](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17055-metro-s-left-hand-knoweth-not-what-its-right-hand-doeth) February 07 2019 truly interested in promoting transit, not real estate speculation, these options are at his or her beck and call. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning issues for CityWatch. Please send your comments, corrections,... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17055-metro-s-left-hand-knoweth-not-what-its-right-hand-doeth - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Why ‘There’s Just No Money’ Claims are So Unconvincing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17019-why-there-s-just-no-money-claims-are-so-unconvincing) January 31 2019 nest. Is there a way out of this maze? Yes. Teachers unions, like the UTLA, have found the path and are ready to lead. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. Please send questions,... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17019-why-there-s-just-no-money-claims-are-so-unconvincing - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [City Hall Corruption Investigations: Where There’s smoke, There’s fire](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16973-city-hall-corruption-investigations-where-there-s-smoke-there-s-fire) January 24 2019 commercial property owners – like the Purple Line TNP -- before the Department of Justice eventually lowers the boom. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. Please send your... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16973-city-hall-corruption-investigations-where-there-s-smoke-there-s-fire - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [LA City Hall’s Version of the Green New Deal Tainted by Corruption Accusations](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16929-la-city-hall-s-version-of-the-green-new-deal-tainted-by-corruption-accusations) January 17 2019 If we wait for a City Hall climate epiphany, based on the latest climate science reports, it will be too late. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning issues for CityWatch. Please send your comments, corrections, and... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16929-la-city-hall-s-version-of-the-green-new-deal-tainted-by-corruption-accusations - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Curious Facts about Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in Los Angeles Uncovered by CSUN Planning Students](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16890-curious-facts-about-transit-oriented-development-tod-in-los-angeles-uncovered-by-csun-planning-students) January 10 2019 property owners anxious for City Hall to grant them permanent, highly lucrative, and totally tax free up-zoning gifts. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies. Please send any comments, corrections,... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16890-curious-facts-about-transit-oriented-development-tod-in-los-angeles-uncovered-by-csun-planning-students - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [How to Create a Housing Crisis in 12 Easy Steps](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16845-how-to-create-a-housing-crisis-in-12-easy-steps) January 03 2019 Like climate change, the housing crisis is manmade, and we know who the perpetrators are and what they did. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner, who reports of local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please send any questions,... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16845-how-to-create-a-housing-crisis-in-12-easy-steps - Type: Article - Author: Dick Plakin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [The Blinding Light of Real Estate Super-Profits Hits LA, Too](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16783-the-blinding-light-of-real-estate-super-profits-hits-la-too) December 20 2018 If done right, it will force these real estate investors to follow carefully developed and rigorously monitored plans. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who now reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. Please send any comments or... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16783-the-blinding-light-of-real-estate-super-profits-hits-la-too - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [ Scott Wiener, Pied Piper for the New Urban Renewal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16737-scott-wiener-pied-piper-for-the-new-urban-renewal) December 13 2018 demise of the new urban renewal, so it can join the old renewal on library shelves reserved for failed urban programs. (Dick Platkin is former Los Angeles city planner, who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please send any... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16737-scott-wiener-pied-piper-for-the-new-urban-renewal - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Letter from UN4LA: Why the Purple Line Extension TNP Won’t Work](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16688-letter-from-un4la-why-the-purple-line-extension-tnp-won-t-work) December 06 2018 Wilshire Community Plan is updated. Attachments, expanding this letter, can be found at http://un4la.com/blog.html. -- Dick Platkin, CityWatchLA columnist and UN4LA Board Member. UN4LA BOARD Casey Maddren, President Grace Yoo, Treasurer Kim Lamorie,... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16688-letter-from-un4la-why-the-purple-line-extension-tnp-won-t-work - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [I.F. Stone: “All Governments Lie.”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16659-i-f-stone-all-governments-lie) November 29 2018 that are the building blocks of local government deception. This column is dedicated to both groups of Angelinos. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local city planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please send any... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16659-i-f-stone-all-governments-lie - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [LA City Hall’s 1-2 Punch Against its Own Residents](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16568-la-city-hall-s-1-2-punch-against-its-own-residents) November 15 2018 of Administrative Provisions / Amendment” is properly fixed before it tiptoes into the City’s formal adoption process. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles City Planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. Please send any... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16568-la-city-hall-s-1-2-punch-against-its-own-residents - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Two Los Angeles Nominees for the Revived Dubious Achievement Awards](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16536-two-los-angeles-nominees-for-the-revived-dubious-achievement-awards) November 08 2018 on METRO’s many web sites, he who pays the piper picks the “build, baby, build” tune before the next financial crisis. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. 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