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Please send any... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16481-la-s-parallel-universes-are-on-a-collision-course - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Why Local Residents Turn Blue Over the Purple Line Up-zoning Scheme?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16424-why-local-residents-turn-blue-over-the-purple-line-up-zoning-scheme) October 18 2018 would adopt and implement it precede and remain separate from the forthcoming update of the Wilshire Community Plan. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. Please send any questions... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16424-why-local-residents-turn-blue-over-the-purple-line-up-zoning-scheme - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Two Words Explain LA’s Woes “Beyond Build-out!”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16401-two-words-explain-la-s-woes-beyond-build-out) October 15 2018 claiming that homes prices will only increase due to the huge number of people clamoring to live in Los Angeles. As Dick Platkin showed in a prior CityWatch article, the claim is blatantly false. People are not coming here; they are fleeing. A city that... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16401-two-words-explain-la-s-woes-beyond-build-out - Type: Article - Author: Richard Lee Abrams - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Five Myths Accelerating LA’s Race to the Bottom](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16371-five-myths-accelerating-la-s-race-to-the-bottom) October 11 2018 whose views are based on reality, not myths they use to justify public policies that serve their benefactors. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. Please send any questions or... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16371-five-myths-accelerating-la-s-race-to-the-bottom - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Why are WIMBYS in the Public’s Crosshairs? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16333-why-are-wimbys-in-the-public-s-crosshairs) October 04 2018 move, they will provide the rest of us with previously obscured information about their true identities and motives. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please send your... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16333-why-are-wimbys-in-the-public-s-crosshairs - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Troubling Purple Line Questions Just Keep Piling Up … No Answers from the City ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16287-troubling-purple-line-questions-just-keep-piling-up-no-answers-from-the-city) September 27 2018 local organizations in order to dish out short-term favors to commercial property owners and real estate developers. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles City Planner who reports on planning controversies in Los Angeles for CityWatchLA. Please send any... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16287-troubling-purple-line-questions-just-keep-piling-up-no-answers-from-the-city - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [A Miserable Walk Down Fairfax Avenue](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16226-a-miserable-walk-down-fairfax-avenue) September 20 2018 transit ridership -- is just window dressing for short-term, crony profiteering through real estate speculation. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please send any corrections... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16226-a-miserable-walk-down-fairfax-avenue - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Hidden Messages from LA’s Beat-up Sidewalks](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16188-hidden-messages-from-la-s-beat-up-sidewalks) September 13 2018 sidewalk repaving, tree loss, and the other maladies revealed by a careful look at LA’s steadily worsening sidewalks. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on planning controversies in Los Angeles for City Watch. Please send any comments... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16188-hidden-messages-from-la-s-beat-up-sidewalks - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [At City Hall Who Makes Land Use Decisions Can Be Deceiving](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16148-at-city-hall-who-makes-land-use-decisions-can-be-deceiving) September 06 2018 scheme masquerading as a transit plan? This is not an issue where silence and feigned neutrality remain an option. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies in Los Angeles for CityWatch.) Please send... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16148-at-city-hall-who-makes-land-use-decisions-can-be-deceiving - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Panaceas - Real and Phony - for the City of the Angels](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16114-panaceas-real-and-phony-for-the-city-of-the-angels) August 30 2018 squander City Hall’s resources on inflating another real estate bubble. It is time grow trees, not grow big buildings. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies in Los Angeles for CityWatch.) Please... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16114-panaceas-real-and-phony-for-the-city-of-the-angels - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Scooters will Never Solve the First-Last Mile Barrier to Mass Transit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16081-scooters-will-never-solve-the-first-last-mile-barrier-to-mass-transit) August 23 2018 urban design, and land use analysis, policies, and implementing programs of the Wilshire Community Plan update. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatch. Please send any comments, questions, or... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16081-scooters-will-never-solve-the-first-last-mile-barrier-to-mass-transit - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Ferreting Out Another City Hall Real Estate Scam, One Question at a Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16025-ferreting-out-another-city-hall-real-estate-scam-one-question-at-a-time) August 16 2018 about zoning, transit, and population, they are belied by hard facts, all available on City Planning’s own website. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. Please send comments and... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16025-ferreting-out-another-city-hall-real-estate-scam-one-question-at-a-time - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [City Hall Rolling Out the Big Bamboozle for the Purple Line Subway Extension](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15971-city-hall-rolling-out-the-big-bamboozle-for-the-purple-line-subway-extension) August 09 2018 scams that enrich developers, line the pockets of decision makers, but not benefit local residents and transit users. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning controversies for City Watch. Please send comments and... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15971-city-hall-rolling-out-the-big-bamboozle-for-the-purple-line-subway-extension - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Another City Hall Deception Put on the Fast Track](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15946-another-city-hall-deception-put-on-the-fast-track) August 06 2018 transit ridership without any land use changes. This is called doing it right, the opposite of a fast-tracked scam. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please send comments and... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15946-another-city-hall-deception-put-on-the-fast-track - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [20 Tell-Tale Signs: The Purple Line Neighborhood Transit Plan is a Real Estate Scam](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15925-20-tell-tale-signs-the-purple-line-neighborhood-transit-plan-is-a-real-estate-scam) August 02 2018 windfall through zoning upgrades or build large upscale buildings without zoning waivers and environmental assessments. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please send any questions,... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15925-20-tell-tale-signs-the-purple-line-neighborhood-transit-plan-is-a-real-estate-scam - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [City Planning Imitates the Queen of Hearts to “Update” the Wilshire Community Plan](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15879-city-planning-imitates-the-queen-of-hearts-to-update-the-wilshire-community-plan) July 26 2018 "Sentence first–verdict afterward." "Stuff and nonsense!" said Alice loudly. "The idea of having the sentence first!" (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles City Planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. He welcomes comments... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15879-city-planning-imitates-the-queen-of-hearts-to-update-the-wilshire-community-plan - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [What Sacrifices are You Willing to Make In These ‘Hard Times?’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15844-what-sacrifices-are-you-willing-to-make-in-these-hard-times) July 19 2018 and similar sacrifices if that is what it takes to restore basic public services and infrastructure in Los Angeles. (Dick Platkin is a former LA City Planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please submit any comments or... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15844-what-sacrifices-are-you-willing-to-make-in-these-hard-times - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [LA Needs Transit Oriented Districts, Not Transit Oriented Development](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15797-la-needs-transit-oriented-districts-not-transit-oriented-development) July 12 2018 will increase, and the housing crisis will recede through major public programs to transform LA’s built environment. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. Please send any comments,... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15797-la-needs-transit-oriented-districts-not-transit-oriented-development - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Will Private Greed or Public Need Prevail When City Hall Reviews This Luxury High-Rise Apartment Building?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15586-will-private-greed-or-public-need-prevail-when-city-hall-reviews-this-luxury-high-rise-apartment-building) June 07 2018 hearing much more when the developer tries to pull building permits for a 275 feet tall high-rise apartment building. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. He welcomes questions and... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15586-will-private-greed-or-public-need-prevail-when-city-hall-reviews-this-luxury-high-rise-apartment-building - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [The Old Distraction Trick: How NOT Deal with LA’s Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15537-the-old-distraction-trick-how-not-deal-with-la-s-housing-crisis) May 31 2018 housing crisis, the above list should keep them occupied for many years to come, even if they run for higher office. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning controversies for CityWatchLA. 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