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He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30196-what-the-mainstream-media-misses-about-las-wildfires - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Homelessness Doubled in Four Years, Yet Excuses Persist](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30148-homelessness-doubled-in-four-years-yet-excuses-persist) January 09 2025 are the primary causes of homelessness. Those who blame the homeless for their plight can read this report on-line. (Dick Platkin (rhplatkin@gmail.com) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30148-homelessness-doubled-in-four-years-yet-excuses-persist - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Billions Spent On Homelessness, Yet It Is Still Increasing. Why?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30085-billions-spent-on-homelessness-yet-it-is-still-increasing-why) December 26 2024 spent by state and local government agencies to reduce homelessness by focusing on personal pathology will be in vain. (Dick Platkin (rhplatkin@gmail.com) is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30085-billions-spent-on-homelessness-yet-it-is-still-increasing-why - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Why Has The Price Of Housing Increased Faster Than Incomes?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30052-why-has-the-price-of-housing-increased-faster-than-incomes) December 19 2024 much faster than incomes. It is a must read, despite the report’s failure to discuss raising employee compensation. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30052-why-has-the-price-of-housing-increased-faster-than-incomes - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Why LA Remodels So Few Vacant Buildings With Low-Cost Housing For The Homeless](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30007-why-la-remodels-so-few-vacant-buildings-with-low-cost-housing-for-the-homeless) December 12 2024 be eliminated through the conversion of vacant commercial space to low-priced apartments get ready for disappointment. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/30007-why-la-remodels-so-few-vacant-buildings-with-low-cost-housing-for-the-homeless - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [LA’s City Council is Ready to Adopt the Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIPs) Ordinances](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29952-las-city-council-is-ready-to-adopt-the-citywide-housing-incentive-program-chips-ordinances) November 28 2024 or without the CHIPs ordinances, homeless and overcrowding will continue to grow in Los Angeles and similar cities. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29952-las-city-council-is-ready-to-adopt-the-citywide-housing-incentive-program-chips-ordinances - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Measure A Passes: LA County Approves 0.25% Sales Tax Hike for Homeless Programs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29921-measure-a-passes-la-county-approves-0-25-sales-tax-hike-for-homeless-programs) November 21 2024 new tax gives them and their supporters cover to profit from the housing status quo of privatization and deregulation. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29921-measure-a-passes-la-county-approves-0-25-sales-tax-hike-for-homeless-programs - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [ LA’s City Hall Rveals the Democratic Party’s Failing Domestic Policies ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29883-las-city-hall-reveals-the-democratic-partys-failing-domestic-policies) November 14 2024 aware of this. Living conditions are getting steadily worse, with City Hall unable or unwilling to stem the tide. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for Los... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29883-las-city-hall-reveals-the-democratic-partys-failing-domestic-policies - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Can Voting Resolve Local Policy Issues?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29836-can-voting-resolve-local-policy-issues) November 06 2024 misplaced priorities force the quality of life of Angelenos to decline, without voting able to offset this development. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods for... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29836-can-voting-resolve-local-policy-issues - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [California's New Gold Rush: Middlemen Cashing In on the Homelessness Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/29795-californias-new-gold-rush-middlemen-cashing-in-on-the-homelessness-crisis) October 28 2024 developers have benefitted from measures advertised to ease the housing crisis, but as fellow CityWatch columnist Dick Platkin points out, few truly affordable units have been built. In 1849, San Francisco was filled with huge tent encampments where... https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/29795-californias-new-gold-rush-middlemen-cashing-in-on-the-homelessness-crisis - Type: Article - Category: VOICES - Language: \* - ### [LA’s New Zoning Code Is Under Review At The City Attorney’s Office](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29770-las-new-zoning-code-is-under-review-at-the-city-attorneys-office) October 24 2024 was nothing more than a “feel good” ruse. It is a great cover story for raising property values through deregulation. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29770-las-new-zoning-code-is-under-review-at-the-city-attorneys-office - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Urban Forest Blues in Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29738-urban-forest-blues-in-los-angeles) October 17 2024 storm runoff, the loss of shade, and the destruction of urban habitat are no longer a debate. They are a must.” (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29738-urban-forest-blues-in-los-angeles - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [LA’s City Planning Commission Approves A Zoning Program That Makes Homelessness Worse](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29637-las-city-planning-commission-approves-a-zoning-program-that-makes-homelessness-worse) October 03 2024 be constructed in residential neighborhoods where it was not intended and where old infrastructure cannot support it. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29637-las-city-planning-commission-approves-a-zoning-program-that-makes-homelessness-worse - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Why Homeless Programs, Like LA County‘s Measure A, Fail](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29618-why-homeless-programs-like-la-countys-measure-a-fail) September 26 2024 laws, and the restoration of public housing programs, they require major political and economic changes to happen. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner, who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29618-why-homeless-programs-like-la-countys-measure-a-fail - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [City Hall Again Selling Off Public Sidewalk Rights To The Sign Industry](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29583-city-hall-again-selling-off-public-sidewalk-rights-to-the-sign-industry) September 19 2024 Better Los Angeles lawsuit opposing the STAP program. BASED ON COMMENTS, I WILL POST FUTURE CORRECTIONS TO THIS COLUMN. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner. He reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29583-city-hall-again-selling-off-public-sidewalk-rights-to-the-sign-industry - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Human Rights Watch Report on Homelessness in Los Angeles, “You have to move!”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29421-human-rights-watch-report-on-homelessness-in-los-angeles-you-have-to-move) August 22 2024 of houselessness is an admission that treating housing as a commodity, not a human right, is a failed housing policy. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29421-human-rights-watch-report-on-homelessness-in-los-angeles-you-have-to-move - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Climate Change Has Arrived. Efforts To Counter It Are Faltering](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29394-climate-change-has-arrived-efforts-to-counter-it-are-faltering) August 15 2024 for the next century and beyond.” What LARC wrote in 2016 is still relevant. The ball remains in City Hall’s court. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner who reports on planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29394-climate-change-has-arrived-efforts-to-counter-it-are-faltering - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [The Country’s Housing Crisis Is Getting Worse, But It Is Hardly New](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29354-the-countrys-housing-crisis-is-getting-worse-but-it-is-hardly-new) August 08 2024 out of housing. This is why programs to reduce homeless have failed. They only treat symptoms and ignore root causes. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner. He reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29354-the-countrys-housing-crisis-is-getting-worse-but-it-is-hardly-new - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Housing Element Implementation Ordinance - LA’s Future Is Up For Grabs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29315-housing-element-implementation-ordinance-las-future-is-up-for-grabs) August 01 2024 corridors, to meet the State’s housing goals, without densifying the zoning in existing residential neighborhoods. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner. He reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29315-housing-element-implementation-ordinance-las-future-is-up-for-grabs - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [McMansions Still Proliferate In Los Angeles, Driving Up Housing Costs, Homelessness, and Climate Change](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29273-mcmansions-still-proliferate-in-los-angeles-driving-up-housing-costs-homelessness-and-climate-change) July 25 2024 for these changes to appear there must be enormous pressure from below on Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner. He reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. 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