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I highly recommend fellow CityWatch columnist Dick Platkin for his ongoing reporting of the policies keeping affordable housing out of reach of working class Angelinos. There is... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/29251-unpacking-las-housing-crisis-mismanagement-and-unfulfilled-promises-leave-thousands-homeless - Type: Article - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Good Grief. VIP’s Offer Inane Fixes For Homelessness And Climate Change ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29233-good-grief-vips-offer-inane-fixes-for-homelessness-and-climate-change) July 18 2024 nostrums, like Public Finance Authorities, for solving the housing crisis, homelessness will continue to rise. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA city planner. He reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United Neighborhoods... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29233-good-grief-vips-offer-inane-fixes-for-homelessness-and-climate-change - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [City Hall’s Housing Policies Led to LAUSD Enrollment Decline](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29197-city-halls-housing-policies-led-to-lausd-enrollment-decline) July 11 2024 Angeles will therefore lose families with school-aged children because they have been priced out of housing and move. (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/29197-city-halls-housing-policies-led-to-lausd-enrollment-decline - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [When LA City Hall Pols Step Into The Ring Of Foreign Policy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29162-when-la-city-hall-pols-step-into-the-ring-of-foreign-policy) July 04 2024 Yaroslavsky’s motion, since it runs counter to the two-state solution touted by the Council on Foreign Relations. (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/29162-when-la-city-hall-pols-step-into-the-ring-of-foreign-policy - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Real Estate Speculators Boost Profits by Bypassing Local Zoning Laws](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29088-real-estate-speculators-boost-profits-by-bypassing-local-zoning-laws) June 20 2024 it won’t work. The reasons are laid out above, and, if adopted, it will make the nation’s homeless crisis even worse. (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/29088-real-estate-speculators-boost-profits-by-bypassing-local-zoning-laws - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Homelessness and the Million Dollar Question](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/29075-homelessness-and-the-million-dollar-question) June 17 2024 policies like affordable housing. You’d advocate for more public housing projects, as fellow CityWatch columnist Dick Platkin does. (For the purposes of our experiment, we’ll exempt housing policies and programs from our $1 million limit since they... https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/29075-homelessness-and-the-million-dollar-question - Type: Article - Category: POLITICS - Language: \* - ### [ Residents Of LA’s Pico-Midvale Neighborhood Propose Alternative Temporary Homeless Site](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29051-residents-of-las-pico-midvale-neighborhood-propose-alternative-temporary-homeless-site) June 13 2024 eventually located in West Los Angeles. (This Planning Watch column is based on a document provided by Barbara Broide. Dick Platkin is a retired city planner who reports on local planning issues in LA for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29051-residents-of-las-pico-midvale-neighborhood-propose-alternative-temporary-homeless-site - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Livable Communities: Developer Giveaways In A Slick And Deceptive Package](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29001-livable-communities-developer-giveaways-in-a-slick-and-deceptive-package) June 05 2024 yourself for unlivable communities with more homeless people sleeping on broken sidewalks, next to dilapidated streets. (Dick Platkin is a retired city planner who reports on local planning issues in LA for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/29001-livable-communities-developer-giveaways-in-a-slick-and-deceptive-package - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Why Don’t The Homeless Move Into Vacant Homes And Apartments?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28973-why-dont-the-homeless-move-into-vacant-homes-and-apartments) May 30 2024 elected officials finally realize that the deregulation of local zoning laws is a major cause of the housing crisis? (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28973-why-dont-the-homeless-move-into-vacant-homes-and-apartments - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Homelessness and the Failure of Mainstream Media](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/28936-homelessness-and-the-failure-of-mainstream-media) May 23 2024 and homelessness. Of course, my fellow CityWatch LA columnists have done yeoman’s work calling the City to account. Dick Platkin, a former City planner, eloquently writes about failed housing policies that remove, rather than add, affordable housing... https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/28936-homelessness-and-the-failure-of-mainstream-media - Type: Article - Category: LOS ANGELES - Language: \* - ### [Why LA’s Infrastructure is in such Bad Shape - Part 2](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28909-why-las-infrastructure-is-in-such-bad-shape-part-2) May 16 2024 steps are not a guarantee that LA’s decrepit infrastructure will be mended, these are critical steps in that direction. (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/28909-why-las-infrastructure-is-in-such-bad-shape-part-2 - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Why LA’s Infrastructure Is in Such Bad Shape](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28862-why-las-infrastructure-is-in-such-bad-shape) May 09 2024 to greasing the wheels of real estate speculation, they no longer notice the urban blight that has overtaken the city? (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/28862-why-las-infrastructure-is-in-such-bad-shape - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [The Long Shadow of LA’s 1992 Civil Disturbance](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28816-the-long-shadow-of-las-1992-civil-disturbance) April 29 2024 desperation -- Mayor Bass called on local philanthropies and LA’s wealthiest residents to pay for low-income housing. (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/28816-the-long-shadow-of-las-1992-civil-disturbance - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [The Public Understands The Housing Crisis Better Than The Electeds](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28766-the-public-understands-the-housing-crisis-better-than-the-electeds) April 18 2024 City Hall initiatives I listed above to weaken these laws either make no difference or worsen the housing crisis worse. (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/28766-the-public-understands-the-housing-crisis-better-than-the-electeds - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Has Mayor Bass’ ED1 Emergency Homeless Ordinance Succeeded?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28739-has-mayor-basss-ed1-emergency-homeless-ordinance-succeeded) April 11 2024 neighborhoods, and provides little affordable housing for the growing numbers of people who desperately need it. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28739-has-mayor-basss-ed1-emergency-homeless-ordinance-succeeded - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Federal Judge David Carter, Nemesis of City Hall’s Skid Row Homeless Programs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28671-federal-judge-david-carter-nemesis-of-city-halls-skid-row-homeless-programs) March 28 2024 get worse. This is not a mystery. It is painfully obvious to those who see beyond City Hall’s self-serving ignorance. (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/28671-federal-judge-david-carter-nemesis-of-city-halls-skid-row-homeless-programs - Type: Article - Author: Dick Platkin - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [How Inadequate Community Plan Updates Worsen Los Angeles' Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28639-how-inadequate-community-plan-updates-worsen-los-angeles-housing-crisis) March 21 2024 property owners to sell cheap, not the prospects of developers replacing single-family homes with apartment buildings. (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/28639-how-inadequate-community-plan-updates-worsen-los-angeles-housing-crisis - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Why Homelessness and Traffic Get Steadily Worse In Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28615-why-homelessness-and-traffic-get-steadily-worse-in-los-angeles) March 14 2024 traffic congestion, developers and their supporters shrug their shoulders while they hawk the next real estate deal. (Dick Platkin is a retired Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He is a board member of United... https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28615-why-homelessness-and-traffic-get-steadily-worse-in-los-angeles - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [Two Ways for US Government Officials To Create Homelessness: One Gradual, The Other Instant](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28567-two-ways-for-us-government-officials-to-create-homelessness-one-gradual-the-other-instant) March 07 2024 of their residents. The difference between this and failed domestic housing policies is quantitative, not qualitative. (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/28567-two-ways-for-us-government-officials-to-create-homelessness-one-gradual-the-other-instant - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - ### [LA’s Measure HLA will not work. That's the best reason for opposing it.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/28484-las-measure-hla-will-not-work-thats-the-best-reason-for-opposing-it) February 22 2024 sidewalks are repaired. This approach is doomed to fail, which is why I encourage Angelino to vote no on Measure HLA. (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/28484-las-measure-hla-will-not-work-thats-the-best-reason-for-opposing-it - Type: Article - Category: PLANNING WATCH LA - Language: \* - [Start](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin "Start") - [Prev](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=60 "Prev") - [1](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin "1") - [2](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=20 "2") - [3](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=40 "3") - [4](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=60 "4") - 5 - [6](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=100 "6") - [7](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=120 "7") - [8](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=140 "8") - [9](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=160 "9") - [10](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=180 "10") - [Next](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=100 "Next") - [End](https://mail.citywatchla.com/search?q=dick%20platkin&start=580 "End") Results **81** - **100** of **588**