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  • City Hall: LA’s Newly Elected Begin in January - Check Your Optimism at the Door

    in LA growing homelessness is an acceptable tradeoff when City Hall pulls out the stops for real estate speculators. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25905-city-hall-la-s-newly-elected-begin-in-january-check-your-optimism-at-the-door

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • New York Times on LA’s Housing Crisis.  Even a Broken Clock Is Correct Twice a Day

    to sleep on sidewalks, alleys, or in their cars, where over 1000 of them die each year from disease and exposure. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25867-new-york-times-on-la-s-housing-crisis-even-a-broken-clock-is-correct-twice-a-day

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • LA Times' Overcrowding Report Gets a Lot Right, But Its Remedies Make It Worse

    by the termination of HUD public housing programs during the Nixon and subsequent presidential administrations. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25810-la-times-overcrowding-report-gets-a-lot-right-but-its-remedies-make-it-worse

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Forcing Bigoted Politicians to Resign is Easy, Rooting Out Racist Policies, Programs, and Practices is Hard.

    Angeles needs are elected officials intent on rooting out racist programs and practices, not aggrandizing themselves. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25775-forcing-bigoted-politicians-to-resign-are-easy-rooting-out-racist-policies-programs-and-practices-are-hard

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • To the Members of LA City Council from United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles

    President United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles UN4LA Board: Casey Maddren, President Cherilyn Smith, Treasurer Richard Platkin, Secretary Annie Gagen Jack Humphreville Kim Lamorie Gina K. Thornburg

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/25716-to-the-members-of-la-city-council-from-united-neighborhoods-for-los-angeles

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Casey Maddren
    • Category: VOICES
    • Language: *

  • Climate Change Is Here. Can Someone Please Tell Those In Charge?

    governments are either unable or unwilling to understand and respond to current and anticipated climate crises. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25664-climate-change-is-here-can-someone-please-tell-those-in-charge

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • Who Controls City Government In Los Angeles?  Stay Tuned To Find Out.

    green light for real estate speculation. This is why I say, “Stay tuned!” if you still wonder who controls City Hall. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/25600-who-controls-city-government-in-los-angeles-stay-tuned-to-find-out

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: PLANNING WATCH LA
    • Language: *

  • What Do Magicians, Card Sharks, And City Hall Have In Common?

    was the essence of forgotten Measure S, the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, which went before LA’s voters in 2017. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25547-what-do-magicians-card-sharks-and-city-hall-have-in-common

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • Status Report: The 17 Mile Long Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Specific Plan Is 30 Years Old

    PLANNING WATCH - The Planning Report’s 30 year old article by Richard Platkin on the Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Specific Plan is still mostly current and correct. It notes that most of the "planning" along the boulevard has been done by the private...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25523-status-report-the-17-mile-long-ventura-cahuenga-boulevard-specific-plan-is-30-years-old

    • Type: Article
    • Author: John Issakson
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • Homeless Numbers Are Up Again In LA, And City Hall Wonders Why

    crisis as a strictly local issue, even though the main causes (#’s 1, 2, and 3 above) are statewide and nationwide. ( Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25503-homeless-numbers-are-up-again-in-la-and-city-hall-wonders-why

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • Bass’ And Caruso’s “Solutions” To Homelessness Explain Why LA’s Housing Crisis Is Getting Worse

    purchases of existing housing, preserve existing low-cost housing, and stop the mansionization of LA neighborhoods. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25442-bass-and-caruso-s-solutions-to-homelessness-explain-why-la-s-housing-crisis-is-getting-worse

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • City Hall’s Fanciful Justifications for its Real Estate Scams

    projects ever completed and then rented to vetted low-tenants? If you can answer these questions, please let me know ([email protected]) since my research came up dry. If every low-income project approved by City Planning were built, there would be...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25404-city-hall-s-fanciful-justifications-for-its-real-estate-scams

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • Unlike High Profile Crimes, Petty and White Collar Crimes are Under Reported and Often Unpunished

    revelation that white collar crimes are massive and seldom prosecuted remains an important real-world take-away. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25351-unlike-high-profile-crimes-petty-and-white-collar-crimes-are-under-reported-and-often-unpunished

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • How Bad Planning Thrives in LA -- the case of the Wilshire Community Plan

    further as these enormous planning mistake makes the area’s epic traffic congestion and homelessness worse. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25316-how-bad-planning-thrives-in-la-the-case-of-the-wilshire-community-plan

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • A Tribute to Ken Draper 1933-2022

    Abrams, Liz Amsden, Tony Butka, Beth Cone, Phyllis Daugherty, Tim Deegan, Bob Gelfand, Jay Handal, Jack Humphreville, Dick Platkin, Eric Preven, Denyse Selesnick, and more. I asked some of them to give a thought or remembrance about Ken Draper. Linda...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/25264-ken-draper-1933-2022

    • Type: Article
    • Category: VOICES
    • Language: *

  • Homeless Crisis Will Get Worse, But There Is A Path Forward

    instead of resorting to anti-camping ordinances and police sweeps when market-manipulation programs predictably fail. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25210-homeless-crisis-will-get-worse-but-there-is-a-path-forward

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • Electric Cars: To Generate Corporate Profits Or Combat Climate Change?

    cars with low carbon footprints instead of electric cars with enormous batteries, extended ranges, and high profits. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/25163-electric-cars-to-generate-corporate-profits-or-combat-climate-change

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: IMPORTANT READS
    • Language: *

  • Some Still Claim ‘More Market Rate Housing Will Solve the Housing Crisis’

    By turning to the LAPD, the pols ensure that the consequences of their folly temporarily disappears from view. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25104-some-still-claim-more-market-rate-housing-will-solve-the-housing-crisis

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • What Do The Primary Election Results Mean For LA?  Probably Less Than You Think.

    culture. P.S. If I misrepresented any candidates’ positions, I invite readers to post or send me corrections. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the boards of United...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25059-what-do-the-primary-election-results-mean-for-la-probably-less-than-you-think

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • City Hall Rolls out Red Carpet for Real Estate Speculators

    You can help organizations like the Los Angeles Tenants Union, which take direct actions, such as rent strikes. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatchLA. He serves on the board of United...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/25009-city-hall-rolls-out-red-carpet-for-real-estate-speculators

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *
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