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  • LA Builds a Billion Dollar Subway … Then What?

    will they make a rudimentary effort to connect these many dots, like their predecessors did only several decades ago? (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes on planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the Board of the Beverly Wilshire...

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  • Well-intentioned or Phony … Plans for Developing Transit Oriented Communities Need Some Sorting Out

    Plans, these simple tests allow us to sort out well-intentioned proposals from the not-so-obviously phony ones. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes on planning issues for CityWatch. He serves on the Board of the Beverly Wilshire Homes...

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  • Action Alert! Amend the Citywide Mansionization Ordinance

    and in good time. ● More info on efforts to stop mansionization in Los Angeles: Facebook Web (Shelley Wagers and Dick Platkin live in Beverly Grove and on board members of the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association. They have been campaigning against...

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  • Trees! A ‘Miracle Cure’ for What Ails Los Angeles

    called the urban forest -- and then move on to pricier projects, such as mass transit and affordable public housing. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes on planning issues for CityWatch. He welcomes questions and comments at...

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  • Dick Platkin

    Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning issues for CityWatch. Please send your comments, corrections, and questions to [email protected].

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  • The ‘Update-the-Community-Plans’ Cure-All!

    and economic development. With these in place, the City Planning Department could then prepare spectacular local plans. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes on planning issues for CityWatch. He welcomes questions and comments at...

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  • Why Market Magic Cannot Produce Affordable Housing in Los Angeles

    who are genuine in their desires for Los Angeles to finally close its gap in the construction of affordable housing. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes articles on planning issues for CityWatch. He welcomes questions and comments at...

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  • People are Pissed! Can a Revolution be Far Behind

    needed is a clear, loud, collective public voice to ensure that City Hall diligently follows its own policies and laws. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who writes articles on planning issues for CityWatch. He welcomes questions and comments at...

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    • Author: Dick Platkin and George Abrahams
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  • Fight the Drought: Plant More Trees

    simply does not have sufficient staffing and resources to tend LA’s urban forest in an era or long-term drought. (Dick Platkin writes, teaches, and consults on city planning issues in Los Angeles. He writes for CityWatch and invites your comments or...

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  • An Effective Jobs Program for Los Angeles is Past Due! Here’s What Must be Done

    however, actually do so? Unlikely, but failure occasionally causes the most unlikely people to do the right thing. (Dick Platkin writes, consults, and teaches about planning issues in Los Angeles. He also writes for CityWatch and welcomes questions and...

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  • Planning LA: Tying All the Noise Together

    shine, like the recent movie Her, while most of the Los Angeles will eventually resemble the dystopia in Blade Runner. (Dick Platkin is an advocate planner and CityWatch contributor who welcomes questions and comments on this article at...

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  • All that Glitters is Not Gold: The Not-So-Hidden Agenda Behind re:code LA

    not gold, but just another short-term scheme to bail out risky investments in your and other Los Angeles neighborhoods. (Dick Platkin is an advocate planner and CityWatch contributor who welcomes questions and comments on this article at...

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  • Los Angeles Needs a Real Sustainability Plan, Not Just Good Intentions

    pedestrian oriented sidewalks, and bicycle infrastructure. But is this work essential to Los Angeles? Yes, again. (Dick Platkin is a former city planner. He teaches, writes, and consults on community planning issues in Los Angeles. Dick Platkin can be...

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  • ‘New Anti-Semitism’ at UCLA is Largely Blowback against Orchestrated Israel Advocacy

    the Israeli government are fostering incidents of anti-Semitism that Israel was intended to ward off. (Jeff Warner and Dick Platkin are members of LA Jews for Peace. They welcome comments and questions at [email protected].) -cw CityWatch Vol 13...

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  • Mansionization: Burbank Makes LA Look Small

    will and accountability of Burbank’s officials sure make Los Angeles look bush-league by comparison. (Shelley Wagers and Dick Platkin have been working on mansionization issues in Los Angeles for the past 10 years. Please send any questions or comments...

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  • The Slow Collision: Greater Israel at Odds with U.S. Decline in the Middle East

    GUEST COMMENTARY-For those who carefully follow the relationship between the governments of the United States and Israel, the dust-up over Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's March 3 speech to a joint session of Congress should come as no surprise. In...

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    • Author: Dick Platkin and Jeff Warner
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  • Dirty Little Secrets about Mansionization in Los Angeles

    (Pam Roberts welcomes questions and comments on this article. She can be reached at [email protected]. Dick Platkin can be reached at [email protected].) -cw CityWatch Vol 13 Issue 9 Pub: Jan 30, 2015

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  • Dick Platkin's Top 5

    remedy is little more than the deregulation of zoning rules. 5.) LA must prepare immediately for a Massive Earthquake. (Dick Platkin is a former city planner. He teaches, writes, and consults on community planning issues in Los Angeles.) (A more...

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  • The Seven! Most Urgent Issues Facing LA City Government

    point: they are all much more important to Los Angeles residents than the expedited approval of new shopping centers. (Dick Platkin teaches, writes, and consults on community planning issues in Los Angeles. He is a CityWatch contributor. Please submit...

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  • Don’t Be Deceived: City Hall is In No Hurry to Stop Mansionization

    homes could become history by the time the City eventually takes any permanent, citywide action to stop McMansions. (Dick Platkin is on the board of the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association and also teaches Sustainable City Planning at USC’s Price School...

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