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  • The Importance of Drought Tolerant Gardens in LA … and What You Can Do about It

    Angelenos, they may have already planted a drought tolerant yard and are just waiting to share their story with you. (Dick Platkin is a former LA City Planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He welcomes comments and corrections at...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10823-the-importance-of-drought-tolerant-gardens-in-la-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

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

  • A Tale of Two Universes: Real Estate Speculation in LA

    Integrity Initiative, as well as an organization to keep its reforms on track, the Coalition to Preserve LA. (Dick Platkin is a former LA City Planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. He welcomes comments and corrections at...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10768-a-tale-of-two-universes-real-estate-speculation-in-la

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

  • City Planning in LA: Dubious Magical Thinking Meets ‘Business-as-Usual’

    and lawsuits that have forced the planning process in LA back on track whenever it reverts to business-as-usual. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning issues for CityWatch. Please send any comments or corrections to...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10727-city-planning-in-la-dubious-magical-thinking-meets-business-as-usual

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

  • Ball is Now in the Court of LA’s New Director of Planning

    Initiative(s) are faithfully implemented. Let us, therefore, make sure that City Planning takes the proactive approach. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning issues for City Watch LA. Please send any comments or...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10683-ball-is-now-in-the-court-of-la-s-new-director-of-planning

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

  • Neighborhood Integrity Initiative Won’t Block Affordable Housing – Critics Should Back up their Claims!

    Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, offering further evidence that it does not stand in the way of affordable housing. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning issues for City Watch LA. Please send any comments or...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10653-neighborhood-integrity-initiative-won-t-block-affordable-housing-critics-should-back-up-their-claims

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

  • The Devil’s in the Details – LA Speculators Can Still Scam the System in the Build a Better LA Initiative

    would get a vital transfusion through the Build Better LA/Backroom Bonanza Initiative, are uncloaked for public view. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on local planning issues for City Watch LA. Please send any comments or...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10605-the-devil-s-in-the-details-la-speculators-can-still-scam-the-system-in-the-build-a-better-la-iniative

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

  • Why We Hate McMansions: Counting the Reasons

    another mansionization ordinance is riddled with more loopholes that allow the continued construction of McMansions. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning issues in Los Angeles for CityWatch. He welcomes comments,...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10565-why-we-hate-mcmansions-counting-the-reasons

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

  • Progress or NIMBYism in Sunland Tujunga? I Say Let’s Make a Deal

    maybe that is too much to hope for…. So back to NIMBY... the anachronistic term for "Not in My Back Yard." My colleague Dick Platkin, an expert on city planning or the lack thereof, thinks "NIMBYism is an epithet used by real estate speculators to...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10461-progress-or-nimbyism-in-sunland-tujunga-i-say-let-s-make-a-deal-2

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Denyse Selesnick
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • How to Smoke Out Flacks for Luxury High-Rise Projects Who Masquerade as Friends of the Down-and-Out

    affordable housing, then I will happily provide you another six questions. Just remember to keep a hand on your wallet. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning issues in Los Angeles for CityWatch. He welcomes comments,...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10455-how-to-smoke-out-flacks-for-luxury-high-rise-projects-who-masquerade-as-friends-of-the-down-and-out

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

  • Phony Sustainability Arguments Used to justify High-Rise, Luxury Buildings

    super-sized cars. There is one thing, however, that is sustainable about these projects: their marketing campaigns. (Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning issues in Los Angeles for CityWatch. He welcomes comments,...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10428-phony-sustainability-arguments-used-to-justify-high-rise-luxury-buildings

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

  • Why We Need to Carefully Monitor Infrastructure in Los Angeles

    little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.” -- Daniel Burnham (Dick Platkin is a former LA City Planner who writes on local planning issues for City Watch. He also serves on the boards of the...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10413-why-we-need-to-carefully-monitor-infrastructure-in-los-angeles

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

  • City Planning Debates: More Heat than Light

    should be linked to each city’s budgeting process and reflected in the work programs of each city department. (Dick Platkin is a former LA City Planner who writes on local planning issues for City Watch. He welcomes questions, comments, and corrections...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10347-city-planning-debates-more-heat-than-light

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

  • Backlash to Overdevelopment in LA … ‘The People’ Finding a Voice In Court and On the Ballot

    Commission and the City Council, we intend to quickly rebut them all and ask for public support in our efforts. (Dick Platkin is a former LA City Planner who writes on local planning issues for City Watch. He welcomes questions, comments, and...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10252-backlash-to-overdevelopment-in-la-the-people-finding-a-voice-in-court-and-on-the-ballot

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

  • Mayor Offers LA’s Planning Director Job to the Boy Next Door

    to make sure they are on an equal footing. For this to happen, Vince Bertoni clearly has his work cutout for him. (Dick Platkin is a former LA city planner who reports on planning issues for CityWatch. He also serves on the boards of the Beverly...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10290-mayor-offers-la-s-planning-director-job-to-the-boy-next-door

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

  • Stories from the Front Lines: Los Angeles Planning Disputes Old and New

    lot subdivisions, or over height mega-projects. Blade Runner imagines what a deregulated Los Angeles would look like. (Dick Platkin reports on local planning issues in Los Angeles for CityWatch. He is a former LA City Planner, who now serves on the...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10204-stories-from-the-front-lines-los-angeles-planning-disputes-old-and-new

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

  • Quality of Life vs. Mansionization: The Real Issue

    Side of the Mansionization Debate” (24 Dec 2015), Tarlow attacks former city planner and anti-mansionization activist Dick Platkin by saying that the proposed amendments to the city’s Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO) “will do nothing to enhance...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10175-quality-of-life-vs-mansionization-the-real-issue

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Robert Eisele
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • Are We Witnessing Another Real Estate Bubble in Los Angeles?

    to take the wind out of the boosters’ sails and encourage wide support for the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative. (Dick Platkin is a retired LA City planner who writes on planning issues for CityWatch. He welcomes comments, corrections, and questions at...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10159-are-we-witnessing-another-real-estate-bubble-in-los-angeles

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

  • The Other Side of the Mansionization Debate

    COUNTERPOINT--I have been trying very hard not to weigh in on Dick Platkin's latest “Mansionization Crusade” to limit our ability to build a modern home in Los Angeles. I spent 7-plus years defending my neighborhood against his misguided mission to...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10157-the-other-side-of-the-mansionization-debate

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Charles Tarlow
    • Category: LOS ANGELES
    • Language: *

  • Mansionization at a Crossroads: If You Think Your House is a Home … Speak Up Now

    https://www.facebook.com/No-More-Mcmansions-in-Los-Angeles-1471705846388435/ (Dick Platkin reports on local planning issues for City Watch. He has been part of the fight against mansionization for the past decade. Please send comments, questions, or...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/archive/10117-mansionization-at-a-crossroads-if-you-think-your-house-is-a-home-speak-up-now

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *

  • Endless Bad Zoning Decisions in LA and Beyond - Why Paris Climate Change Talks are Bound to Fail

    or maintaining free market economies -- despite their built-in growth imperative and devastating externalities. (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...

    https://mail.citywatchla.com/archive/10079-endless-bad-zoning-decisions-in-la-and-beyond-why-paris-climate-change-talks-are-bound-to-fail

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Dick Platkin
    • Category: ARCHIVE
    • Language: *
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