Jane Usher Slams Gail Goldberg A former commission president slams L.A.'s planning director as a developer sellout By Steven Leigh Morris published: April 30, 2009 * Kevin Scanlon Planning director Gail Goldberg Planning director Gail Goldberg It’s been a bad season for L.A.’s City Planning department. Recently, big sections of a city law to encourage density and affordable housing were struck down by Superior Court Judge Thomas McKnew. And now a leading civic figure is alleging that City Planning Director Gail Goldberg, who pushed the pro-developer law, is little more than a handmaiden to developers. The judge tossed out provisions of a controversial “bonus density” rule that lets developers build far bigger and taller projects than allowed by zoning if they agree to include a small number of cheap rental units. That ordinance “masquerades as an affordable-housing act, when it’s really a densification act that facilitates sprawl,” says departed City Hall insi...
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