CityWatch Article on Why the Hollywood Plan will Fail
WHY THE UPDATE OF THE HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY PLAN WILL FAIL By Dick Platkin (East Hollywood Neighborhood Council Planning Entitlement Committee and City Planning Consultant). Please send comments to rhplatkin@yahoo.com . On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, the LA City Council Planning and Land Use Committee (PLUM) held its first public hearing on the proposed Update of the Hollywood Community Plan. This hearing confirmed what the Plan’s skeptics have maintained for years – this planning process is dedicated to real estate investment. Its only implementation program is dramatic increases in permitted heights and densities. It does not offer funded programs to advance Hollywood through far-reaching improvements to public infrastructure and services. This is why the reports and testimony supporting the proposed plan focused on real estate matters. To be fair, several backers mentioned parks and streetscape, but these only referred to c