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The Antonio to Eric Handoff: LA’s Quality of Life Disaster — Deregulating Planning, Zoning and Building Code Enforcement Posted   June 3, 2013   on Ron Kaye’s LA http://ronkayela.com/2013/06/the-antonio-to-eric-handoff-las-quality-of-life-disaster-deregulating-planning-zoning-and-building-code-enforcement.html#respond EDITOR’S NOTE: Former LA City Planner Dick Platkin, now Adjunct Instructor of City Planning at USC’s Price School of Social Policy, originally wrote this article on the devastating impact of the merger of LA Planning and Building and Safety Department for KCET. This is the most far-reaching issue threatening the quality of life in every neighborhood, yet it is being rushed forward by the current mayor and the mayor-elect, with the unanimous support of the City Council and without the massive citywide protests from residents that it deserves. By Dick Platkin ( rhplatkin@yahoo.com ) Before the election the  Wall Street Journal  described Eric Garcetti a