City Planning Department Pats Itself on the Back for its Recent Awards
Twitter City Planning Department Pats itself on the Back for its Recent Awards By Dick Platkin, CityWatchLA , June 4, 2020 Share PLANNING WATCH -The Los Angeles Department of City Planning prominently placed two self-congratulatory awards on its web site. Other than promoting eye-rolling and head scratching, what else is going on? According to City Planning’s press release, one award was for the Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Incentives , and the other for Urban Design Citywide Guidelines. The same press release also patted the Department of City Planning on its back for its transparency and its planning and policy initiatives to encourage a more sustainable Southern California. A similar City Planning public letter took credit for “ supporting Los Angeles's long-range planning efforts .” While this is an amusing demonstration of the puff pieces that a new City Hall public relations unit can gaslight us with, it has little connection to