Like other large US cities, the planning process in Los Angeles is corrupt and market-driven, but could be reinvented to promote economic and racial equality.
LA’s corrupt, market-oriented planning process could be reinvented to promote economic and racial justice . By Dick Platkin* https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/19950-la-s-corrupt-market-oriented-planning-process-could-be-reinvented-to-promote-economic-and-racial-justice Planning Watch : To much of the public “Department of City Planning” brings up images of widespread gentrification, a former Director of Planning paying a $281,000 fine for lobbying his former colleagues on behalf of real estate developers, and hundreds of eyes averted from FBI investigations and indictments of their bosses accepting bribes to approve major projects. But, despite this dirty linen, in a soaring statement LA’s Department of City Planning publicly staked out its commitment to racial equality. “ We pledge to intentionally and authentically deepen our efforts to serve all communities of Los Angeles in a manner that promotes equity and inclusivity.” Gentrifica