Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Neighborhood Integrity Initiative Won’t Block Affordable Housing – Critics Should Back up their Claims!

Image
DICK PLATKIN, City Watch LA,   03 MARCH 2016 LOS ANGELES PLATKIN ON PLANNING-If you are concerned about planning issues in Los Angeles, then you have undoubtedly heard about the  Neighborhood Integrity Initiative , and perhaps a counter-initiative, the Build Better LA Initiative.  Affordable housing:  You have may have also heard the repeated claims by the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative’s opponents that it would block the construction of affordable housing. Nice try, but it takes far more than repetition of a talking point to actually make it true.  This is why I still stand by my previous  Citywatch  articles: the critics have not yet presented evidence that LA's zoning laws and General Plan designations impede the construction of affordable housing projects. While Neighborhood Integrity Initiative supporters are already looking under every rock for any relevant data, we also invite those who make the “affordable housing argument” to bac...
Read more

Failure of Infrastructure Planning in Los Angeles

SIX FAILINGS AND SEVERAL REMEDIES FOR THE PLANNING PROCESS IN LOS ANGELES Los Angeles residents who follow local land use issues have a gut feeling that their city is poorly governed and poorly planned. Here is one effort to explain why these feelings are sound and to also offer potential solutions based on years of city planning experience in and out of City Hall. In a nutshell, the Los Angeles planning process, from the allocation of public resources to project level decisions, has stumbled badly. Its Achilles heal is its reluctance to carefully consider the capacity of local public services and infrastructure to meet the existing and future needs of the city’s residents, institutions, and businesses. Once this glaring defect can be remedied, then the city can begin fixing much of what is broken. More specifically, a careful examination of City Hall’s minimal efforts to address LA’s needs for infrastructure and public services reveals six related shortcomings. Furthermore, the on...
Read more