Pulling Back the Curtain on Gentrification in Los Angeles
DICK PLATKIN 30 NOVEMBER 2017 LOS ANGELES PREVIOUS ARTICLE Affordable Housing Meets Free-Market Fantasy NEXT ARTICLE What’s Wrong with This Picture? UC’s Napolitano Gets Scolded, but Keeps Her Job! TOOLS PRINT EMAIL PLATKIN ON PLANNING-On Saturday, December 2, City Watch readers are invited to attend the Resist Gentrification Action Summit . The conference, sponsored by Housing is a Human Right.org , takes place at Audubon Junior High School, 4120-11 th Avenue, Los Angeles, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Facebook Twitter Google+ Share According to Damien Goodman, the conference organizer, the gentrifiers have a three-word mantra for every problem facing Los Angeles, “Build more housing!” For those who listen carefully, their hymn has a second verse. It calls for rolling back zoning and environmental regulations on high-end real estate projects. This not affordable hous...