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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 ...