PLANNING WATCH / PLAN-IT LOS ANGELES

Two-thirds of Angelinos expect another 1992-uprising. This is why. https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/24501-another-los-angeles-uprising-two-thirds-of-angelenos-expect-it

Despite compelling evidence for global and local climate change, the mayoral candidates in Los Angeles could care less. This is why. https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/24257-why-la-s-mayoral-candidates-are-so-mum-on-the-climate-crisis

The Los Angeles City Council is unable to act on homelessness, other than making the rich richer through up-zoning and then dispatching the police to the resulting homeless encampments. https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/23606-housing-crisis-worsens-while-la-s-city-council-turns-to-lapd-for-political-backup?fbclid=IwAR249453vDO1g1n6oODc9IkvbfVGtHLAkf4UwZxzKk84hXwk9ILcSwmAHbc

2021 was a good year for the gentrifiers in the Los Angeles region. For everyone else, not so good. https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/23433-la-s-2021-planning-year-in-review-is-the-glass-mostly-full-or-mostly-empty

Big city planning departments, like LA’s, have abdicated their broad role. Instead they limit themselves to regulating private real estate projects, while ignoring infrastructure and the climate crisis. https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/23433-la-s-2021-planning-year-in-review-is-the-glass-mostly-full-or-mostly-empty